Taco was born ready. He was just patiently waiting for his moment.

@Penstroak

4 жыл бұрын

He waited for the perfect moment

@prometheusd5703

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 seriously

@Giggles_iJest

4 жыл бұрын

Fucking furry...

@dennisofster8623

4 жыл бұрын

We have Kookaburra in New Zealand too.These were brought here by Governor George Grey, transferred to Kauaw Island.We had these birds on our farm at Kaipara Flats Warkworth.

@amug3536

4 жыл бұрын

@socal rocks then don't. Just get out of their way. ..

"Ready, Taco?" "I was born ready, biach!"

@misst.e.a.187

4 жыл бұрын

😁

@mcrp_

4 жыл бұрын

That sounded like a line in Hondo!

@dohc1067

4 жыл бұрын

lol!

@ronaldolamont

4 жыл бұрын

Lol!!

@andrewskinner8560

4 жыл бұрын

As it is an Australian bird. It will be: Ready, Taco? Taco: I will wake up the entire newsroom with my sound, mate!

The Letter "R": Exists Kookaburra: "Funniest shit I've ever heard."

"He looks kind of mean" *is literally the cutest thing*

Reporters: _talking_ Kookaburra: _I sleep_ Reporters: _roll R's_ Kookaburra: *_R E A L S H I T?_*

@cleanserofnoobs4162

4 жыл бұрын

If that's the case, that birb is my spirit animal.

@girlbosswesker

4 жыл бұрын

HIS NAME IS TACO YOU SWINE

@ConfettiBerg

4 жыл бұрын

You mean..... Rrrrrrrrrrrreal shit

@tofu1394

4 жыл бұрын

@@ConfettiBerg gotem

@midgetman4206

4 жыл бұрын

@@girlbosswesker no, it's a kookaburra _duh_

“In the dry forested areas of Australia” Or just any backyard

@margaretgarden1470

4 жыл бұрын

Aussie_Fox they can leave in any backyard , as long as there is large tress around , I got 2 visiting me regularly, I leave in suburbia, but outside Sydney.

@SuperEdge67

4 жыл бұрын

Margaret Garden They are common in Perth city suburbs......although they were introduced to Western Australia.

@daniellenierop1738

4 жыл бұрын

In any backyard . Have heaps in Sydney

@f0rdfalc0n46

4 жыл бұрын

We count them sitting on the powerlines on the way to town. Usually get around 30 or so.

@wce05308

4 жыл бұрын

They're everywhere in suburban Western Australia.

Caretaker: *Rolls R's* Birb: OOOOOOOAHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAOOOHAHAHA Caretaker: I agree.

@yt_Ajay_

3 жыл бұрын

Caretaker: Rolls R's Birb: lol

Such a professional - perfectly poised on live tv, was quiet when others were talking and got all their cues! 10/10

Plot twist: kookaburra is actually laughing at how silly us humans are

@Yetipfote

4 жыл бұрын

I know right? He looked way smarter than the hoomans in the clip.

@znightowlz6585

4 жыл бұрын

Volvox Lmao no he didn’t. He looked lazier

@Yetipfote

4 жыл бұрын

@@znightowlz6585 in the West we produce too much stuff, so being a bit more lazy would be a smart thing to do.

@_b001

4 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself please

@resmarted

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah well he's stuck in a cage and I'm not who's laughing now

I like how the bird looked up when the lady started describing its features 😀😀

@forestpark73

4 жыл бұрын

Mista Festa the level of pride in this bird is so high.

@nowistimeforfightingyouson3325

4 жыл бұрын

Kookaburra: Hey, thats aint true about me!

@capcom23

4 жыл бұрын

This bird surprised me.. there is absolutely some awareness... he's listening and reacts... says enough. Made a big impression on me

@nightandfayeify

4 жыл бұрын

"Stocky?" "Large beak?! Geez..."

@granand

4 жыл бұрын

@@capcom23 but he is not 😄😉

Kookaburra: _~laughing hysterically~_ Lyrebird: _that's cute_

These guys are my daily wake up alarm. Never gets tiring

Kookaburras actually lower the rate of alcoholism in australia because of the way their sound affects people with hangovers.

