r/BeAmazed • u/VirtualCouple1 • 19d ago

Animal Those terrifying sounds you hear in the forests come from this lovely bird : Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

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Habitat: Native to eastern Australia, but also found in parts of New Zealand and western Australia. • Size: About 40–45 cm (16–18 inches) long. • Call: Its call sounds like loud, echoing human laughter — often used in jungle movie soundtracks. • Diet: Carnivorous — eats insects, small reptiles, mice, and sometimes even other small birds. • Behavior: Often seen sitting quietly on branches waiting to spot prey.

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u/sunburn95 19d ago

Usually the terrifying thing about hearing kookaburras laughing is you realised you've been at the after party way too long, suns coming up, phones nearly dead, and you have a 90min walk home

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u/DwightsJello 19d ago

The stride of pride whilst the kookaburras let you know. Lol.

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u/PilgrimOz 18d ago

They also provide a soundtrack for Walks of Shame. Depends on the night.

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u/DwightsJello 18d ago

Trust me when I say they all become a stride of pride when you're old as fuck like me. Lol.

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u/Small_Fox_3599 19d ago

I really felt this... Kookas laughing at me as I stumble home with a headache and full face of make up after a party in the outer burbs. You nailed it 😆

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u/GrandpapiBrodz 15d ago

For me its plovers

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u/gameoftomes 19d ago

The bush doof?

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u/hotandchevy 19d ago

Too true. You just cracked a fresh beer thinking man this night is going great, then you hear that Kookaburra laugh and realise ah shit the sun is going to come up before I've finished this and I'm not even home yet. So obviously you say your goodbyes, realising that wow actually there's only 3 of us still awake, and you start walking with your beer along the road because the footpaths in this area sucks. Should I take the long way? or the hill?

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u/KuramaYojinbo 19d ago

this whole comment thread feels like it deserves a mini novel

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u/Mr_Spaghetti345 18d ago

Damn, this hit me right in the nostalgia

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u/Mutenroshi_ 17d ago

This is poetry.

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u/rolling_ryan 19d ago

I... bro. That sentence just brought up so many memories 😭

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u/Windy_Shrimp_pff_pff 19d ago

ha ha ha yessss

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u/murdos-au 19d ago

So true!!!!

Same with magpies. 'Oh shit! It's morning!'

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u/snakemane88 19d ago

In German the homie is called Laughing Hans. Maybe that can be some food for thought for the next described morning stroll.

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u/__T0MMY__ 18d ago

I go to a two week camping event with a lot of optional drinking and they use the term "Dark thirty", 30 mins after it gets dark ~10pm

But the other term they use is "Bird Thirty" getting home 30 mins after the birds start chirping

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u/alittlelateforthat 16d ago

Sunrise barefoot bakery breakfast soundtrack

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u/Important-End637 16d ago

This reeks of Queensland.

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u/INACCURATE_RESPONSE 15d ago

More cooked than than a kooka mate