I love how they either look completely pissed off or smug as hell.

@jasepoag8930

2 жыл бұрын

@@EresirThe1st I believe this might be spirit animal potential

@marciawhite692

2 жыл бұрын

OMG your completely right lol

@klug_d

2 жыл бұрын

@@EresirThe1st confused of how some humans are

@chrishaven1489

2 жыл бұрын

@@EresirThe1st Or confused and pissed off at its own smugness

@Roselyroses

2 жыл бұрын

Or the biggest derp. 🤣😘

I love how their so cute while looking like a sleep paralysis demon

@LunaP1

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@pbjman5809

2 жыл бұрын

They’re*

@fah594

2 жыл бұрын

@@pbjman5809 Hey don't be rude she was just trying to spread positivity you should do it too instead of just critiquing people

@viemarirunoa

2 жыл бұрын

THEY'RE*

@uhohstinky6112

2 жыл бұрын

@@fah594 i hate to say it but isnt that what your doing? Critiquing them?

I never found them scary or creepy. Only cute and derpy. I love their call too, it's a combo of gentle and haunting.

@Thewritingelf

Жыл бұрын

Right they're one of the cutest birds I've seen ☺🥰

@brightmacsworld8353

Жыл бұрын

Can someone explain this to me what is this?

@seanrosenau2088

Жыл бұрын

@@brightmacsworld8353 Explain what precisely? The cute and derpy? Or the sound of their call? Not trying to start anything, I'll try to answer honestly.

@clairvaux8459

9 ай бұрын

They're so goofy-looking 😂 their eyes remind me of the plushes of my childhood: wonky but in a cartoonish way

Me: Mom can I have an owl? Mom: We have an owl at home. Owl at home:

@We_Are_All_Vultures

Жыл бұрын

😸

@BrianWanke

Жыл бұрын

Even better.

@brightmacsworld8353

Жыл бұрын

What is this?

"They eat everything that flies" South America have no airports. All planes were eaten by potoos.

@DestroyerOfWeebs

2 жыл бұрын

We fly with oil and rain

@ary2766

2 жыл бұрын

@@DestroyerOfWeebs 7th May 2021, the "Heaven's Staircase" incident

@joaquimferrao7002

2 жыл бұрын

That's true, I was the plane

@DeadBread.

2 жыл бұрын

Idk but i read it as "All planes were eaten by potatoes

@sera404

2 жыл бұрын

Starting to sound like an SCP article, haha

Fun fact. Long ago people thought they were witches that were transformed

@KiomonDuck

2 жыл бұрын

It's my sleep paralysis birb

@pezcadron6364

2 жыл бұрын

sad fact, people still think that, and because of that some are kill

@KiomonDuck

2 жыл бұрын

@@pezcadron6364 some people still believe in that old mysticism or are just stupid and sadly the birbs suffer for it:(

@lou7557

2 жыл бұрын

source?

@TCraig00

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah in the countryside of Panama where my mom is from they're wary of the call it makes. They think it's a witch's call.

I can’t even imagine how important conserving trees must be for these birds considering their nesting habits.

@LucDutra92

Жыл бұрын

Right? Some other birds make do with wholes in the ground or most commonly, man made structures. Doesn't seem like those are options for these guys tho

@JoshuaBlackmon-pf6xf

6 ай бұрын

Except they are an option for them Cause when they are forced to do it , they will do it.

Their babies look even MORE like owls! And the fact that even the babies do that head-up "I'm a stick!" thing is hilarious. I just imagine a grandpa potoo telling a young one "I've been standing pretending to be a stick since I was younger than you and I'm still doing it!"

“The idea is that predators will get so weirded out by them…” yeah, I can see how that could happen

@GameLeaderR

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not eating that, I have no idea what it's on. Lol

@executioner_ecgbert884

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine youre about to get into a fight with a guy on the street, when his eyeballs pop out like a goldfish

@snaicproductions

2 жыл бұрын

@@executioner_ecgbert884 I would literally shoot myself in the head if I saw that

@bacicinvatteneaca

2 жыл бұрын

That's like half the point of babies crying, they get uggo

@westminsterabbey.6916

Жыл бұрын

@@GameLeaderR lmao 🤣

"They'll pretend to be a branch even harder." Potoo: "He saw me, time to show 'em why I won that Oscar for Best Birb Actor."

