A photograph shows an owl experiencing an orgasm.
A photograph shows an owl experiencing an orgasm.
Did a photographer capture an owlâ€™s wh-O Face? An image showing an owl with a funny facial expression went viral in October 2017 after an alleged â€œOwl Expertâ€ claimed that the image showed the animal experiencing an orgasm: â€œDr. Owlâ€ is not an owl expert. ConsideringÂ the majority of women fake orgasms, we are skeptical that this fake ornithologist would be able to identify this owlâ€™s o-face even if he were the one ruffling its feathers. This Twitter account was barely a month old when it made the â€œowl orgasmâ€ claim. This account started by posting political content under the handle â€œ@USdotardâ€ and the username â€œMentally Derangedâ€œ, a reference to the phrase North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un used to insult President Trump: When the twitter account failed to gain traction posting political content,Â @USdotard change their username to â€œDr Owlâ€ and claimed that this photograph showed an owl orgasming.Â We searched for the origins of this photograph but were unable to find any details about where or when this picture was taken. However, it has been circulating since at least 2014. It is frequently included in galleries featuring â€œunflatteringâ€ images of animals and has been accompanied by dozens of different funny captions humorously asserting that this image represented various emotional states, such as: Hereâ€™s a sampling of some of the memes that have been created with this image: This funny looking photograph has been the basis for dozens of owl jokes over the years. Although the claim that this image showed an owl orgasming came from a Twitter account posing as an â€œowl expert,â€ this claim was simply made in jest.Â Scientists donâ€™t really know if about the pleasure levels of animals during sex. Itâ€™s a bit hard to say, actually. â€œThe short answer is that we donâ€™t know much about orgasms in other speciesâ€”in fact, scientists are still studying the significance/evolution of female orgasms in humans,â€ Marlene Zuk, a professor of ecology, evolution and behavior at the University of Minnesota, wrote Snopes in an email. Â So what is this owl actually doing? As we have yet to determine the original source of this photograph, we canâ€™t say exactly what this owl was doing when the photograph was taken. However, it seems that this image simply shows an owl blinking. Owls have three eyelids, including a â€œnictitating membraneâ€ that closes diagonally across the eye: < To protect their eyes, owls are equipped with 3 eyelids. They have a normal upper and lower eyelid, the upper closing when the owl blinks, and the lower closing up when the owl is asleep. The third eyelid is called a nictitating membrane, and is a thin layer of tissue that closes diagonally across the eye, from the inside to the outside. This cleans and protects the surface of the eye. > Hereâ€™s a video featuring the nictitating membrane of a great horned owl:
"owl" AND "orgasm"