Image description: A kookaburra sitting on a branch in a tree above the photographer. A blurred apartment building is visible in the distance behind the foliage of the tree

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      4 months ago

      And I just had to look this up to confirm. Neat! They have the look, but I never made the connection. TIL!

      The reason I ever looked these birds up in the first place was, funny enough, because of the reason mentioned in the Wikipedia article: “The loud, distinctive call of the laughing kookaburra is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve an Australian bush setting or tropical jungle, especially in older movies.”