Kookaburra are related to the Kingfisher but they don't eat or hunt fish. Kooka's eat meat - snakes, lizards, frogs and small mammals or beef steak as above.
Kookaburras are the largest of the kingfisher family they do this too fish but mainly to the lizards they eat so the lizards dont turn around and bite them I grew up around them and still here them occasionally not as much as i want too i love them animals
Did you notice how fair they are?? He takes one for him, the next one is always for his friend...awwww Soo damn cute :))) And he talks to his friend, he asks him each time if he wants it... Incredible! They have a high EQ and IQ!!
And see how the one who was being fed was finished, took off and flew to the other side of their friend and gave them their piece of meat... as if to say, "Hey, I'm full now, but my friend is still hungry so I'll move out of the way so he can have his fill."
@uncletiggermclaren7592 That would explain why it's hitting the meat against the wood to kill/subdue it even tho it's already dead. 😅 Why does it appear to look slightly bigger tho?
The young of some birds do look bigger, I have never heard an explanation of what that is about. So I just went and looked at the Toronga park zoo website, they are quite informative. The short story is that was probably a female chick, and fat. Long story, it turns out that previous years young stay bonded to the parents for up to three years before moving away to nest for themselves. And consequently each year the two chicks the adults raise, one female and one male, will be being fed by up to 6 and sometimes 8 adult birds. And it also notes the females are larger, and grow faster, which they note is an actual physiological thing unrelated to the amount of food they eat. They say in fact that it is harder for the females to maintain their health because they are slightly less agile hunters, and have to work harder because of it. @@DonSanchez
And I found another site that explains why some chicks look bigger than their parents after they first develop the ability to fly. It says they are not ACTUALLY structurally bigger, but their feathers have not developed the adult shape and strength, so the juvenile bird merely looks bigger because its feathers are not held as closely to the skin. It noted they may retain slightly larger fat reserves, but that difference is too small to visually detect. Which accords with my personal observations. Seagull chicks have a duller, less marked plumage, and look plumper than the adults too, but the next molting season they are only detectable because their feathers look less worn.@@DonSanchez
kookaburras eat mice, snakes, insects, small reptiles, and the young of other birds; they have also been known to take goldfish from garden ponds. thus this is probably a behavior used to kill its prey in the wild.
The one that offers up his food is so sweet . They are beautiful wild birds !! We are so blessed to have them here ...I love hearing them around my place ..it sounds magical !
Wow,those cute little dinosaurs can really pack away a lot of grub! Good thing for us they're smaller than their ancestors now. Our Aussie friends are so lucky to have Kookas, Cockatoos, Magpies and Lories..and that they're so friendly!
When I was 10, back in 1960, we had moved to Sydney, and two kookaburras would come to the patio railing, just like in this video. Amazing. They came every morning. I fed them tiny raw meatballs. Such a wonderful memory to have in such an amazing country.
That's awesome, I lived in Perth for a year and hardly saw them there, they probably prefer the east coast since it's more tropical. I do that too almost every weekday with crows here at the harbor on an island in the north sea, they are far more shyer than Kookaburras (Considering humans have been mean af to them for centuries so it's no wonder they are skeptical of us), but man it really makes my day to feed them and give them some happiness. Everyone deserves to catch a break.
That’s soo cute they’re sharing! So adorable that it calls the other one .. look here I have another piece.. take it ..lol 😂 humans can learn from animal kindness ...
Most humans are kind. Enough of this trite messaging about animals being better than humans, it’s such a shallow self-deprecating way of going through life.
They also share feeding their offspring where all the aunts, uncles and grand parents help with the feeding of the young it is not unusual to see up to 15-20 birds living in extended families.
It’s interesting how animals all have their own personalities, & are little spiritual beings, like the one kookaburra stole the other kookaburra’s food. This is how Karma is created even for animals. Some are nice, some not so nice. The bird on the right is actually giving food to the one on the left. So it’s a generous bird.
