Bellbirds

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17 Comments

mononomi@feddit.nl · 38 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Apparently one of the loudest bird calls out there

It looks and sounds like an alien

Blackout@kbin.run · 9 pts · 2y

Wow, it's just like a CNC shop, rapid cutting 6061

veganpizza69@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

The sound would make for a great emergency alarm system in case of natural disasters or air raids.

cornshark@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

But not in the areas where it lives

veganpizza69@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That's true, the Amazonians do need air raid sirens due to the chemical air attacks from entrepreneurial colonialists.

mononomi@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 2y

Wtf

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y

I think it was connecting to dialup

SomeGuy69@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Must be super rare, is there even one recording with multiple of those birds at once?

GreatRam@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Wtf is that sticking out of its head

WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y

Never seen a goober-flange before?

CluckN@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It’s a Wattle

Followupquestion@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

The slave owning flying guy from Tatooine with a gambling problem?

Etterra@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

Thank you for watching; we will now go off the air until 6am.

Bellbird: deep breath...

FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Wattle seems like a made up word. Snood too.

mrcleanup@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

I mean, yeah, they all are.

FreshLight@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

I love evolution. I think it's hilarious that these birds evolved to look like they tried to snort the bundle of hair that's been clogging my shower since 2020.

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

At least one of them:

It cannot be that good