@ulibarriL

2 жыл бұрын

"Did that branch just move?" ...... "Nahhhhh"

@popenieafantome9527

2 жыл бұрын

@@ulibarriL “just the wind” would make sense here

@danielawesome36

2 жыл бұрын

"Must have been the wind."

@dmargaret2729

2 жыл бұрын

Oscbirb Awards

@MultiBear

2 жыл бұрын

You mean best tree actor

This is like the uncanny valley of cuteness.

6:56 "Remember, son: don't just look like a stick, be the stick"

*”Pretend to be a branch HARDER.”*

@te9591

2 жыл бұрын

Yes?

@saltysailormike

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what she said 😂😂

@ruzahel6287

2 жыл бұрын

never quit potoo

@Axxxel_in_Harlem

2 жыл бұрын

@@saltysailormike lol

@soundtruth7653

2 жыл бұрын

Lol favorite part! So cute 🥰

Never before has an animal been so cute yet so terrifying

@Docmain3

2 жыл бұрын

Yeet

@dubbixdub4376

2 жыл бұрын

Did autocorrect seriously change "yet" to "yeet"💀

@bora9491

2 жыл бұрын

Okay so why are we yeeting the bird

@Dynashu

2 жыл бұрын

Woomy

@iaw7406

2 жыл бұрын

_yeet_

Let us pray for the Wardevil to spare us

@mx.fluffymcflufferfluff3132

Жыл бұрын

if its so scary why so cute

Here before the War Devil memes take over

Their nesting strategy can be described as…. Minimalist 😂😂 They literally lay their eggs on a branch with no nest 😂😂

@throwaway5886

2 жыл бұрын

Eggs lookin like tree bark, so that answered my question on how the egg survives long enough. Now imagine hatching and seeing an immediate 15 ft drop and not squealing and flapping and dying. Mf born stiff

@onieni9779

Жыл бұрын

"That's a nice dead tree, might as well shove a egg or two there."

@amberhawksong

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Mourning Doves way of nesting.

@Allyourbase1990

Жыл бұрын

My kind of bird . Ion need no boojie bird

@acfreak55

Жыл бұрын

how many fuckin potoo eggs drop from a tree a day? how lazy. lol

Here in Brazil they're known as Urutau ( meaning Ghost bird ) or Moon Mother

@velvet_venus

2 жыл бұрын

Moon mother is such a pretty name

@Ass_of_Amalek

2 жыл бұрын

maybe because during the day they look up at the sky as if they're watching for the moon to come out?

@mateuslanza1586

2 жыл бұрын

The name "Moon Mother" is because a native brasilian tale

@parsifal2299

2 жыл бұрын

Os gringo falando que o chamado dele parece com uma criança chamando a mãe só falam isso pq nunca foram fazer trilha e escutaram essa encarnação do inferno gritando de madrugada

@danielmiyahara320

2 жыл бұрын

@@mateuslanza1586 what's the tale about, I'm curious

Love how the Tawny Frogmouth looks absolutely bored / 'I couldn't care less', like a permanent 'ugh, whatever mate'

I heard the "wuuuuuu huuuu huu huuu" sound really early in the morning, I knew it was a bird, but I never saw it, now I know why, they look just like a branch

I've known of these guys for years, and I still can't believe they're real. They look like Muppets! And the great potoo has a cry that sounds like an angsty teenager yelling "MOOOOOOM!" XD

@charlinalupus3300

2 жыл бұрын

"MOOOOOOM! I can become an extension of a branch."

@seherling207

2 жыл бұрын

And the Northern Potoo has a demon screech and the Common Potoo has a beautiful whistle as a cry lol I love those birds

@Oceanlinx

2 жыл бұрын

@@seherling207 I love them too

@knox7945

2 жыл бұрын

"MOOOOOM! Get the camera!"