A lo mejor el de la izquierda es su retoño y claro el de la derecha su mamá y madres al fin dando de comer a su hijo,que bella escena llena de ternura como las madres saben hacer con sus hijos.......
Sweet. Reminds me of an old NYC Girl Scout song - 'Kookabera sits on the old gum tree, eating all the gumdrops he can see, stop, koookabera stop, kookabera save some there for me' I didnt realize that Kookabera's are real birds
I have 2 sweet gum trees and named the spiky balls on the trees, cuckaburros. Did not know that there were birds called kookabera until last week on RUclips. Learn something new everyday.
Wow I've never heard that version. Australians version: Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree, Merrily, Merrily king of the bush is he, laugh Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra how gay your like must be....
The younger one is so conscious of the elder that he always shares when he get an extra or large piece. Cute bond they share, something humans forget by age 5.
It always amazes me how we humans could learn a lot from animals and nature. Look at these two birds sharing their food and chatting away quite happily.
Its almost like people never talk and share. Dunno where yoh live mate but we do that here. And forget the human sharing its food with the kookaburras...
We were taught the Kookaburra Song even in America! I'm amazed I remember it after more than 40 years, but I do. Just the one verse, though. Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree-ee, Merry, merry King of the bush is he, Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra, Gay your life must be! Of course, that was back when gay still meant happy and joyful, its true denotation. Words didnt have a bunch of connotations attached to them back then. I used to be in my elementary school chorus and that was one of our favourite warm up songs to sing!☺
When I went to public school in the 1970's the song was written in our music study books: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree counting all the gumdrops he can see. Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra, save some gum for me."
I can just imagine: sitting down to a cup of coffee or something someone farts really loud, and one of these guys starts laughing like it was a hilarious university frat house joke of some kind. That would be funny. 😂
hahaha, that s the same way my blackbird birdies always smack the dried mealworms i feed them against the metal windowsill! They think the food is still alive ... it s hilarious.
James Heirumaru those birds are just the coolest!! I remember singing that song all the time when I was a kid. I didn't even know what they looked like, or how they sounded! Now that I think about it, seems America and Australia were connected a VERY long time.
James Heirumaru I wish I could just get one! But on the other hand, maybe not! Since they eat meat and all. I had a cockatiel for 29 years and he was my best little friend, very smart. And sometimes unbearably noisy! But I didn't really mind. After he died it was so QUIET!
+Robin Martz ... in the wild they eat mostly snakes which have a habit of biting back so they smack its head on a branch. They are also the largest Kingfisher.
Hayvanlar bile bunu yapıyor düşün . Şerefsiz insanlar canlı canlı yiyor. fırsatım olsa hiç acımam öldürürüm hepsini. Özellikle Çinliler Japonlar dünyanın en şerefsiz insanları yaşıyor o ülkelerde
Female kookaburras are actually bigger than males. The one on the left throughout most of the video, I am sure, is the female and the male was feeding the meat to her.
Wow, they are sharing food!!!! One is saving food for the other. I think one must be an adult and one a baby or young Kookaburra. I love Kookaburras but they are mean carnivores!!!!
I love how they treat the meat as if it were a fish they'd just caught and smack and fling it around to subdue it. lol
Kookaburra are related to the Kingfisher but they don't eat or hunt fish. Kooka's eat meat - snakes, lizards, frogs and small mammals or beef steak as above.
Yeah they don't really fish, but they break and tenderize the rodents bones like that.
Graeme SYDNEY they actually eat fish if there is a option.but they aren’t the best when it comes to fishing lol
@@graemesydney38 they are kingfishers. They just dont eat fish, in fact most kingfishers dont eat fish. Thry are still kingfishers
Kookaburras are the largest of the kingfisher family they do this too fish but mainly to the lizards they eat so the lizards dont turn around and bite them
I grew up around them and still here them occasionally not as much as i want too i love them animals
Did you notice how fair they are??
