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Photo by Wolfgang Kippes

The caption called this a sperlingskauz, which was translated to "Sparrow Owl."

I'd never heard of a Sparrow Owl, but the EPO has a scientific name that is Latin for "Sparrow Owl" that I will assume is how it got its German name.

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[–] You 3 points 3 months ago (14 children)

That's one of my favourite 'flat jokes' (Flachwitze in German).

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Ah, I was finally able to figure out the "joke," as I only got the "flat" earlier as I didn't know "huhu." I had just searched for "eulenwitz," and this thing popped up a million times. I knew "uhu" but I was too tired yet to notice the extra H to figure it was a pun. I knew one of you would lead me to the answer though!

For everyone not in on it:

Was sitzt auf einem Baum und winkt? — Ein "Huhu“! What is sitting on a tree and waving? – A “Huhu”!

Explanation: in German, “huhu” is a greeting, while “Uhu” signifies an “owl”

From The ~~Funniest~~ One and Only Multi-Language Jokebook

[–] You 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)
[–] You 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The intern was supposed to order a box of Uhu (brand that's synonymously used for glue).

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

They're packaging is pretty distinctive as it is, but I'm a little sad they named it after such a cool animal, but then did not seem to have an owl related logo or anything other than the Adventure Glue bottle, which I don't think exists anymore.

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