I love how they treat the meat as if it were a fish they'd just caught and smack and fling it around to subdue it. lol

@graemesydney38

6 жыл бұрын

Kookaburra are related to the Kingfisher but they don't eat or hunt fish. Kooka's eat meat - snakes, lizards, frogs and small mammals or beef steak as above.

@JustNatax3

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah they don't really fish, but they break and tenderize the rodents bones like that.

@Joseph_yy

5 жыл бұрын

Graeme SYDNEY they actually eat fish if there is a option.but they aren’t the best when it comes to fishing lol

@HNSthejypod

5 жыл бұрын

@@graemesydney38 they are kingfishers. They just dont eat fish, in fact most kingfishers dont eat fish. Thry are still kingfishers

@jacktheflipper3591

4 жыл бұрын

Kookaburras are the largest of the kingfisher family they do this too fish but mainly to the lizards they eat so the lizards dont turn around and bite them I grew up around them and still here them occasionally not as much as i want too i love them animals

Did you notice how fair they are?? He takes one for him, the next one is always for his friend...awwww Soo damn cute :))) And he talks to his friend, he asks him each time if he wants it... Incredible! They have a high EQ and IQ!!

@thegorn

3 жыл бұрын

Meat eaters are always smarter than vegetarians

@artistacielo6492

3 жыл бұрын

The right one is male, trying to get some seks from left one Becky (slightly larger female)

@mjade1673

3 жыл бұрын

Animals generally do have both, including us. But we are the crazy ones that deny this while also denying all our "animal" behaviour.

@RobGabin

3 жыл бұрын

@@thegorn 🤣

@celebrityrog

3 жыл бұрын

And see how the one who was being fed was finished, took off and flew to the other side of their friend and gave them their piece of meat... as if to say, "Hey, I'm full now, but my friend is still hungry so I'll move out of the way so he can have his fill."

The one that offers up his food is so sweet . They are beautiful wild birds !! We are so blessed to have them here ...I love hearing them around my place ..it sounds magical !

That Kookaburra takes great care of his wife, always offering her food before he eats himself. That pair must be very successful raising chicks!

@TheLittleEmoji

Жыл бұрын

This is called being a cuckold, there is nothing to praise here

@uncletiggermclaren7592

11 ай бұрын

The one on the left is immature, it is a chick.

@DonSanchez

8 ай бұрын

​@uncletiggermclaren7592 That would explain why it's hitting the meat against the wood to kill/subdue it even tho it's already dead. 😅 Why does it appear to look slightly bigger tho?

@uncletiggermclaren7592

8 ай бұрын

The young of some birds do look bigger, I have never heard an explanation of what that is about. So I just went and looked at the Toronga park zoo website, they are quite informative. The short story is that was probably a female chick, and fat. Long story, it turns out that previous years young stay bonded to the parents for up to three years before moving away to nest for themselves. And consequently each year the two chicks the adults raise, one female and one male, will be being fed by up to 6 and sometimes 8 adult birds. And it also notes the females are larger, and grow faster, which they note is an actual physiological thing unrelated to the amount of food they eat. They say in fact that it is harder for the females to maintain their health because they are slightly less agile hunters, and have to work harder because of it. @@DonSanchez

@uncletiggermclaren7592

8 ай бұрын

And I found another site that explains why some chicks look bigger than their parents after they first develop the ability to fly. It says they are not ACTUALLY structurally bigger, but their feathers have not developed the adult shape and strength, so the juvenile bird merely looks bigger because its feathers are not held as closely to the skin. It noted they may retain slightly larger fat reserves, but that difference is too small to visually detect. Which accords with my personal observations. Seagull chicks have a duller, less marked plumage, and look plumper than the adults too, but the next molting season they are only detectable because their feathers look less worn.@@DonSanchez

*Hits breakfast aggressively*

@sovereignspirit7640

6 жыл бұрын

TalkToUAsia It has to make sure it's breakfast is dead first!