@ItsThatMilkshake

5 жыл бұрын

Morning of hell

@MostWantedFireworks

5 жыл бұрын

lmfao

@hamdisabra745

5 жыл бұрын

Beneficial chicken

@benisleviosa4830

5 жыл бұрын

ye... WHAT

@lunaflamed

5 жыл бұрын

🤣😂😜🤪

Me: plays "down with the sickness" Kookaburra: Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

@amelian9677

4 жыл бұрын

Man of Culture 🤣

@ManofCulture

4 жыл бұрын

@@amelian9677 Sh!t! I didn't know it exist, LMAO

@ManofCulture

4 жыл бұрын

@@amelian9677 watch?v=jtZBX4vhDAc

@amelian9677

4 жыл бұрын

Man of Culture currently texting that video to everyone I’ve ever met 🤣

@ManofCulture

4 жыл бұрын

@@amelian9677 🤣🤣

He’s a star.. the camera stare the winks. He’s super chill. He is in the conversation and was aware of everything

I lived in Australia for a while and I remember going to work in the early morning and hearing kookaburras calling. They are actually inside major cities. It's such a joy in the morning.

@YeahIDontKn0wEither

6 ай бұрын

Not Melbourne. The closest you can find kookas from Melbourne is out in the forest areas some 30km out of the city

@lekarzkto

6 ай бұрын

@@YeahIDontKn0wEither I was referring to Perth and when I lived in South Perth which is just over the river from central Perth.

You hear them in jungle scenes all over the place, and I thought it was a type of monkey when I first heard it. My jaw practically hit the floor when I found out it was a bird!

@kelliecanscan3364

4 жыл бұрын

Only in Australia tho.. Any other jungle, nah that's a monkey

@wce05308

4 жыл бұрын

We call it the bush in Australia not the jungle. Not hating.

@znightowlz6585

4 жыл бұрын

REMEMBER THE NAME she specifically said in movies

@SubPablum

4 жыл бұрын

Totally.

@katehobbs2008

4 жыл бұрын

Not in jungles, sorry. Open forest, only native on east coast of Australia.

I was a zookeeper for 11 years and the Kookaburra was my favorite. We were big pals and we did the Kookaburra laugh together many, many times. The birdhouse exhibit was mouse infested and I fed him mice frequently. He would toss them in the air, catch them by the tail, twirl them around and thump their heads on his concrete water bowl. Then he’d toss them in the air a second time, catch them, and swallow them headfirst. That was more than 50 years ago and I still miss my friend. Thanks for posting.

@beautybys9142

Жыл бұрын

It’s a POkemon and you were his breeder 😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰

@ann28

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@rascal0175

Жыл бұрын

@@ann28 I still miss my pal. Some memories linger. We were friends though our communication was limited. We always had a kind word for each other.

@rascal0175

Жыл бұрын

@@alfa-psi Yes, unless you were a mouse.

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710

Жыл бұрын

Lucky. That's a good story.

A group of them are really great to hear as one will start and the others will join in. It sounds like one of them just told the others the funniest joke ever. I never get sick of hearing them. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺

After seeing the baby version as well, wow, I had no idea such a personable, beautiful, and majestic bird existed let alone one that trusts humans so much. I love them, treat them very kindly!

@ohasis8331

9 ай бұрын

They are a great feature in many suburban areas and a pleasant Sunday afternoon is often spent with friends outdoors with a BBQ and drink, everyone with a handful of mincemeat. Hold a piece in the air by two fingers and the Kooka will silently glide down and snap it from your fingers whilst in flight. Another favourite is to lay bits out on a rail and the birds will glide down one after the other and grab it on the wing. Good fun and amusing.

The kookaburra is looking at them like "I do that" when she mentioned him dropping mice from the sky

@mtoffo2275

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, like "yep, that's me to a T"

@elcaballoblanco9627

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! I sat a huntsman spider in a glass bosun jar on the porch railing just to tease the kookies that come around to our house. One flew over and sat next to the jar. Swung his beak around and simultaneously broke the jar and knocked it off the railing, then proceeded to hop down and gobble up the spider, I thought to my self... Smart arse!!!

Laughing starts at 1:40

@melancholy8279

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Crown Academy of English lol

@gon4455

3 жыл бұрын

It's electrifying. Go grease lightning. Lol

@thatguyyousawthatonetime

2 жыл бұрын

1:45 is when it becomes infectious

@matimus100

2 жыл бұрын

Baby Jesus 👆🤡

@ingeneeer436

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/X4Vtmdt_nK2edpc.html&ab_channel=MasonNoel

Kudos to "Mr. Cameraperson". Everything on cue, close-up and Focused !

