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Some owls have skinny long legs (lemm.ee)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Why is it chained up like that?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Those are jesses used to let the handlers keep ahold of the bird while on their glove, as well as tether the bird to a perch. So basically the bird version of a leash.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

because slavery is still legal in some parts of the world.

we're not free unless we're ALL free!

VIVA LA REVOLUTION!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Probably to keep it from flying away

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Or to keep it from clawing its handler to death for exposing his secret.