@anttitheinternetguy3213

6 жыл бұрын

imagine people in restaurant hammering the shit out of their steaks with their fists before sitting down to eat

@effreyjeppstein4673

6 жыл бұрын

This is how I put my egg McMuffin to sleep before I eat it in the morning

@superdave6889

6 жыл бұрын

kookaburras eat mice, snakes, insects, small reptiles, and the young of other birds; they have also been known to take goldfish from garden ponds. thus this is probably a behavior used to kill its prey in the wild.

@scottmclennan6114

6 жыл бұрын

They eat small snakes for a living and that’s how they kill them.

Wow,those cute little dinosaurs can really pack away a lot of grub! Good thing for us they're smaller than their ancestors now. Our Aussie friends are so lucky to have Kookas, Cockatoos, Magpies and Lories..and that they're so friendly!

@cacogenicist

Жыл бұрын

Cockatoos can be rather insane. High drama avian dinos.

@lesliea7394

11 ай бұрын

Avian dinosaurs,

Orders a sandwich Slams it on the table a few times Ah perfect Everyone else in McDonald's 😟

@jackd1582

4 жыл бұрын

The regulars know there's no need . McDonald's food is prepared months in advance , so it long dead

@boogathon

4 жыл бұрын

@@jackd1582 Six months in advance for the salads.

@user-10021

3 жыл бұрын

Trash comment

@Wildicon19

3 жыл бұрын

What?! It moved....!

@Swordust

3 жыл бұрын

I saw this comment and was confused. Then I watched the vid and lost it lol

When I was 10, back in 1960, we had moved to Sydney, and two kookaburras would come to the patio railing, just like in this video. Amazing. They came every morning. I fed them tiny raw meatballs. Such a wonderful memory to have in such an amazing country.

@chrisyuri4187

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome, I lived in Perth for a year and hardly saw them there, they probably prefer the east coast since it's more tropical. I do that too almost every weekday with crows here at the harbor on an island in the north sea, they are far more shyer than Kookaburras (Considering humans have been mean af to them for centuries so it's no wonder they are skeptical of us), but man it really makes my day to feed them and give them some happiness. Everyone deserves to catch a break.

@LucasCarter2

10 ай бұрын

Shame that you fed them meatballs which will have made them sick as their calcium depleted.

@user-ly6xe6zn6e

8 ай бұрын

They are your Spirit Guardian Animals if they turn up before you moved in and on the day you moved to your home.

The generosity of the one on the right tho 😭!!

The right one seems to be a mother. She still feeds her grown up baby.

@gallinazo11

3 жыл бұрын

those millennials babies! 😂😂😂

@berkahpowerindo8815

3 жыл бұрын

Male is the one that always feed the other female, because if we feed directly to the female, the male get jealous and angry.

@sar983

2 жыл бұрын

@@berkahpowerindo8815 really, I didn't knew,thank you stay safe

@null2470

Жыл бұрын

The right one is probably the husband.

42 and still lives at home with mother.

@safeinmyheart1

6 жыл бұрын

lol! Made my day, thank you. :)

@nigelperren5714

6 жыл бұрын

Jess Blackie's 46 and lives with his two mummys

@patelkashyap1708

6 жыл бұрын

Not mother eating lot is his wife

@jamesholt7340

6 жыл бұрын

Jess lol

@erictucker4412

5 жыл бұрын

Jess Like me!!!!!(51)!😂😂😂😂😂😂she goes where I go!

That’s soo cute they’re sharing! So adorable that it calls the other one .. look here I have another piece.. take it ..lol 😂 humans can learn from animal kindness ...

@FranklyFarcical

11 ай бұрын

Most humans are kind. Enough of this trite messaging about animals being better than humans, it’s such a shallow self-deprecating way of going through life.

@BrianChip-wn5im

3 ай бұрын

@@FranklyFarcical Lighten up, Jack. Or should I say Frank.

When I visited Australia next to the hotel there was a tree loaded with kookaburra’s loved hearing them.

Sharing is caring, love these two

Such beautiful birdies!! I love them so much!!