I love the staccato little ah ahs but when it does that rolling rrrrrrrrrrrr sound it always makes me chuckle LOL

@cheesequaked

3 жыл бұрын

They're also actually duet birds so they make a full song together. The coo and kaa are shared between the two or more, it's also great listening to them at 3am lmao

She’s got an incredible smile.

@analogapotheosis4275

4 жыл бұрын

I know right! Very pretty bird

@dodes2698

4 жыл бұрын

The bird is nice too.

@wertherquartett

3 жыл бұрын

She’s beautiful - full of joy, grace, and enthusiasm.

@williamsherman9514

2 жыл бұрын

Keep it in your pants.

They are nicknamed the ausy alarm clock, try sleeping though it at 5am with one one just outside the window.

@repairtech2387

4 жыл бұрын

Heard a story about a very hung over Aussie who was woken early by a kookaburra in the hedge. Completely lost the plot, grabbed his shotgun and in a rage, fired both barrels into the hedge, before hazily remembering that he'd parked his ride behind that very same hedge the previous evening.....

@kevinc1001

4 жыл бұрын

So it's the equivalent to an American Roster?

@znightowlz6585

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin C yeeeeeh...but there’s usually like 5 of them going off at once

@znightowlz6585

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin C and they go off for aaaaaaaagges

@lazyperfectionist3978

4 жыл бұрын

I've heard them be called "rain rats" by someone who wasn't fond of birds, since where I live they only really do their trademark call when it's going to rain soon, and the fact I've repeatedly seen them steal food from people who're not paying attention (VERY common on school camps and guides/scouts camps)

That may be the cutest bird I've seen

I just cried. This bird is so beautiful. This makes me appreciate our life more.

Wow, that bird, when given the queue demonstrated his call beautifully.

@gheffz

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that was impressive alright!

@gheffz

4 жыл бұрын

@Ser Al Han No, that's a completely natural response. I'm Australian and we have kookaburras landing in the trees in our backyard all year round ... and you can go outside and start "laughing" and these wild birds instantly start laughing just like Taco does here.

@znightowlz6585

4 жыл бұрын

Ser Al Han piss off. Nobody asked for your stupid Fucken vegan propaganda

@znightowlz6585

4 жыл бұрын

bad1dobby yeah, look how riled up he is. Poor thing can’t stop shaking🙄

@znightowlz6585

4 жыл бұрын

Rahul TN TN lmao that’s what I was thinking

Humans: *roll r's* Neck: "Allow me to introduce myself."

@jroxspone

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@magnificentmuttley154

4 жыл бұрын

😆😋😆😋! ! Yeah, Taco did "giraffe" his neck there, he did!

@magnificentmuttley154

4 жыл бұрын

*@Nunya Business* Weak? Thats all you have to say? "Roses are red, violets are blue, your opinion of strangers having harmless fun *stinks.* Naturally so do you." Heres a rating for your *weak* sense of humor, doe-doe bird- - three out of every five dummies agree with you: 😋😋😋😆😆... Congratulations. Youre only more living proof that over half of most Americans are just plain dumb. Thank God were not ALL that way. Oh yeah, since dopey humor is so beneath you, *Nunya Business,* _its none of _*_your_*_ business_

the kookaburra looks so polite :))

Yes. I hear Kookaburra's laughing everyday in the trees outside. Lots of Cockatoo's too!

Taco was just like "I'm ready. I'M READY!"

I'm a Canadian living in Sydney, Australia. These little guys camp out in a tree next to my house all afternoon and laugh their heads off. We love them here. (And they eat the giant huntsman spiders...which makes them a friend in my book)

@richard63

Жыл бұрын

and small snakes, too !

@westaussie965

10 ай бұрын

Oooh, I don’t miss them fckers!

@matthewcullen1298

9 ай бұрын

Poor huntsman. Huntsman's are awesome. We let them run loose in the house,they kill all the bugs. They won't hurt ya mate.

@daLukasMain

9 ай бұрын

@@matthewcullen1298 What you don't know is that when you're sleeping they put themselves in your mouth and have a tongue bath because they no longer fear you lol

@matthewcullen1298

9 ай бұрын

@@daLukasMain I grew up drinking water from mountain creeks . I've probably had worse🤣🤣

I love its eyes, it's full of soul.

Just look at how that bird is looking straight into the keeper's eyes at 2:36. To me it looks like he's saying "Did I do well, mom"?

Wow! Australia has such cool animals.

What a performer!!!