@asenseofyarning5614

2 жыл бұрын

When they played the sound bite of the common potoo, it sounded to me like one of those classic cartooon villain guffaws. You know, the "WAAAAAhahahahaaaa" fake laugh? 😂 Sound editors, take note.

"Cosplaying as a stick" got me.

@MrShanester117

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s embarrassing

@lrmarshall5930

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrShanester117 got no memory of writing this, but yeah, fair.

@reb-chan5193

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@dominicstarr3065

2 жыл бұрын

SAMEE Its midnight here, and I am trying SO hard not to wake my family rn XD

Never thought I could learn about new species of bird that I never seen before by reading Chainsaw Man.

@mx.fluffymcflufferfluff3132

Жыл бұрын

exactly that's what i thought!

THEY ARE AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL LIKE THE OTHERS DIVINE CREATURES !!!

Looking weird is a defense? Why am I constantly defending myself in this world.

@blessedbees4247

2 жыл бұрын

I’m with you on that lol

@edthoreum7625

2 жыл бұрын

They have eyes similar to seals?

@MrBendylaw

2 жыл бұрын

If the world is rejecting you, it's working.

My immediate reaction was "there's no way that's a real bird, that's a muppet" 😂

@StevefromPR

2 жыл бұрын

My mom's as well lol

@obituaryollie9104

2 жыл бұрын

Not Aang with the durag 🤣

@megaball-ps8tq

2 жыл бұрын

As an animal lover, I fully recognize this bird

@Ammeo

2 жыл бұрын

That's one grumpy looking bird

@Changelingheart

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ammeo ..that's quite the repetitive comment!! It's certainly a very unique looking bird.

Potoos (family Nyctibiidae) are a group of birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are sometimes called poor-me-ones, after their haunting calls. The family Nyctibiidae was formerly included with the nightjars in the order Caprimulgiformes but is now placed in a separate order, Nyctibiiformes. There are seven species in two genera in tropical Central and South America. Fossil evidence indicates that they also inhabited Europe during the Paleogene. Potoos are nocturnal insectivores that lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars. They hunt from a perch like a shrike or flycatcher. During the day they perch upright on tree stumps, camouflaged to look like part of the stump. The single spotted egg is laid directly on the top of a stump. In Argentina and Bolivia, they are known as kakuy or cacuy - from Quechua meaning 'to remain'. In Brazil, they are called urutau - from Guaraní guyra 'bird' and tau 'ghost'.

The Capybara, the Lyre Bird, the Potoo, there are so many fantastic animals with their own unique appearance and behavior.

Here in Brazil they are called Urutau = ghost bird or Mãe da Lua = mother of the moon. Legend says that the bird is actually the daughter of a tribe chieftain who was exiled because of a forbidden love. In the jungle she cried every night in search of her love. A witch saw her suffering and turned her into the bird so that in her singing she could still cry.

@raccoonchild

Жыл бұрын

It's gonna have to be 'urutaú' forever for me, Guaraní is such a beautiful language. 'Kakuy' is also pretty nice. 'Mãe da Lua' is lovely. 'Potoo' just sucks lol. Saludos desde Argentina 😆

@Pao-vo8mf

Жыл бұрын

and then in english it's "potoo" 🤣 americans are a joke

@We_Are_All_Vultures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊💟

@eccentricaste3232

Жыл бұрын

I love it. I'm in love with the bird's call.

@brightmacsworld8353

Жыл бұрын

This is so very weird what is this?

That thumbnail is scary and wholesome at the same time.

@Ass_of_Amalek

2 жыл бұрын

depends on how fluffy you imagine it to be.

@aidanharley243

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ass_of_Amalek No fluff, that's just a rigid shell 😱

@TornaitSuperBird

2 жыл бұрын

It looks like a fluffy otomatone

@mikehoncho5278

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, you’re the dude from the Funhaus comment sections

@stinky.404

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously, I got jump scared

Urutau conhecido também como mãe da lua.