Omg, they're sharing, that's so adorable!

You're almost right. Their favourite food is snake and the "smack", as you call it is, in reality, how they kill the snake before devouring it.

@madsnoop7

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen kookaburras swoop in and fly away with snakes in their mouth .

Listen to them chatting? Pft! LOOK AT THEM SHARING! That's better than most Humans can do. Bless them lil' birbs.

@thefacelessmen2101

6 жыл бұрын

They also share feeding their offspring where all the aunts, uncles and grand parents help with the feeding of the young it is not unusual to see up to 15-20 birds living in extended families.

@scottmclennan6114

6 жыл бұрын

They mate for life.

@leelammajose8782

6 жыл бұрын

Love2C their sharing&caring😀

@graemesydney38

6 жыл бұрын

They mate for life and rare their young (not all birds do either or both). They are territorial and live in family/clan groups.

@ricovali9245

6 жыл бұрын

Momma feeding the young.

I am blown away :) they sharing... WOW :) greetings from Poland :)

The one on the right is sweet, making sure the other gets a fair share, instead of being greedy, lol. Love it ❤️

So much for eating like a bird.... they eat more than I do.

Funny birds, awesome experience watching them 👍

I love how she "stuns" the steak.

@sandrasharp2934

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe "tenderizing" Ha!😘

@DarkBath

3 жыл бұрын

Thats the only way to be sure

@CreativeWarrior-

2 жыл бұрын

That's what they do to the snakes they eat down there. Snaps the neck and spine.

Not only are they cute but they’re friendly too Wholesome birbs 🥰

The parent bird feeding the big fledgling first! 💗

One of the most adorable snake deterrents ever to exist.

My favourite bird, loved them before, love them more now, how they interact and talk and share

It always amazes me how we humans could learn a lot from animals and nature. Look at these two birds sharing their food and chatting away quite happily.

@sugarnads

3 жыл бұрын

Its almost like people never talk and share. Dunno where yoh live mate but we do that here. And forget the human sharing its food with the kookaburras...

That's too cute. I love how the smaller one keeps feeding the bigger one after 2 pieces or so XD

They look so cute. It's like they're laughing all the time. The smaller one is so caring 😂❤😘

I love Kookaburras, and I LOVE Australia

@OpinionatedChicken59

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, wherever you live is garbage in comparison.

@picklerick3444

7 жыл бұрын

Oh shit

@graemesydney38

6 жыл бұрын

Nor do Aussies ninja - we have laws, anti-discrimination boards and also sorts of enforcement and encouragement.

@francisfake782

5 жыл бұрын

Why

@bankadoof9065

4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit this was a while ago.

A lo mejor el de la izquierda es su retoño y claro el de la derecha su mamá y madres al fin dando de comer a su hijo,que bella escena llena de ternura como las madres saben hacer con sus hijos.......

that was very uplifting. It has been a trying week. Many thanks. I love these birds.

The younger one is so conscious of the elder that he always shares when he get an extra or large piece. Cute bond they share, something humans forget by age 5.

Sweet. Reminds me of an old NYC Girl Scout song - 'Kookabera sits on the old gum tree, eating all the gumdrops he can see, stop, koookabera stop, kookabera save some there for me' I didnt realize that Kookabera's are real birds

@shawnee1895

3 жыл бұрын

I have 2 sweet gum trees and named the spiky balls on the trees, cuckaburros. Did not know that there were birds called kookabera until last week on KZread. Learn something new everyday.

@becleemcleod

3 жыл бұрын

Wow I've never heard that version. Australians version: Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree, Merrily, Merrily king of the bush is he, laugh Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra how gay your like must be....

@thegorn

3 жыл бұрын

@@becleemcleod that version is probably offensive to gays

@margaretboehm4485

Жыл бұрын

In Australia we call them kooka's, easier to spell than kookaburra

It’s interesting how animals all have their own personalities, & are little spiritual beings, like the one kookaburra stole the other kookaburra’s food. This is how Karma is created even for animals. Some are nice, some not so nice. The bird on the right is actually giving food to the one on the left. So it’s a generous bird.

