Image description: A brown and white kookaburra sitting on a wooden hand rail with a piece of meat in its beak

  • @MataVatnik
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    11 year ago

    I was in camping in Florida three days ago and I swear I heard one of this birds. I heard a loud monkey noise relatively close to me. I know they aren’t native to the area but what else sounds like a monkey like that.

    • AdaOP
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      21 year ago

      I’ve never heard a kookaburra described as sounding like a monkey before, but now that you say it, yeah, I can see it…

      Maybe you have birds that have escaped captivity in your area?

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Every time at the zoo I have the thought “what the hell kind of monkey is that!?” Every time, kookaburra.

        • @spamfajitas
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          21 year ago

          Fun fact I learned recently, another name for the kookaburra is a laughing jackass! I guess someone didn’t like the sound.

      • @MataVatnik
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        21 year ago

        I looked it up and it was likely a barred owl. I definitely heard a barred owl that night, did not know they also make monkey calls.