In Australia, boof is short for boofhead. Meaning a roughhead, pumpkinhead, meathead or just a bit dopey or naively inexperienced. Too much skull not enough brains.
My dad, a vet, saved one when I was a child. The local Kookys were very territorial, so they would attack it if it went outside. They would also sit outside and watch it inside, whenever our little Kookaburra would see one of them it would freeze. My mum would find it frozen and close the blind, and little Kooki (it's name) would hop off happily around the house, until a little while later you would find it frozen again as the outside birds would have found another vantage to look in. Eventually all the blinds would be closed in the middle of the day and Kooki would be happily hopping around the house.
We had a similar situation with a magpie, unfortunately birds hate seeing other birds get helped by humans...no idea why its almost like they look down on it.
@@brogers_ That's so true. Wild birds somehow always know and will try to kill pet birds the same way the will kill other wild birds they deem deformed or baby runts.
Whenever you give a Kookaburra food, they almost always gotta kill it. ; )~ I gave a wild one a long strip of bacon fat. He flew across to a flat rock and proceeded to whack it over & over for about 5 minutes. Maybe he mistook it for a centipede... ~ ~ ~ I used to feed a family of Magpies at my mum's property in amongst the tall Karri trees, down in WA's South-West. Each year there was another generation, with the juveniles from previous years helping to feed the noisy little things. There were also 28s & Kookaburras who would appear out of nowhere as soon a the food came out. I learned, to my astonishment, that 28s - those little seed / nut eating parrots - loved meat, especially chicken... ~ ~ ~ Kookaburras would periodically swoop in, bully every other bird, grab some food & fly on out to eat it. I did get along quite well with a big old female. She bossed the other Kookas round with lots of beak clacks & upward parrrrttts. We decided that she was the Matriarch of the family & treated her with respect. I never got her to climb onto my hand, but she used to glide in to sit on the back/shoulder part of a cane chair whenever I came out & sat on it. She'd be a few inches from my right ear (a bit of a concern with that huge chef's knife of a beak), occasionally playing with my hair, but mostly she just sat quietly (with just a few small krrrks & the occasional quiet beak clack). If I brought out food, I offer her some as I was eating & she'd look everything over carefully (alternating eyes), then delicately take it from my fingers & chow down. Whenever another bird - usually a magpie or kookaburra - came close, she'd hop across to another chair, stretch out har wings & squawk out some damn loud sounds, interspersed with powerful beak-klacks like gunshots. After they were run off, she'd come back kind'a stressed, with mussed feathers, each needing careful realignment. I'd gently stroke her chest & throat, and she'd get a little dopey, drooping her head & rousing suddenly. This intimacy was a profound privilege & just so wonderfully amazing from a wild bird. ~ ~ ~ I've always considered both Kookaburraa & Magpies to be far more intelligent than we give them credit for. They certainly know how to tell time & recognize individual human faces - both relatively sophisticated aspects of intelligence. For example: If you feed magpies outside the laundry door @ 4pm sharp, the next day it'll be 3:55pm & they'll appear en masse, ready for their snack. If you're late, then a delegation of 2 or 3 males will go 'round the house, looking in each window until they see you, and then it's tap-tap-tap squawk, tweeeedle, tap, TAP, TAP! - until they can see they've got your attention - and finally following you back through the house (watching through the closest windows). If you ever feed them, make sure to exaggeratedly show them that the bowl of food is now empty. Otherwise they may come & tap on the laundry window, after you leave.
I have a Gray Butcherbird and it's offspring come for a regular feed, I can hand feed mum, but the younger one is still a bit shy. Along with them is a big family of Magpies, some are trusting, others still a bit wary. I will take out food for them and point to one and say, 'you, are you ready?' and toss them something. What I have noticed is that there is never fighting over food. They all wait their turn.
That's actually not its call, a kookaburras call is known to us as the laughing bird. If you watch a video of the kookaburra making its call you would see why.