He’s sharing with the other. That’s really sweet ❤️

They shared better than humans

@micealbradely

4 жыл бұрын

AND DON’T SMOKE 🚭 NOW

@AK-mz9yk

4 жыл бұрын

And it was a human who shared the meat with them

@frankie8toes

4 жыл бұрын

Miceal Bradley wow excessive response much?

@finscreenname

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a human is feeding them (sharing) and the parent is feeding it's offspring or sharing kind of like humans do.

@Watchdog-vf8ug

4 жыл бұрын

@@micealbradely are you on crack?

Fantastic birdie..very lovely.🤣💚👋..☁️☁️⛅🌅🍃🌸🍃

So cute..such a wonderful gesture of sharing!!!

They’re making me laugh when they’re laughing. So cute when one shares food with the other too… She shares with him? Thanks so much for sharing! 🤗

They laugh even while having meal🤣🤣🤣

You can not compare these birds to any other just beautiful 😊

Oh, I love the way they share food between them!!

It's too cute! They share!

This is so sweet my favourite birds,, thank you for sharing. :)

Nice how they're sharing their food. Sharing is caring.

These birds make such unique sounds!!

My favourite bird 😍 just heard some out the back of my house, can never see them though! And they always stop laughing when I go outside.

There’s absolutely gorgeous!

hahaha, that s the same way my blackbird birdies always smack the dried mealworms i feed them against the metal windowsill! They think the food is still alive ... it s hilarious.

We were taught the Kookaburra Song even in America! I'm amazed I remember it after more than 40 years, but I do. Just the one verse, though. Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree-ee, Merry, merry King of the bush is he, Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra, Gay your life must be! Of course, that was back when gay still meant happy and joyful, its true denotation. Words didnt have a bunch of connotations attached to them back then. I used to be in my elementary school chorus and that was one of our favourite warm up songs to sing!☺

@hzv7242

4 жыл бұрын

When I went to public school in the 1970's the song was written in our music study books: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree counting all the gumdrops he can see. Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra, save some gum for me."

@ecclestonsangel

4 жыл бұрын

@@hzv7242 from what my Australian friend tells me, there's a lot of different verses out there. Apparently, it is a VERY long song, lol!😄

Used to live down in those parts and always enjoyed hearing their “laughs” that broke the silence at night.

@roidroid

3 жыл бұрын

I ALSO HATE SLEEPING IT IS THE WORST 👏

SO LOVELY BIRDS ❤️

@chrisretired5379

11 ай бұрын

Yes ! 😘💕💕🏖️

That one on the right is so thoughtful, giving up its meat to the other one. They must be great pals or lovers.

Gorgeous birds. Precious.

I've never seen kookaburras share food like this

With their normal sounds it's logical that they would like the sound of laughter

I LOVE HOW THEY SHARE THEIR FOOD!

She’s telling her baby it can take food from her mouth. How sweet

Какая справедливая птичка, одну сама ест - другой с соседом делится.

@ondine78

3 жыл бұрын

Наверное, это ее подросший птенец .

@ernykei

3 жыл бұрын

Три съедает сама, а один кусочек птенцу. Не такая уж и справедливая))

The cutest creature on planet earth

@Valtsuuu

7 жыл бұрын

They are not so cute when they wake you up at 5:00am.

@Drobium77

7 жыл бұрын

live in the UK in summer, the birds start at either 3am or earlier. Winter, it's dark from 3pm to 9am

Eat,share and laugh. That's the way to life.

Mama and baby. How adorable

Kooka 2: Hey look, I got a good one here for you Kooka 1: Mmm ok gimme!

Omg... Theyre soo cuute!!

The one on the left is sure bossy! He reminds me of my green cheek conure who is always stealing from the other birds. Lol

I can just imagine: sitting down to a cup of coffee or something someone farts really loud, and one of these guys starts laughing like it was a hilarious university frat house joke of some kind. That would be funny. 😂

Awwww 😍 sharing is caring

They're such beautiful interesting creatures :(

😍💚💙💜🧡💛 Ils sont adorables ! merci 💐

Best part is the one sharing with the other....don't see that very often.

