Am American, I know the phrase criss cross applesauce, but have never heard it used seriously. I've always said and heard, cross legged. Years ago it was called Indian style but I haven't heard that in years.

uk we say "cross legged" or "cross leggéd" if you're feeling Shakespearean

Is this a quote? I don’t understand how it doesn’t rhyme.

I need an example pronunciation of how it doesn't rhyme because the only way I can hear it in my head rhymes. I've never heard of this name for the seating method though.

I think that was the transitional terminology from when they used to tell kids to sit "indian style"

BEHOLD FOR I (a brit) HAVE RECORDED AUDIO!

this is why the phrase "criss cross applesauce" does not rhyme in British English. cross rhymes with boss, sauce rhymes with horse. Criss cross applesauce. (sorry for quality - I didn't realize my phone mic was such garbage)

Ahhh yeah you can see it, there's a bit of fluff that looks like it's the right leg going over, but it's just fluff.

Owls are 90% fluff, so this checks out.

We need to make them some prosthesic hands.

Always remember the acronym A.V.I.A.N.:

A - Birds
V - Are
I - Not
A - Real
N -

I think that's a hawk.

Owls have sausage eyes, they are fixed focal length and go back into their skulls, leaving very little room for a brain.

Edit: with a reverse image search, it seems I'm not the first to say this. My guess is that this is just dodgy taxidermy - maybe it was an owl, but taxidermy is notoriously bad at eyes.