Friend : dude have you heard ? This is amazing blablabla Me : 1:57

I did a PowerPoint presentation on this bird in 7th grade, and the teacher commented on how unique the animal was, and everybody was freaked out 😭

@Aelitagurl

Жыл бұрын

Lmfaooo 😂 Please tell me you got an A lol

@rappinneallyp

Жыл бұрын

And I bet it was written better than the script for this video.

@jarrettjustin3031

Жыл бұрын

@@rappinneallyp bruh fr 😂

@hathwar

Жыл бұрын

not me doing a ppt rn on this in 7th---

@sakurahoor

Жыл бұрын

😂😂Job well done i guess

You could've told me that Potoo was a new Pokémon and I would've believed it.

@runexheart

2 жыл бұрын

I mean they definitely look like they could be one...

@nagamanigandi6666

Жыл бұрын

Would definitely be a ghost type....

@Jell_DoesStuff

Жыл бұрын

@@nagamanigandi6666 ghost/flying type

@nagamanigandi6666

Жыл бұрын

@@Jell_DoesStuff yep

1:20 That bird looks as if he’s about to roll his eyes at the entire film crew that’s shown up just to document him for the video. 😜

OMG, they're truly unique! A little weird but interesting. Not a boring bone in them😁. Those calls are like wailing or crying. Great video! Thanks!

Potoos are proof that everyone, even Mother Nature, love The Muppets.

@justsomecryptidwithinterne9873

2 жыл бұрын

I have never once liked muppets. You can say I absolutely despise them

@bateman2112

2 жыл бұрын

@@justsomecryptidwithinterne9873 well as you're a cryptid and therefore a creature of myth your opinion is invalid. So there.

@megaball-ps8tq

2 жыл бұрын

The Potoo looks like some kind of owl that transformed itself into one of the muppets.

@Ammeo

2 жыл бұрын

That's one grumpy looking bird

@bateman2112

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ammeo check out the shoebill sometime. Ol clackerface looks angry.

Holy Jesus the common Potoo's cry sounds like someone mourning Imagine hearing that while lost at night

@nikiTricoteuse

2 жыл бұрын

Give me a Potoo ANY day. Come to New Zealand and hear a Possum in the dark in the middle of nowhere when you're not expecting to. 😱😱😱😱😱 It sounds like someone's dismembering babies. Nearly wet myself the first time l heard one. BTW The possums in Aotearoa are not the cute Opossum from America or Australia! 🙂

@kennymartin5976

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda sound like goofy screaming to me. 😆

@fiberpoet6250

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the most horrifying animal sound I ever heard is the mating call of a female cougar which sounds like a woman screaming like someone is killing her

@midloran

2 жыл бұрын

That would be funny tho

@kirkbupkis

2 жыл бұрын

Lol your pfp

4:53 “they’ll double down and pretend to be a branch even harder” how do you even become a branch EVEN HARDER 😂

@viriyananda

Жыл бұрын

Omg he looks like dead inside or try pretending to be a statue

I absolutely loved everything about this! I am always thrilled to see new content from you and longer, educational content? About dogs?!? *flails* yay!

I love how they kinda look like muppets.

@rexrad9735

2 жыл бұрын

Some creature from The Dark Crystal, for sure.

as a bolivian I adore seeing these little boogers when visiting my family in Santa Cruz. Here we call it a Guajojo, which is based on their call: "waaah hoo hoo". We have a leyend about the bird being a cursed woman calling out for her lost love, as well as one classy song from the 50s: El Guajojó, by Gladys Moreno.

@adlirez

2 жыл бұрын

Awww, that’s an adorable and sad love story

@olliefoxx7165

2 жыл бұрын

So are the Potoos in Bolivia the same as the ones in this video or do they have some difference?

@abbygaby9210

2 жыл бұрын

@@olliefoxx7165 the common potoo with the call at 6:16 is the one i know

@olliefoxx7165

2 жыл бұрын

@@abbygaby9210 👍 I heard it's very distinctive call.

@jhanninnen

2 жыл бұрын

Over here in Brazil we call it Urutau, sadly everyday it's harder to spot one... Their call at night is terrifying 😯

Their call sound is shown at 5:42 for anyone else who came for that.