Thanks. Now I miss Aus even more. Lv xo

Beautiful!

Wie schön die Beiden. ❤❤❤😍

That's a big baby, she must be proud.

Sharing is caring Hehehehehehe

@boogathon

4 жыл бұрын

. @UC_Hwy1YjiWxeurfb4aQv3Qw, Put down the bong...

So is that smacking it on the fence what they do to live critters to kill them?

@JeiHeirumaru

7 жыл бұрын

Robin Martz Yep

@robinmartz5066

7 жыл бұрын

James Heirumaru those birds are just the coolest!! I remember singing that song all the time when I was a kid. I didn't even know what they looked like, or how they sounded! Now that I think about it, seems America and Australia were connected a VERY long time.

@JeiHeirumaru

7 жыл бұрын

Robin Martz They're one of my fave birds

@robinmartz5066

7 жыл бұрын

James Heirumaru I wish I could just get one! But on the other hand, maybe not! Since they eat meat and all. I had a cockatiel for 29 years and he was my best little friend, very smart. And sometimes unbearably noisy! But I didn't really mind. After he died it was so QUIET!

@Jesse-B

7 жыл бұрын

+Robin Martz ... in the wild they eat mostly snakes which have a habit of biting back so they smack its head on a branch. They are also the largest Kingfisher.

Mumma & bubba. So sweet!

These are Laughing kookaburras. They mate for life. So this is likely a romantic couple sharing a meal like Lady and the Tramp.

I love how the one on the left tries to kill his meat haha

@KoKo-ye2ld

4 жыл бұрын

Hayvanlar bile bunu yapıyor düşün . Şerefsiz insanlar canlı canlı yiyor. fırsatım olsa hiç acımam öldürürüm hepsini. Özellikle Çinliler Japonlar dünyanın en şerefsiz insanları yaşıyor o ülkelerde

The bird on the right is very given most care for the other one a lot

Crows, Magpies and Kookaburras, smart as heck.

Definitely one of my top 5 favorite birds

Wow....they share.....

They are modern day dinosaurs .

So cute the way they share!

What lovely birds!

Was that mama bird still feeding its younger , or were they mates,meaning male and female. Interesting behavior whatever it was.

@bashfulwolfo6499

7 жыл бұрын

Kookaburra's feed each other to help familiarize with one another.

@McC1oudv2

7 жыл бұрын

I think they may be mates, the one on the right is showing off his Centerlink paycheck.

@lasergames1798

7 жыл бұрын

The one originally on the right appeared to dislike the larger (thicker) pieces and would feed them to the bigger kookaburra

@XXSomeDudeXX

7 жыл бұрын

Thems some good eatin

@littlemisskimmycat78

5 жыл бұрын

Female kookaburras are actually bigger than males. The one on the left throughout most of the video, I am sure, is the female and the male was feeding the meat to her.

They're getting the best cuts of meat

what a beautiful couple!!! (or friends...)

So sweet and beautiful!

"i'm full...here...want some?" :-))

The other one is so nice to him hes feeding him

Милая кукабарра!

Bumper crop of frogs around us . Kookas love frogs. The extended family that claims us as their territory is about 17. Two of my neighbours have nest boxes on poles in their backyards to compensate for a big nesting tree coming down in a storm a year ago.

Australia has the weirdest birds in the world.

@roidroid

3 жыл бұрын

Emus are pretty weird

Waitress: "Here's your aioli steak sandwich." Me: Smashes it on the table!

@roidroid

3 жыл бұрын

Waiter brought my avo toast UNSMASHED 😡.

Oh' what wondeful birdlife👋🌅〰️💕〰️〰️〰️🕊🕊

Now I understand the lyrics of the Kookaburra song..........laugh Kookaburra laugh..........that's what it sounds like.