The Olympic spirit is up and running at London Zoo on Thursday, as Bob the owl, takes on a 100 cm - yes - 100 cm sprint. Bob was participating in the zoo's daily Animal Athletes in Action and showing off his unique running technique. The six inch tall owl works daily to beat his personal best time his keeper comments.

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We've certainly seen similar images of owls before, and even joke at the (perhaps overused) default headline of animal images framed this way of "The eyes have it."

That said, I really like the depth of field choice made by one of our regular and favorite contributing animal photographers Robin Loznak. And in this case, it certainly is all about the eyes - and if you look closely you can catch a glimpse of Robin too.

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