This was fun and interesting! Thank you

those facial expressions fill my requirement of human interaction for a full day.

"the potoo is hauntingly cute." Potoo: *menacing (°¬°

@karinlyle5378

2 жыл бұрын

AaaaaaAaaaaaaaaa! Your profile pic kitty is so cute!!

I stood next to one Potoo when doing Butterfly research in Paraguay in the seventies:It suddenly opened its amber eyes. and was I startled,hav ing thought it was part of a tree stump!!!They are so cute and cuddly.❤😊

I love the one with the descending 4 note in a sort of a minor key. They do grow on you

Animalogic: They’re hauntingly cute Potoo: 👁 🔶 👁

The Common Potoo sounds so much like a crying person. Like that super distressed grief cry.

I love this show so much. Keep up the good work!

I just love them. My favorite bird call is from the Southern Potoo. They really are beautiful. The convergent evolution of species is very interesting.

Here in Peru it's called ayaymama, because it makes a noise similar to a kid calling for his mother "ay,ay,mamá"

@JohnGardnerAlhadis

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome.

Day time Potoo looks like it's constantly contemplating: "Did i leave the stove on?"

They look so well camouflaged in the tree.

@leociresi4292

Жыл бұрын

They look almost like the branches they roost on

0:12 Imagine you just chilling on your stump and THAT flies riht up to you out of the dark abyss O_o

I find them cute, not scary at all, and their calls are beautiful. Nothing can beat the banshee scream of a barn owl though.

@stephaniec.4905

2 жыл бұрын

Right? Beautiful really

@goatsurgeon

Жыл бұрын

Just looked that up- that would scare me a lot more ! I’d be wondering what the hell I just pissed off lol

@timothyryan8983

Жыл бұрын

Love that the barn owl was made into the Banshee mythology.

Sooo who's gonna mention how fricking well they blend in with the tree bark?

@cintronproductions9430

2 жыл бұрын

No wonder they're so hard to spot until they open their googly eyes and Muppet mouth. XD

@gigim.9742

2 жыл бұрын

How well *what* blends? All I see is trees, man. Weird, fluffy trees, with spooky yellow eyes...

@nobodysfavourite6953

2 жыл бұрын

@@gigim.9742 I just hope Tasha is going to tell us a little more about those weird, blinking trees

*Therapist:* Real ghosts are not real. They cannot hurt you. *Real Ghosts:*

I Love how they either look shocked as hell or just completely stoned.

Here in Brazil these birds are called "Urutau" and ever since I saw them for the first time it has been part of my nightmares... a bird with a mouth and not a beak?? Oh hell nah

@brunofasanaro6157

2 жыл бұрын

Eu ia fazer um comentário muito parecido com esse rs

@KiomonDuck

2 жыл бұрын

Here in America we have the Karen.

@abaixodovoid9832

2 жыл бұрын

@@KiomonDuck Yeah, way worse ngl

@abaixodovoid9832

2 жыл бұрын

@@brunofasanaro6157 kkkkkkk mó medo

@alineSann

2 жыл бұрын

I like calling them "Mãe-da-lua", It's a very pretty name :)

They're like the avian cousins of drax: mastering invisibility by not moving.

This chicken looks way more adorable than most of my neighbours...

I don't know what is more enjoyable, the host's description of these unique birds, or the birds themselves. Well done either way!

Ghost Bird: The Way of the Stick.

@leociresi4292

Жыл бұрын

Yugi:” I play Great Potoo in defense mode!”

Okay you can’t tell me that the Great Potoo, doesn’t look like a Pokémon in disguise.

@Oceanlinx

2 жыл бұрын

I can imagine a pokedex entry with the common potoo cry.

@reb-chan5193

2 жыл бұрын

I love Urutau 💕

War Devil from Chainsaw Man 2 ?

0:13 This birb looks shocked .

this is what you get when you make a bird with derp level 10 that isn't flightless.

