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

  • AdaOPAEnglish
    2·
    1 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?

    • shadow@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

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

      • spamfajitas@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 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.