Are Potoo Birds the Scariest Birds in the World?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2021
- This is a potoo bird. You might've seen memes of this bug-eyed bird making the rounds on social media. Or maybe you've heard their iconic calls, like the one we just played for you. So, why do they scream like that? Besides scaring us half to death. What do potoo birds use their gigantic eyes and mouths for? And why do potoos have one of the saddest stories in the world?
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Potoo birds aren't scary! Potoo bird is life! Potoo bird is love! Cassowaries are *DAMN* scary! Beautiful, but scary...
I agree, the Potoo is a little fella but the cassowary is a huge spiky footed killer!
I thought that very same thing!
I'm Colombian and I've seen these birds. They are very cute and terrifying looking at the same time.
I love them they're adorable. It would be so cool to see them around.
Which part of Colombia? Never seen or heard one of these!
@@zalirah I seen them in the Santander region
Que mas parcero
Wow awesome I’d like to visit Columbia but I would like to be able to return home in one piece
No, they are not. they are beautiful, inoffensive, their singing varies from this roar, to a beautiful and melodic whistle, and they are wonderful to live among. I had the pleasure of live in a place that have a ton of these in the most variable species and it was almost magic. Each one has an unique tuning to their song and some even let me approach in a very friendly manner. Unfortunately we live in a world where a great amount of people are just willingly ignorant, they prefer believe in ridiculous legends like "if you hear one singing means someone in your family will die" or "this is a soul of a mother calling for her dead children". But in reality, Potoos, or Urutaus as they are originally named, are a remarkable and lovely species.
HERE HERE...!!! I have been in the avian field for nearly 30+yrs now. And have worked "hands on" with everything from Warblers to Birds of Prey. And these birds along with other Nightjars such as Tawny Frogmouth's, Chuck-will's-widow, and Eastern Whip-poor-will are fascinating birds. They serve a great purpose of ridding us of the pest insects they feed upon. Every animal serves a purpose.
I hate this shit about people… so dumb and low IQ
Woke up to the flute-like singing of a common Potoo in the middle of my 1st night in a deep, dark, beautiful Ecuadorian rainforest back in ‘89. Locals called it “the Bird that Laughs at Man(-kind)” >> one of many great memories of a wonderful place & people!
They look absolutely adorable
But it scares me lol
THEY ARE ADORABLE
I know
Yep especially the really sad one! (Common "Poh"too)
Okay, I want a plushie of this one too 😆
So do I!!!
Bruh how dare you?! Calling them the stuff of nightmares and other stuff is RUDE AF! They are incredible creatures that have evolved such a fascinating strategy to avoid predators and they help us control insect and invertebrates population SIGNIFICANTLY. Please do your research thoroughly and respect all creatures, as they all have a role in their fragile ecosystems. (an ornithologist here)
I’m gonna be honest, that is the cutest s*** I’ve ever seen
why u gotta diss my kinds like that, man.
At first they look scary but they are fascinating and I have watched them so much that I now think they are kinda cute.
I live part of the year in Jamaica. Every night there is a bird like that come on the roof of my house. Im realy scream like a beast, at first it scared me because I did not know what it was but in fact these birds are very nice with humans.
I think it’s adorable
@1:27 I love how it’s “fluting” in key with the music.
Here in the United States we would have similar but smaller related birds. Such as; Eastern Whip-poor-will & Chuck-will's-widow which are in the Nightjar family. Hunting insects at night. They may seem creepy but they get rid of A LOT of pest insects.
Great names!!
Imagine if there were potoo species native to North America (including California, where I live in) very much like eastern whip-poor-wills, but are similar to South and Central American great potoos... 0_0
They just have baby bird faces.
Wow! The one that blended into that tree stump..no wonder its hard to spot, until you hear its call. 😱😱😱
The lady Presenter certainly got hidden talents.. she really mastered them bird calls??? 🐔🐔🐔😂👍
I love this channel. Thank u soo much.. 😍👏😊
Glad you enjoy it!
I am so lazy clicking on your video but when I do I enjoy it a lot like a lot!!
this bird looks like it comes from a cartoon
I think they are adorable. I would love to see one. Funny little creatures.
Only people who have never met an emu or cassawary would say something so absurd. Potoos are harmless.
the black eyed ones are definitely the scariest looking
Those ones look like what I'd imagine a paralysis demon to look like.
Those cute little things? They look like muppets come to life!😊❤️😍
Common potoos are the cutest
@@perenniallachrymosity276 consider yourself lucky that you only have to imagine at this point. 50% of people will experience some sort of sleep paralysis in their life and I would personally happily trade what I experienced for a hundred of these guys.
Imagine hearing them and Foxes growling together.
The sound of common potoo is my favourite. It was a comment, that it sounds like someone who's humming the song "Don't worry, be happy".
These birds can literally see while they sleep 😅
I find them funny, like it was the idea of one of the animators of the _Looney Tunes_ that designed them. Look at those comedic bug-eyes! Kinda reminds me of Daffy Duck with that silly 'smile'.
I wonder if the "poh"too will feature in a Harry "poh"ter film sometime.