@Friendship1nmillion

Жыл бұрын

*YES* he's the John Farnham ( or Keith Urban ) of the Native Australian bird world . ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴

When I lived in Brisbane, a couple of them would come sit on my balcony railing and just hang out. I could even lightly touch them. Very cool, cute birds.

When the bird laughs, I can't help but smile.

Im in Aus, the other day my 3 year old grand daughter kept calling it a kookabuggar. Too cute.

@wildlifewarrior2670

Жыл бұрын

That should be the new name

What a cool bird. Australia's got some of the most fascinating critters on the planet. But Koala's are still my fave. :)

What a beautiful bird !

@savagedick1462

10 ай бұрын

You got that right

Taco is an adorable bird and he's quite a talker!!

“In the dry forested areas of Australia “ *looks outside into my front paddock* “Uhhh you sure about that?”

@janekay4147

4 жыл бұрын

She's American and clearly didn't do her home work lol... I'm from tas

@curiouscuriouser2670

4 жыл бұрын

Depends how dry. We have been helping a couple of kookaburras feed their young because the drought has made natural prey scarce and the bloody crows get what little there is. At least as adults, the babies will have some prey to feed on now that we have had so much rain.

@oscarc8549

4 жыл бұрын

@@janekay4147 yes she has done her homework. You may want to investigate more about these forests. There are Eucalyptus and Mulga woodlands that receive considerably less rain than the moist forests of the eastern U.S. If you look at the range of the Laughing Kookaburra you will see that it extends quite a ways inland in Queensland and New South Wales where there are dry woodlands with only seasonal rainfall.

@reginaldwilliams6708

4 жыл бұрын

@@oscarc8549 Sorry you are incorrect ... I'm Australian and have travelled throughout the country for decades. I've witnessed them flourishing in all environments throughout the length and breadth of the country including Tasmania. Anyone who claims different needs to do more 'on the job' research.

@oscarc8549

4 жыл бұрын

@@reginaldwilliams6708 So that doesn't change the fact that among those various environments that the kookaburra inhabit are the dry forests. I never claimed that they were exclusive to the dry forests. Jane Kay edited her original comment but my comment was in response to Jane's original claiming that there was no such thing as dry forest, so I offered my explanation on what the Australian dry forest consists of. She must have realized what I was talking about and took that part out of her comment.

Amazing bond between the bird and the owner. The bird is so responsive, it's amazing!

So cute❤❤❤❤❤❤he is looking 👀 at her with loving eyes😍

That wonderful little creature has an excellent sense of timing and rhythm. 😀

I've been waiting 70 years to watch this video. I love this bird.

@magnificentmuttley154

4 жыл бұрын

*@Thomas Hanson* Here's a gang of 'em sounding off at each other: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hqWYtLOxl9fApKw.html "How to speak Australian:" kzread.info/dash/bejne/eHihrtFwftDLidI.html 😦😲😨😆🇦🇺 Enjoy!

I would never get tired of hearing that, it makes me smile ear to ear!

@KingdomOfApple

4 жыл бұрын

Try living in Australia where you're surrounded by them, haha. Nah, when they're in a group they're noisy as hell, but I still don't think I'd ever get sick of it.

@kobyschechter8163

2 жыл бұрын

As an American who’s grandmother was Australian I absolutely love the kookaburra. It’s one of the cutest birds out there.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854

Жыл бұрын

I imagine that Men At Work HATE that damn bird...

@purplepeopleeater6880

Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for a train one night in Melbourne and a kookaburra began laughing. Soon everyone on the platform was cracking up too. The sound is so infectious!

@sandgroperwookiee65

8 ай бұрын

@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 No, just the greedy scum at Larrikin Music.

Man, I grew up with this magnificent sound echoing in the bush. Such an iconic laugh.

I love the sound of kookaburras at sunrise and sunset. They are beautiful fluffy birds. Their feathers are so soft. I live in SW Australia, and they are everywhere.

The world needs more animals like this.

@magnificentmuttley154

4 жыл бұрын

100% agreed. More animals & fewer humans 🐨🐬🐋🐙🐚. Especially fewer humans that have no respect for nature & ruin the environment, anyway 🏭🚀✈🏭🚙✈🚗🏭🚚🚐 Gotta love those koalas, 'roos, kookaburras, cuscus, the joannas, lesser (red) pandas, & the marine life of the Great Barrier Reef!

@garshdarnitibelieve8260

4 жыл бұрын

@@magnificentmuttley154 well said, my friend... Peace!

