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.
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.
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!
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.
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!!!
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!
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.
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
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.
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 🇦🇺
*@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_
@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.
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!
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 .
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.....
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)
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.
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.
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!
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)
@@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
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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!
*@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
*@Thomas Hanson* Here's a gang of 'em sounding off at each other: th-cam.com/video/TqdRQxgtZtI/w-d-xo.html "How to speak Australian:" th-cam.com/video/FDmLo7NmeYo/w-d-xo.html 😦😲😨😆🇦🇺 Enjoy!
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! 😄🇦🇺❤🏴❤🇳🇿
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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.
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..
This is probably the best video of one calling I’ve seen on youtube. They also live around more forested areas, on the coastlines, and around residential areas. You can sometimes see one pinching a mouthful of dirt in their beaks near roots of trees over and over again, sieving it for grubs (eg witchity grubs). A few times when I’ve been camping I’ve had a piece of sausage on my fork, get distracted for a second talking, then go to eat it and it’s gone, and a kookaburra is sitting in the tree eating it. You often hear them in groups moreso than just one. Great video thanks for sharing.
I had a pair that used to sit on the verandah outside my bedroom every morning and wake me up with their call.. they were so cute :) Still my favourite bird
Taco was born ready. He was just patiently waiting for his moment.
He waited for the perfect moment
🤣🤣🤣🤣 seriously
Fucking furry...
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.
@socal rocks then don't. Just get out of their way. ..
"Ready, Taco?"
"I was born ready, biach!"
😁
That sounded like a line in Hondo!
lol!
Lol!!
As it is an Australian bird. It will be: Ready, Taco?
Taco: I will wake up the entire newsroom with my sound, mate!
"He looks kind of mean"
*is literally the cutest thing*
The Letter "R": Exists
Kookaburra: "Funniest shit I've ever heard."
Reporters: _talking_
Kookaburra: _I sleep_
Reporters: _roll R's_
Kookaburra: *_R E A L S H I T?_*
If that's the case, that birb is my spirit animal.
HIS NAME IS TACO YOU SWINE
You mean..... Rrrrrrrrrrrreal shit
@@ConfettiBerg gotem
@@girlbosswesker no, it's a kookaburra _duh_
“In the dry forested areas of Australia”
Or just any backyard
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.
Margaret Garden They are common in Perth city suburbs......although they were introduced to Western Australia.
In any backyard . Have heaps in Sydney
We count them sitting on the powerlines on the way to town. Usually get around 30 or so.
They're everywhere in suburban Western Australia.
Caretaker: *Rolls R's*
Birb: OOOOOOOAHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAOOOHAHAHA
Caretaker: I agree.
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
I like how the bird looked up when the lady started describing its features 😀😀
Mista Festa the level of pride in this bird is so high.
Kookaburra: Hey, thats aint true about me!
This bird surprised me.. there is absolutely some awareness... he's listening and reacts... says enough. Made a big impression on me
"Stocky?"
"Large beak?! Geez..."
@@capcom23 but he is not 😄😉
Plot twist: kookaburra is actually laughing at how silly us humans are
I know right? He looked way smarter than the hoomans in the clip.
Volvox Lmao no he didn’t. He looked lazier
@@znightowlz6585 in the West we produce too much stuff, so being a bit more lazy would be a smart thing to do.
Speak for yourself please
Yeah well he's stuck in a cage and I'm not who's laughing now
These guys are my daily wake up alarm. Never gets tiring
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!
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
Yea, like "yep, that's me to a T"
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!!!
Me: plays "down with the sickness"
Kookaburra: Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah
Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Man of Culture 🤣
@@amelian9677 Sh!t! I didn't know it exist, LMAO
@@amelian9677 watch?v=jtZBX4vhDAc
Man of Culture currently texting that video to everyone I’ve ever met 🤣
@@amelian9677 🤣🤣
He’s a star.. the camera stare the winks. He’s super chill. He is in the conversation and was aware of everything
Kookaburra: _~laughing hysterically~_
Lyrebird: _that's cute_
Kookaburras actually lower the rate of alcoholism in australia because of the way their sound affects people with hangovers.
Morning of hell
lmfao
Beneficial chicken
ye... WHAT
🤣😂😜🤪
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!
Only in Australia tho..