He takes one for him, the next one is always for his friend...awwww Soo damn cute :)))
And he talks to his friend, he asks him each time if he wants it... Incredible!
They have a high EQ and IQ!!
Meat eaters are always smarter than vegetarians
The right one is male, trying to get some seks from left one Becky (slightly larger female)
Animals generally do have both, including us. But we are the crazy ones that deny this while also denying all our "animal" behaviour.
@@thegorn 🤣
And see how the one who was being fed was finished, took off and flew to the other side of their friend and gave them their piece of meat... as if to say, "Hey, I'm full now, but my friend is still hungry so I'll move out of the way so he can have his fill."
That Kookaburra takes great care of his wife, always offering her food before he eats himself. That pair must be very successful raising chicks!
This is called being a cuckold, there is nothing to praise here
The one on the left is immature, it is a chick.
@uncletiggermclaren7592 That would explain why it's hitting the meat against the wood to kill/subdue it even tho it's already dead. 😅
Why does it appear to look slightly bigger tho?
The young of some birds do look bigger, I have never heard an explanation of what that is about.
So I just went and looked at the Toronga park zoo website, they are quite informative. The short story is that was probably a female chick, and fat.
Long story, it turns out that previous years young stay bonded to the parents for up to three years before moving away to nest for themselves. And consequently each year the two chicks the adults raise, one female and one male, will be being fed by up to 6 and sometimes 8 adult birds.
And it also notes the females are larger, and grow faster, which they note is an actual physiological thing unrelated to the amount of food they eat. They say in fact that it is harder for the females to maintain their health because they are slightly less agile hunters, and have to work harder because of it.
@@DonSanchez
And I found another site that explains why some chicks look bigger than their parents after they first develop the ability to fly. It says they are not ACTUALLY structurally bigger, but their feathers have not developed the adult shape and strength, so the juvenile bird merely looks bigger because its feathers are not held as closely to the skin. It noted they may retain slightly larger fat reserves, but that difference is too small to visually detect.
Which accords with my personal observations. Seagull chicks have a duller, less marked plumage, and look plumper than the adults too, but the next molting season they are only detectable because their feathers look less worn.@@DonSanchez
*Hits breakfast aggressively*
TalkToUAsia It has to make sure it's breakfast is dead first!
imagine people in restaurant hammering the shit out of their steaks with their fists before sitting down to eat
This is how I put my egg McMuffin to sleep before I eat it in the morning
kookaburras eat mice, snakes, insects, small reptiles, and the young of other birds; they have also been known to take goldfish from garden ponds. thus this is probably a behavior used to kill its prey in the wild.
They eat small snakes for a living and that’s how they kill them.
The one that offers up his food is so sweet . They are beautiful wild birds !! We are so blessed to have them here ...I love hearing them around my place ..it sounds magical !
Wow,those cute little dinosaurs can really pack away a lot of grub! Good thing for us they're smaller than their ancestors now. Our Aussie friends are so lucky to have Kookas, Cockatoos, Magpies and Lories..and that they're so friendly!
Cockatoos can be rather insane. High drama avian dinos.
Avian dinosaurs,
When I was 10, back in 1960, we had moved to Sydney, and two kookaburras would come to the patio railing, just like in this video. Amazing. They came every morning. I fed them tiny raw meatballs. Such a wonderful memory to have in such an amazing country.
That's awesome, I lived in Perth for a year and hardly saw them there, they probably prefer the east coast since it's more tropical. I do that too almost every weekday with crows here at the harbor on an island in the north sea, they are far more shyer than Kookaburras (Considering humans have been mean af to them for centuries so it's no wonder they are skeptical of us), but man it really makes my day to feed them and give them some happiness. Everyone deserves to catch a break.
Shame that you fed them meatballs which will have made them sick as their calcium depleted.
They are your Spirit Guardian Animals if they turn up before you moved in and on the day you moved to your home.