Scariest bird? They are one of the cutests in the world. Have you seen vultures?
As someone who works with birds of prey for a living, I’ve come to find that vultures are actually incredibly endearing and adorable birds; they are intelligent and sociable, and they LOVE puzzle feeders, shoelaces, and sunbathing! They are also a very diverse group appearance-wise, so, contrary to common expectation, there isn’t exactly a standard vulture “look.” Some species look more intimidating, some look like they’re wearing pantaloons, and some look like living art craft projects.
@@kolorsoftherainbow4295 That was very interesting. Thank you.
Looks like the owls are not the only ghost birds.
They aren’t owls. They are their own bird
Oops sorry I thought you meant the potoos😅
At least owls look normal in comparison. Potoos are super horrifying-looking in my opinion. 0_0
They look like a cartoon character.
It actually does look like a puppet or an animatronic
I love them: nothing scary just creatures.
So cute! Beautiful!
I think that bird is handsome
Amazing birds😃♥️
Yoru reference💯🤑
Too cute!
They look and sound effing amazing. So to answer the question: no.
I saw one in Costa Rica along the Rio Frio. They are almost impossible to see because they blend in incredibly with the trees. It took a guide for me to finally see it! I don't think they sound scary, though, I think they sound hilarious!
Potoo - translation= voodoo
I love this bird is my favorite bird🦉
90% not scary, but 0:24 was horrifying
I think they are adorable 🥰💜💜💜
Aw love the urutau, ,so cute
The fact that their noises sounds like a human in distress I’m going say yes. Poopy pants city if I heard that in the forest at night.
They look like tawny frogmouths found in southern Australia
you played a common potoo sounds when it was showing a great potoo
I think they are adorable
WAR devil bird
These birds are 90% nightmare fuel
If nightmare had a mascot it'd be THIS
It looks like it came straight out of a horror movie.
You used the wrong audio during the video segments of the birds.
Big yellow scleras is a common potoo and they have a mellow melodic call.
Black scleras are the great potoo and they have the raspy warbly call which played in the beginning.
My first thought was: No, potoos are cute and Id be much more scared of an ostrich...
I still find them cute and I made a owlfolk dnd character off of it, her name is Smee
XD
I have two actually Smee the common potoo and Mischief(misty for short) the Northern White faced owl, good combo I gotta say
Lucky!!!😁
They look so much like our tawny frog mouth here in Australia
They got the sounds of demons, what the heck. Gosh now I know why they're called Ghost birds. Oh my gosh.
So cute though
The potoos and shoe bill storks need to get some funding for a kids animatronics restaurant
He's not scary, only his very high camouflage ability is terrifying.
If he's on a fence made from a thick branch, you might not notice him if he's standing still.
Yes its ability to surprise can get you to jump. They camouflage so well and suddenly you see these two big eyes looking at you.
I think they're beautiful, they're not ugly or scary.
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Potoo birds are cute! They look like babies :D
Now I know that it's not a demon outside
Ain't no potoos getting extinct. Not with disguise.
This is scarier then a scary movie the scariest part is this is real imagine hearing this by your self hiking in the woods or anywhere
I love them
i guess people will get use to them even if they are creepy
I do not care if they are illegal to own I am going to steal one and keep it 🤫
I call them poopoo birds!
That ain't look scary the creepiest one is the erosian bird stare ☠️
I believe these are night jars.
Potoos are related to the nightjars.
Hes cuteee
I call them as “ghost bird”
One wasn’t a potoo. It was a tawny frogmouth.
they look so cute
So they are like owl on the other side of the world
They look very silly
Not scary at all those birds are super cute 😆 :D
Potoo’s are cute and weird
Like myself
War devil
I personally think the "scariest" bird is the Common Buttonquail. I'm not sure why, but their calls are disturbing.
Cassowary is objectively the scariest bird
@@redacted9723 u dreaming bro
Any bird that can rip out your guts with their feet ARE scary.
I like the one with yellow eyes
I think thats a pissed off Potoo or as I grew up knowing the Ghost Birds some of them have scary af calls that make your blood curdle thankfully there native to Central America if memory serves we went over them in back in Biology class because it was my teachers favorite bird I just call them Flying Hellspawn
Looks like Becky from finding dory
This animals arent scary. People are scary.
They’re so cute
Where are they found though? That wasnt helpful
Evean in india is there in 2008 i got it
Nah man hornbils are much scarier, these are cute
most likely this is what they saw in the movie mothman prophecies
What about nightjar's
I don't think they are scary at all . In fact they are the very cutest birds ever like the little owls their voice also aren't that scary. its like a little baby calling their parents. Whatever is there in the nature they are always beautiful and Potoo is also one of them
I think their cute
you think thats scary, try australian rarest bird called kookaburra. if you ever heard the sound of this bird, that mean someone about to die in that proximity. it is also known as the reaper bird.
😳
All gob and dull feathers
Are they edible?
Probably depends on who you ask...
No
If you wanna go to the jail,of course you can eat them.
You mean: the cutest bird in the World?!!