Any other jungle, nah that's a monkey
We call it the bush in Australia not the jungle. Not hating.
REMEMBER THE NAME she specifically said in movies
Totally.
Not in jungles, sorry. Open forest, only native on east coast of Australia.
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.
Not Melbourne. The closest you can find kookas from Melbourne is out in the forest areas some 30km out of the city
@@YeahIDontKn0wEither I was referring to Perth and when I lived in South Perth which is just over the river from central Perth.
I love the staccato little ah ahs but when it does that rolling rrrrrrrrrrrr sound it always makes me chuckle LOL
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
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.
It’s a POkemon and you were his breeder 😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰
Thanks for sharing!
@@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.
@@alfa-psi Yes, unless you were a mouse.
Lucky. That's a good story.
Laughing starts at 1:40
Thanks Crown Academy of English lol
It's electrifying. Go grease lightning. Lol
1:45 is when it becomes infectious
Baby Jesus 👆🤡
th-cam.com/video/-Q97yFlJ8F4/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=MasonNoel
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 🇦🇺
Yes. I hear Kookaburra's laughing everyday in the trees outside. Lots of Cockatoo's too!
Humans: *roll r's*
Neck: "Allow me to introduce myself."
Lmao
😆😋😆😋! ! Yeah, Taco did "giraffe" his neck there, he did!
*@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_
Wow, that bird, when given the queue demonstrated his call beautifully.
Yes, that was impressive alright!
@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.
Ser Al Han piss off. Nobody asked for your stupid Fucken vegan propaganda
bad1dobby yeah, look how riled up he is. Poor thing can’t stop shaking🙄
Rahul TN TN lmao that’s what I was thinking
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!
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 .
He was simply waiting for you to toss him a piece of meat.
I just cried. This bird is so beautiful. This makes me appreciate our life more.
She’s got an incredible smile.
I know right! Very pretty bird
The bird is nice too.
She’s beautiful - full of joy, grace, and enthusiasm.
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.
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.....
So it's the equivalent to an American Roster?
Kevin C yeeeeeh...but there’s usually like 5 of them going off at once
Kevin C and they go off for aaaaaaaagges
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)
Kudos to "Mr. Cameraperson". Everything on cue, close-up and Focused !
I love its eyes, it's full of soul.
Taco was just like "I'm ready. I'M READY!"
Amazing bond between the bird and the owner. The bird is so responsive, it's amazing!
When the bird laughs, I can't help but smile.
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.
I would never get tired of hearing that, it makes me smile ear to ear!
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.
As an American who’s grandmother was Australian I absolutely love the kookaburra. It’s one of the cutest birds out there.
I imagine that Men At Work HATE that damn bird...
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!
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 No, just the greedy scum at Larrikin Music.
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)
and small snakes, too !
Oooh, I don’t miss them fckers!
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.
@@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
@@daLukasMain I grew up drinking water from mountain creeks . I've probably had worse🤣🤣
So cute!
😊
❤️❤️❤️What a beautiful little boy 😍
“In the dry forested areas of Australia “
*looks outside into my front paddock*
“Uhhh you sure about that?”
She's American and clearly didn't do her home work lol...
I'm from tas
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
Im in Aus, the other day my 3 year old grand daughter kept calling it a kookabuggar. Too cute.
That should be the new name
That wonderful little creature has an excellent sense of timing and rhythm. 😀
So cute❤❤❤❤❤❤he is looking 👀 at her with loving eyes😍
I want this as my new ringtone.
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.
I have recorded a butcher young bird practicing his repertoire and use that as mine. 😊
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 !
You got that right
the kookaburra looks so polite :))
The world needs more animals like this.
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!
@@magnificentmuttley154 well said, my friend... Peace!
Theres plenty of animals like him google birds
@@magnificentmuttley154 👏👍💕🦉🦆🦅🕊🐧🐨🦇🐢🐸🦎🐳2
*@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
Man Tacos a beast with his call. Extreme happiness attained, thank u.
What a well behaved bird
Taco is an adorable bird and he's quite a talker!!
I've been waiting 70 years to watch this video. I love this bird.
*@Thomas Hanson* Here's a gang of 'em sounding off at each other: th-cam.com/video/TqdRQxgtZtI/w-d-xo.html
"How to speak Australian:"
th-cam.com/video/FDmLo7NmeYo/w-d-xo.html
😦😲😨😆🇦🇺 Enjoy!