Orders a sandwich
Slams it on the table a few times
Ah perfect
Everyone else in McDonald's 😟
The regulars know there's no need . McDonald's food is prepared months in advance , so it long dead
@@jackd1582 Six months in advance for the salads.
Trash comment
What?! It moved....!
I saw this comment and was confused. Then I watched the vid and lost it lol
The right one seems to be a mother. She still feeds her grown up baby.
those millennials babies! 😂😂😂
Male is the one that always feed the other female, because if we feed directly to the female, the male get jealous and angry.
@@berkahpowerindo8815 really, I didn't knew,thank you stay safe
The right one is probably the husband.
The generosity of the one on the right tho 😭!!
That’s soo cute they’re sharing! So adorable that it calls the other one .. look here I have another piece.. take it ..lol 😂 humans can learn from animal kindness ...
Most humans are kind. Enough of this trite messaging about animals being better than humans, it’s such a shallow self-deprecating way of going through life.
@@FranklyFarcical Lighten up, Jack. Or should I say Frank.
42 and still lives at home with mother.
lol! Made my day, thank you. :)
Jess Blackie's 46 and lives with his two mummys
Not mother eating lot is his wife
Jess lol
Jess
Like me!!!!!(51)!😂😂😂😂😂😂she goes where I go!
Sharing is caring, love these two
Such beautiful birdies!! I love them so much!!
Listen to them chatting? Pft! LOOK AT THEM SHARING! That's better than most Humans can do. Bless them lil' birbs.
They also share feeding their offspring where all the aunts, uncles and grand parents help with the feeding of the young it is not unusual to see up to 15-20 birds living in extended families.
They mate for life.
Love2C their sharing&caring😀
They mate for life and rare their young (not all birds do either or both). They are territorial and live in family/clan groups.
Momma feeding the young.
When I visited Australia next to the hotel there was a tree loaded with kookaburra’s loved hearing them.
The one on the right is sweet, making sure the other gets a fair share, instead of being greedy, lol. Love it ❤️
Omg, they're sharing, that's so adorable!
Would be the best thing to be able to check off the bucket list to be able to experience the company of such birds.
You're almost right. Their favourite food is snake and the "smack", as you call it is, in reality, how they kill the snake before devouring it.
I've seen kookaburras swoop in and fly away with snakes in their mouth .
Not only are they cute but they’re friendly too
Wholesome birbs 🥰
I love how she "stuns" the steak.
Maybe "tenderizing" Ha!😘
Thats the only way to be sure
That's what they do to the snakes they eat down there. Snaps the neck and spine.
I am blown away :) they sharing... WOW :) greetings from Poland :)
It’s interesting how animals all have their own personalities, & are little spiritual beings, like the one kookaburra stole the other kookaburra’s food. This is how Karma is created even for animals. Some are nice, some not so nice. The bird on the right is actually giving food to the one on the left. So it’s a generous bird.
The parent bird feeding the big fledgling first! 💗
One of the most adorable snake deterrents ever to exist.
Funny birds, awesome experience watching them 👍
A lo mejor el de la izquierda es su retoño y claro el de la derecha su mamá y madres al fin dando de comer a su hijo,que bella escena llena de ternura como las madres saben hacer con sus hijos.......
Sweet. Reminds me of an old NYC Girl Scout song - 'Kookabera sits on the old gum tree, eating all the gumdrops he can see,
stop, koookabera stop, kookabera save some there for me' I didnt realize that Kookabera's are real birds
I have 2 sweet gum trees and named the spiky balls on the trees, cuckaburros. Did not know that there were birds called kookabera until last week on RUclips. Learn something new everyday.
Wow I've never heard that version.
Australians version:
Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree, Merrily, Merrily king of the bush is he, laugh Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra how gay your like must be....
@@becleemcleod that version is probably offensive to gays
In Australia we call them kooka's, easier to spell than kookaburra
So much for eating like a bird.... they eat more than I do.
