See for yourself here! Apparently the call sounds like "go-way", which I can KIND OF get from the audio clip on that page? Not sure I would have naturally made that connection, but sure.
That made me look it up, and it turns out goat sucker birds predate the chupacabra by a couple thousand years. There was a myth that these birds drank goat milk (from the goat).
I remember reading the Dragonlance books in the 90s, and one character would talk about a cryptid called the "Goatsucker Bird" that was an amalgamation of those two things, and now I finally get that joke.
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WadeTheWizard@fedia.io · 44 pts · 1y
The guy in charge of inventing new slurs got transferred to the bird naming division at the word factory.
Kertyna@feddit.nl · 12 pts · 1y
I smell a Ryan George video.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
I wanna see the observational notes on go-away-bird.
Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y
See for yourself here! Apparently the call sounds like "go-way", which I can KIND OF get from the audio clip on that page? Not sure I would have naturally made that connection, but sure.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Well, that's the creepiest thing I've listened to today. Also, strangely accurate. Thanks.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 1y
i believe its because of the sound it makes when its startled
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Satanic Night Jar? Fuckin badass band name.
KTJ_microbes@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 1y
jollyrogue@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
That name goes hard!
miked@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y
Goatsucker? The bird form of chupah cabra?
moakley@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
That made me look it up, and it turns out goat sucker birds predate the chupacabra by a couple thousand years. There was a myth that these birds drank goat milk (from the goat).
I remember reading the Dragonlance books in the 90s, and one character would talk about a cryptid called the "Goatsucker Bird" that was an amalgamation of those two things, and now I finally get that joke.
icelimit@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 1y
Birds named with literal Pokémon logic
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
some birds are called after their bird calls. Ie, birds that call their own names like Pokémon.
Kea
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
So what does the Pokémon that runs around screaming “goatsucker” do?
moakley@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Depends on whether or not there's a Gogoat or a Skiddo in the team.
If there isn't, then not much.
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
Not only in birds, also other animals eg. Mastodon = Titts tooth
others
https://factanimal.com/fun-stuff/funniest-animal-names-in-the-world/