I love this super chill commentary while the bird stares directly into my soul

Northern Potoo 5:53 Common Potoo 6:05 Great Potoo 6:20

@AmarisNWonderland

11 ай бұрын

It sounds to me like the Great Potoo says, "Why, why, why, why...." while crying 😢 🥺💙

"I AM NOT STUPID! IM NOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!"

"Sir, do you know you're NOT a owl?" *Potoo* 👁 👁

Thanks for watching!

@thomaslove7278

2 жыл бұрын

Hi my name is Thomas Love , can you talk about nightjar what's in the family of them Thomas love please ? Can you show it on KZread video

@rahbeeuh

2 жыл бұрын

Can you make captions available for your upcoming videos?

@biyashairalunabetita2752

2 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video about the Philippine Peacock Pheasant po?

@sarfrazali7652

2 жыл бұрын

@@biyashairalunabetita2752 . Philippinen Eagle too ^^

@jaredguerra2222

2 жыл бұрын

If possible please do Hoatzins if it hasn't been done yet please?

1:25 YOOOOOOOO IS THAT A FEAKING GHOST TYPE POKEMON SHIRT, AWSOMMEEEEEE!

5:01 So these birds literally know they look freakish, and they even bank on that to help ward away predators?

@Thewritingelf

Жыл бұрын

Smart AF LOL tbh

No one: The Potoo: ◉V◉

The first time I saw this I could not believe my eyes

Idk why but I'm super attracted to things with hollow eyes, I think it's just the cutest damn thing. They look like little ghosts 👻

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing about Photos! ❤

“ If look could kill you’d be entering a world of eternal world of pain” You don’t have to be that rude to my lil bird boi 🥲

*The Great Potoo's call:* _"MoOoOoom! Ma! Ma! Mom!"_ What a majestic birb.

Simply beautiful the sound of the common Potoo is something else I could listen to it for hours. Nature is breathtaking 365 days a year 🦅 🦉 🪶 Nothing spooky looking about them just bloody adorable

The bird is smiling on the thumbnail lol 😁

Ironically, in Indonesian language, "owl" = "burung hantu", that literally means ghost bird.

@poopspaghetti7031

2 жыл бұрын

Owls are silent flyers so that's why it's called that i think

@immortal_shrooms6757

2 жыл бұрын

It applies any night bird i suppose

@Varunic219

2 жыл бұрын

Unironically unironic.

@wosborne5535

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I have learnt something today 👍

@GojoSatoru7609

2 жыл бұрын

@@Varunic219 ironically unironically unironic

when they have their eyes closed they look snooty

@aidanharley243

2 жыл бұрын

"Hmph!" -a potoo, probably

@Oceanlinx

2 жыл бұрын

They really do and that's my favourite expression of them,it's hilarious.

@vangu2918

2 жыл бұрын

Permanent side eye.

That bird is adorable ❤ don’t get how this bird is terrifying in any way pure cuteness

theres a lot of these kind of birds here, true, they are really magnificent

Just realized, Gonzo comes from a race of hyper advanced Potoos...

@RosheenQuynh

2 жыл бұрын

OMG

@vangu2918

2 жыл бұрын

Yep.

I love how bizarre they look and yet really cute.

@leociresi4292

Жыл бұрын

What do they sound like?

So funny looking and I love them! Thanks for the great video!

I can`t help myself , i`m falling in love with this bird

I live with these things 🤣 u would hate to see ‘em at night creeepy

@edthoreum7625

2 жыл бұрын

If they eat moths you'll not have to use insecticides?

@jollyjokress3852

2 жыл бұрын

Sh*t people kill them.

The common potoo has the scariest call I’ve heard from a bird. It causes a chill to run straight through me whenever I hear it.

@Godwinpounds4333

Жыл бұрын

Hi how are you doing?

I just wanna say, your channel was recommended and even if it's been a year or less, I love your shirt

Potoo’s are now one of my favorite birds! They’re so cute when they stare into your soul!

It’s so adorable yet spooky looking.

The thumbnail has been engrained in my brain and I can't stop seeing it

@midloran

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The bird looks like it's from my schizophrenia

Jeepers Peepers! Man. Great Scott those eyes!

If creepypasta was a bird, this is what it's going to look like