Kookaburra sitting in the old gum tree, eating all the gum drops he can see, STOP kookaburra stop, kookaburra save some there for me
Laff kookaburra, laff kookaburra, GAY your life must be
Ikr
Well that's stuck in my head now! 💖👍😁
Who sang that in their heads? Just me?! Really?! I can't be the only one
@@francisfake782 correct
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! 😄🇦🇺❤🏴❤🇳🇿
Australia, only in Australia.
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"?
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.
Amen!
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.
@@flamingfrancis I like that!
I am from Australia and that sound = suburban Sydney to me! Classic.
What a cute little fellow Taco is 🥰
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!
I wake up with this sound every morning!
What a performer!!!
*YES* he's the John Farnham ( or Keith Urban ) of the Native Australian bird world . ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴
Kookaburras come to my backyard all the time, great little guys.
That may be the cutest bird I've seen
Kookaburra: Laughs for the camera...
Lyre Bird: Hold my beer...
Nothing more enjoyable than listening to the laugh of a
Kookaburra. I wonder what they find so funny?
Your life
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He’s adorable.❤
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.
I agree with the law of not keeping those amazing babies captured. They belong to the wild, not in cages.
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
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.
Omg, isn't he just so gorgeous? Amazing!!! 😍
Some of us take them for granted here in OZ , but I really enjoy hearing them , every time.
Wonderful birds.
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.
Made me smile big...thank you!
The young lady holding the bird has such a great smile and look of love for it! Great video. Thanks!🌈🦋
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
Taco cute! What a great lil friend ❤️
First thing I noticed about the Kookaburra was his broken beak.
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.
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
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.
It appears to be damaged - might be the perfectly functional and natural shape, though.
Definitely deformed. The first thing I noticed also.
They are smart knowing when she asks him to sing his song. Beautiful!
Adorable and hilarious !
They are adorable!!!
Wow! Australia has such cool animals.
She's obviously used to talking to children.
Speckled Jim the bird or the women?
MAX - the woman lol, she’s explaining like she’s talking to a younger audience
@@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.
I thought the same thing. Or talking at exhibits.
Adoreble love the way he snuggles up to you love my kukoburroews they are in new New Zealand too
Welcome to the sound that wakes us up in the morning.
He’s just cool , chilling. 🥰
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.
He's the bird that killed YOUR Men At Work...
A wonderful Australian icon ❤️
Cuteness overload 🤩🥰🥰🥰🥰
I have a family of about 12 of these near my flat. They're great at 4am when they all fire up at once.
All these years I been hearing those damn things, and now finally I seen it!
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..
I love him, thank you!
From Australia, I very much missed this bird when we moved to the city. They are very intelligent.🦃🦃🦃💖💖💖
this bird just walks up to food like " lemme smash"
I have a couple of Kookaburra's that laugh out loud outside my window every day ... from Australia.
The creator sure loves varieties of all kind. So many different beautiful birds. Love them.
That's why Kookaburras that you can find all around the world are enjoyed in equal measure.
Evolution truly is a wonderful miracle of nature, is it not?
@@alittlecreepywhenyou why does it require a male and a female to create a new baby?
Evolution not feasible.
Variant yes.
@@Lcab-bh3wx WHOOOSH!!!
Love that bird. What a wonderful creature.
This is probably the best video of one calling I’ve seen on youtube.
They also live around more forested areas, on the coastlines, and around residential areas.
You can sometimes see one pinching a mouthful of dirt in their beaks near roots of trees over and over again, sieving it for grubs (eg witchity grubs).
A few times when I’ve been camping I’ve had a piece of sausage on my fork, get distracted for a second talking, then go to eat it and it’s gone, and a kookaburra is sitting in the tree eating it.
You often hear them in groups moreso than just one.
Great video thanks for sharing.
I had a pair that used to sit on the verandah outside my bedroom every morning and wake me up with their call.. they were so cute :) Still my favourite bird
Happened to me as well. Twice in one day, the snatched my bbq right from my hand. They are expert flyers and quite brave.
You are Such a CUTIE💙💜♥️
Man, I grew up with this magnificent sound echoing in the bush. Such an iconic laugh.