Fantastic birdie..very lovely.🤣💚👋..☁️☁️⛅🌅🍃🌸🍃
My favourite bird, loved them before, love them more now, how they interact and talk and share
They look so cute. It's like they're laughing all the time. The smaller one is so caring 😂❤😘
They shared better than humans
AND DON’T SMOKE 🚭 NOW
And it was a human who shared the meat with them
Miceal Bradley wow excessive response much?
Looks like a human is feeding them (sharing) and the parent is feeding it's offspring or sharing kind of like humans do.
@@micealbradely are you on crack?
That one on the right is so thoughtful, giving up its meat to the other one. They must be great pals or lovers.
Gorgeous birds. Precious.
that was very uplifting. It has been a trying week. Many thanks. I love these birds.
The younger one is so conscious of the elder that he always shares when he get an extra or large piece. Cute bond they share, something humans forget by age 5.
Oh, I love the way they share food between them!!
It always amazes me how we humans could learn a lot from animals and nature. Look at these two birds sharing their food and chatting away quite happily.
Its almost like people never talk and share.
Dunno where yoh live mate but we do that here.
And forget the human sharing its food with the kookaburras...
I love Kookaburras, and I LOVE Australia
Yes, wherever you live is garbage in comparison.
Oh shit
Nor do Aussies ninja - we have laws, anti-discrimination boards and also sorts of enforcement and encouragement.
Why
Holy shit this was a while ago.
He’s sharing with the other. That’s really sweet ❤️
They’re making me laugh when they’re laughing. So cute when one shares food with the other too… She shares with him? Thanks so much for sharing! 🤗
They laugh even while having meal🤣🤣🤣
It's too cute! They share!
That's too cute. I love how the smaller one keeps feeding the bigger one after 2 pieces or so XD
So cute..such a wonderful gesture of sharing!!!
You can not compare these birds to any other just beautiful 😊
SO LOVELY BIRDS ❤️
Yes ! 😘💕💕🏖️
I've never seen kookaburras share food like this
These birds make such unique sounds!!
Wie schön die Beiden. ❤❤❤😍
Used to live down in those parts and always enjoyed hearing their “laughs” that broke the silence at night.
I ALSO HATE SLEEPING IT IS THE WORST 👏
With their normal sounds it's logical that they would like the sound of laughter
Nice how they're sharing their food. Sharing is caring.
We were taught the Kookaburra Song even in America! I'm amazed I remember it after more than 40 years, but I do. Just the one verse, though.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree-ee, Merry, merry King of the bush is he, Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra, Gay your life must be! Of course, that was back when gay still meant happy and joyful, its true denotation. Words didnt have a bunch of connotations attached to them back then. I used to be in my elementary school chorus and that was one of our favourite warm up songs to sing!☺
When I went to public school in the 1970's the song was written in our music study books: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree counting all the gumdrops he can see. Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra, save some gum for me."
@@hzv7242 from what my Australian friend tells me, there's a lot of different verses out there. Apparently, it is a VERY long song, lol!😄
My favourite bird 😍 just heard some out the back of my house, can never see them though! And they always stop laughing when I go outside.
Kooka 2: Hey look, I got a good one here for you
Kooka 1: Mmm ok gimme!
I LOVE HOW THEY SHARE THEIR FOOD!
I can just imagine: sitting down to a cup of coffee or something someone farts really loud, and one of these guys starts laughing like it was a hilarious university frat house joke of some kind. That would be funny. 😂
There’s absolutely gorgeous!
This is so sweet my favourite birds,, thank you for sharing. :)
hahaha, that s the same way my blackbird birdies always smack the dried mealworms i feed them against the metal windowsill! They think the food is still alive ... it s hilarious.
She’s telling her baby it can take food from her mouth. How sweet
Какая справедливая птичка, одну сама ест - другой с соседом делится.
Наверное, это ее подросший птенец .
Три съедает сама, а один кусочек птенцу. Не такая уж и справедливая))
Awwww 😍 sharing is caring
Mama and baby. How adorable
Eat,share and laugh. That's the way to life.
