'O RLY?' owl rest in peace.

[o_qwertyuiop]

San Diego, California (AP) -- Jonathan, the Snowy Owl made famous as
the "O RLY" owl, has died in captivity in the San Diego Zoo.

The owl, which was 17 years old, died Tuesday afternoon after the
sudden onset of pneumonia. He was young for an owl in captivity,
however wild owls only live an average of 15 years.

David Phillips, executive director of the San Diego Zoo, said Jonathan
had been in good health but started showing signs of lethargy and loss
of appetite on Monday.

"This is a long sad day for us," Phillips said.
One of his handlers, Dale Richards, also said Jonathan died quickly.
"We checked his respiration rate and it was a little irregular ... he
wasn't doing too well," Richards told The Associated Press. "Early in
the evening, he passed away."

The textual phrase "oh really?" was first popularized on the
SomethingAwful forums. The phrase was initially one of many used during
the FYAD sub forum’s fad of compressing words by removing unnecessary
letters. While "O RLY?" is simply shorthand for "Oh, Really?", the most
common image macro comes from 4chan, where for a short while, the word
"repost" was word filtered to "owl". The Image macro and its attached
phrase then spread rapidly throughout the Internet

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