@Honking_Goose

4 жыл бұрын

Theres plenty of animals like him google birds

@curiouscuriouser2670

4 жыл бұрын

@@magnificentmuttley154 👏👍💕🦉🦆🦅🕊🐧🐨🦇🐢🐸🦎🐳2

@magnificentmuttley154

4 жыл бұрын

*@Curious Curiouser* Wow! Thank You for the quick refresher in Native Aussie wildlife right there, love (??). Evidently I need to take the months & weeks to re-study my _Audubon Society Encyclopaedia of Animal Life_ ! (1982 edition)... 💚💜💙😎 I havent studied it since 5th Grade; only glance at it from time to time these days (??) = Theres a possibility you could be a guy; intuition says youre a lady, though

They are smart knowing when she asks him to sing his song. Beautiful!

Been an Australian resident for more than 70 years .... travelled extensively throughout the country for decades. Have witnessed kookaburras flourishing in all environments across the length and breadth of the country including Tasmania. The kookaburra, commonly known as the laughing jackass, is an Australian icon and features on several Australian coins. It's illegal to keep them in captivity in Australia.

@minakatsama2014

8 ай бұрын

I agree with the law of not keeping those amazing babies captured. They belong to the wild, not in cages.

@leanne4408

6 ай бұрын

Doesn't stop fucking America wanting them to be kept in their zoo's, should be illegal for them to be kept in other countries zoo's aswel

Thanks ever so much for posting this clip! When I visited Australia in 2005, we went to Ku Ring Gai Chase National Park. At a marina where we stopped for a picnic lunch, we were joined by no less than NINE of these amazing birds. One, a juvenile, actually landed on the arm of my lawn chair and sat there, just staring into my face, for a good 10 minutes. I was in heaven! Would give anything to go back again!

@Tigertime.-fj1so

11 ай бұрын

I can't remember ever having one that close to me and I'm Australian. I never get sick of seeing or hearing these wonderful birds. Did you know that snakes are a big part of kookaburras diet .

@ohasis8331

9 ай бұрын

He was simply waiting for you to toss him a piece of meat.

The first thing which comes to mind is the phrase, "Make a joyful noise unto The Lord." This creature seems to celebrate its existence with that singular call it makes.

@vangogo6819

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@flamingfrancis

2 жыл бұрын

Well said...There is a beautiful reference to this bird in the Australian Indigenous peoples folklore or "The Dreamtime". They believe their God created the Kookas so that their loud ccall would wake up everybody in time to see the lovely sunrises every day.

@TralfazConstruction

2 жыл бұрын

@@flamingfrancis I like that!

Man Tacos a beast with his call. Extreme happiness attained, thank u.

Have a family of them living in the backyard here in Sydney. Every morning we hear that laugh, whether we want to or not. Beautiful birds!

What a cute little fellow Taco is 🥰

She's obviously used to talking to children.

@max-3158

4 жыл бұрын

Speckled Jim the bird or the women?

@Enneamorph

4 жыл бұрын

MAX - the woman lol, she’s explaining like she’s talking to a younger audience

@wertherquartett

4 жыл бұрын

@@Enneamorph Maybe, maybe not. It's not really valid to project nuances of your own accent onto another accent. Just accept the way people talk, like others accept the way you talk. And isn't it nice that she's making this beautiful creature known to folks in another part of the world? Be grateful and gracious for that. P.S. Not to mention that she has a lovely beaming personality and is full of enthusiasm for her kookaburra.

@excellenceinanimation960

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. Or talking at exhibits.

I want this as my new ringtone.

@user-np9dv9nk7j

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes my brother is laughing almost hysterical-sometimes while he`s playing on his PS4.I say to him-"Bro,sometimes you laugh just like a kookaburra bird."Yep,that`s why they call it "laughing kookaburra". I also start to laugh with this bird.It`s great.Amazing creation by God and Mother Nature-burds that can laugh.

@curiouscuriouser2670

4 жыл бұрын

I have recorded a butcher young bird practicing his repertoire and use that as mine. 😊

I love him, thank you!

I have a couple of Kookaburra's that laugh out loud outside my window every day ... from Australia.

These birds are beautiful. I don't know why I find them so pretty, not a bird person, but these birds are just so aesthetically pleasing lookwise. The call is also hysterical.

Adorable and hilarious !