The cutest creature on planet earth
They are not so cute when they wake you up at 5:00am.
live in the UK in summer, the birds start at either 3am or earlier. Winter, it's dark from 3pm to 9am
They're such beautiful interesting creatures :(
Good on you! For feeding the raw thin beef strips ! That's what I buy for kookas to at the butcher shop! They love it!
Oh' what wondeful birdlife👋🌅〰️💕〰️〰️〰️🕊🕊
Thanks. Now I miss Aus even more. Lv xo
So is that smacking it on the fence what they do to live critters to kill them?
Robin Martz Yep
James Heirumaru those birds are just the coolest!! I remember singing that song all the time when I was a kid. I didn't even know what they looked like, or how they sounded! Now that I think about it, seems America and Australia were connected a VERY long time.
Robin Martz They're one of my fave birds
James Heirumaru I wish I could just get one! But on the other hand, maybe not! Since they eat meat and all. I had a cockatiel for 29 years and he was my best little friend, very smart. And sometimes unbearably noisy! But I didn't really mind. After he died it was so QUIET!
+Robin Martz ... in the wild they eat mostly snakes which have a habit of biting back so they smack its head on a branch. They are also the largest Kingfisher.
😍💚💙💜🧡💛 Ils sont adorables ! merci 💐
9 years later, I get the recommendation 😊
Thanks YT, this was great!
Omg...
Theyre soo cuute!!
Sharing is caring
Hehehehehehe
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@UC_Hwy1YjiWxeurfb4aQv3Qw, Put down the bong...
Kookaburra : this is my son ,he's a big boy and still needs feed
The one on the left is sure bossy! He reminds me of my green cheek conure who is always stealing from the other birds. Lol
I love how the one on the left tries to kill his meat haha
Hayvanlar bile bunu yapıyor düşün . Şerefsiz insanlar canlı canlı yiyor. fırsatım olsa hiç acımam öldürürüm hepsini. Özellikle Çinliler Japonlar dünyanın en şerefsiz insanları yaşıyor o ülkelerde
Beautiful!
Definitely one of my top 5 favorite birds
Mumma & bubba. So sweet!
The bird on the right is very given most care for the other one a lot
"i'm full...here...want some?" :-))
These are Laughing kookaburras. They mate for life. So this is likely a romantic couple sharing a meal like Lady and the Tramp.
Чому маленький кокатик, вiддае смаколики бiльшому птаху? Якi ж вони потiшнi курочки чудеснi! 🥰 🌿🐦🌿
Was that mama bird still feeding its younger , or were they mates,meaning male and female. Interesting behavior whatever it was.
Kookaburra's feed each other to help familiarize with one another.
I think they may be mates, the one on the right is showing off his Centerlink paycheck.
The one originally on the right appeared to dislike the larger (thicker) pieces and would feed them to the bigger kookaburra
Thems some good eatin
Female kookaburras are actually bigger than males. The one on the left throughout most of the video, I am sure, is the female and the male was feeding the meat to her.
They are modern day dinosaurs .
A kookaburra walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Why the long face?"
That's a big baby, she must be proud.
Wow....they share.....
Waitress: "Here's your aioli steak sandwich."
Me: Smashes it on the table!
Waiter brought my avo toast UNSMASHED 😡.
what a beautiful couple!!! (or friends...)
Best part is the one sharing with the other....don't see that very often.
They're getting the best cuts of meat
Wow, they are sharing food!!!! One is saving food for the other. I think one must be an adult and one a baby or young Kookaburra. I love Kookaburras but they are mean carnivores!!!!
carlo fraiia no sir smaller one seems to dislike larger chunk
More likely a mated or courting pair.
they can also be a mated pair.
Im pretty sure that they are highly territorial and thats how it bows to the more dominant one.
thought the one was laughin at the other with the food in beak but nope he/she is gettin his/her attention and feedin the other
What lovely birds!
So cute the way they share!