What a fun interview, these birds are so cute! Not sure I'd like to be woken up by one but hey, when you live in such a beautiful part of the world like Australasia you have to accept a few early mornings. The price you pay for living in paradise! 😄🇦🇺❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤🇳🇿

@ohasis8331

9 ай бұрын

Australia, only in Australia.

Made me smile big...thank you!

I'm a fan of his work. He did ambient background sounds in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Omg the joy on that lady’s face when he starts laughing!! That’s love for her job right there

Welcome to the sound that wakes us up in the morning.

AWSOME !!! Lol. Love to Taco.

He’s just cool , chilling. 🥰

Omg, isn't he just so gorgeous? Amazing!!! 😍

@harryme472

3 жыл бұрын

Some of us take them for granted here in OZ , but I really enjoy hearing them , every time. Wonderful birds.

Adoreble love the way he snuggles up to you love my kukoburroews they are in new New Zealand too

I remember being like 13 doing my early morning paper run before school. Dropped a whole bunch by mistake and perfect timing a whole family of Kookaburras in a nearby tree started their early morning call/laugh. And I took that personally..

Kookaburra sitting in the old gum tree, eating all the gum drops he can see, STOP kookaburra stop, kookaburra save some there for me

@francisfake782

4 жыл бұрын

Laff kookaburra, laff kookaburra, GAY your life must be

@irisbrillante2874

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@lyncaho4507

4 жыл бұрын

Well that's stuck in my head now! 💖👍😁

@tanyagarcia3721

4 жыл бұрын

Who sang that in their heads? Just me?! Really?! I can't be the only one

@wce05308

4 жыл бұрын

@@francisfake782 correct

I have a family of about 12 of these near my flat. They're great at 4am when they all fire up at once.

He is Wonderful! Sweet baby! Wonderful Australia.

That bird knows he’s a star!

Hes a really beautifull bird. We are blessed to have them here in Australia. Hear and see them all the time here in the Adelaide hills in Sth Australia.

@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854

Жыл бұрын

He's the bird that killed YOUR Men At Work...

Kookaburra: Laughs for the camera... Lyre Bird: Hold my beer...

Taco cute! What a great lil friend ❤️

Cannot get enough of this character.

What a well behaved bird

A wonderful Australian icon ❤️

Tacos trainer has a precious smile.

❤️❤️❤️What a beautiful little boy 😍

First thing I noticed about the Kookaburra was his broken beak.

@alexanderdickson419

4 жыл бұрын

I am not sure what caused the broken bill in this case, but kookaburras can suffer from bill rot. It is caused by feeding the bird soft food like mince meat (ground beef). The food gets stuck to the upper bill and becomes a site for bacterial infection. If a kookaburra is fed meat it should be in chunks or strips, not minced or ground up.

@RainbowAnimeCupcake

4 жыл бұрын

It might be why he’s in the zoo, they also do rehab and if he’s not able to hunt normally because of it he may have been placed there for life to help him

@kitanarcorvidae

4 жыл бұрын

It looks like they've shaved it down on both sides. When it opens it's beak, the tip is shaved down on both sides - that would actively prevent it from slam-feeding, a natural urge to these birds. I have misgivings on the treatment of Australian wildlife by outside organisations.

@tiltil9442

4 жыл бұрын

It appears to be damaged - might be the perfectly functional and natural shape, though.

@Wheelabarraback

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely deformed. The first thing I noticed also.

I am from Australia and that sound = suburban Sydney to me! Classic.

Kookaburras come to my backyard all the time, great little guys.

As I’ve experienced as a local in Australia is quite nice as when we are on holidays up in the countryside we often wake up to kookaburras laughing in the trees! :)

Nothing more enjoyable than listening to the laugh of a Kookaburra. I wonder what they find so funny?

@mardel5466

4 жыл бұрын

Your life

@curiouscuriouser2670

4 жыл бұрын

Us

That was the first time seeing a Kookaburra laughing & that was impressive.

We sung about them in grade school. We listened to their calls in movies. Now, I can put a face to that blind knowledge of yesteryear.

@tlwest21

3 жыл бұрын

Right? I don't remember it being explained to us what a kookaburra actually was or where it came from

I love hand feeding the Kookaburras in my backyard here in Melbourne Australia.

I wake up with this sound every morning!

All these years I been hearing those damn things, and now finally I seen it!

You are Such a CUTIE💙💜♥️

The biggest laugh I got as a kid was watching these movies with a misplaced soundtrack of the kookaburra. These jungle movies were never set in Australia but the sound of the our dear kookaburra has been used, many times over, in them.