You really think the bird would think that and not panic as it's falling? I'd hate to be dropped from that height if I were that bird on that person's hand.
I can't believe there are people that never heard of a kookaburra. Here in Canada every school child knew "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bushes he."
There is more in the world then just Canada. I only heard the word of the bird through that song as it was sung by the girl in the Dr Who episode 'Fear Her'. But here in the Netherlands, generally, I think the bird is unknown.
Kookaburra sits in the ol' gum tree eating all the gumdrops he can see S C R E E E E E EE Kookaburra S C R E E E EE EE Kookaburra The love this man gives you is sweet
@Sardeed The simulation is a lie designed to pacify the population, fed to the masses by our propaganda parroting, corporate controlled media. Existence is merely the shadow of an illusion, nothingness compounded upon itself in a timeless loop, a continuity of static null-matter reverberating inwardly unto oblivion.
@@dank3k Next you'll be telling us vaccines aren't a delivery system for microbial bio-electronic 5G receivers that the government uses to control our thoughts.
Kookaburras are the largest members of the kingfisher family. Kookaburras are present _only_ on the continent of Australia and in New Guinea. The name is a loanword from the Wiradjuri language, 'guuguubarra', onomatopoeic of its call.
The only wild bird I've had perch on my hand was a fledgling dove. There seems to be a time in their life where they tire out very rapidly after leaving their nest, and this one had perched on a sliding gate. I noticed it wasn't flying away when it was getting close to the rollers. I came over to try to scare it away so it wouldn't be injured by the rollers, and it didn't budge. I decided to put my finger under its breast and try to see if it would step up. It did once it had nearly lost balance. You should've seen my wife's face when I was standing there with a dove perched on my finger while opening her mom's gate. I'm pretty sure one of its parents was perched on a power line nearby. I found a tree branch I was able to get it to step up on, and that was the last I saw of it.
Australians are lucky to have birds like this. All we have here in NYC are Rock Pigeons that shit on everything and are too afraid to let anyone touch them.
I love the short video where the woman is holding a kookaburra and she says, ‘so a bird walks into a bar....’ and the kookaburra starts its laugh! Perfect timing!
These are my absolute favourite birds in the world, absolutely beautiful. Love how he killed the final snack by smacking it against your hand to ensure it's dead, absolutely aussie.
I love kookaburras. If I lived in AUS I would be trying to befriend the local population just like this. Amazing little friends in the sky aren't they? Just hang out in the backyard with some meat, and start feedin' em :) I'd also put out a couple of bird baths (the kind that refresh the water and keep the inside clean, they're nice I got em in my backyard for the local birds here. They love the cold fresh water, and since I also live in the desert they never turn down a nice cold drink. There's a lot of lovebirds for some reason that live inside the cactuses out there in Scottsdale. I also will see pidgeons and doves here and there as well as some hummingbirds.
"Say thank you"
"EeEEAAueEEeRRRCCCHHH"
So cute
Dude Kookabura, today I broke up with my girl
Kooka(showing sorrow): Bwahahahahahaha
Your dinosaur is really sweet
Yes :3
Indeed, ownign a Pet Dino is easyer done then said.
Raptor
Ye, dino.
Not even that far off considering birds evolved from dinos
When the party you're at is so boring you'd just rather play with birds.
Haha, it was next door's party, but I think I was having more fun.
@@bradwalker1618 I was about to comment on the pub next door. Definitely WAY better company on your balcony!
This would be me, everyone is inside talking and sound like they’re having a good time and I’m outside petting birds
Haha, that's a party going on next door.
"Say thank you"
*Happy kookaburra noises*
Me, starting the video: “Aww what a cute little-“
Bird: *rasping wails of the damned*
Me: “-pterodactyl”
Well it IS a dinosaur, pterosaurs are related to dinosaurs.
even the birds chirp has an aussie accent
Casually training a bird at a house party
So, no one's gonna point out how its name is Boof and how fucking adorable it is?
@Benjamin McCann oh my. it's also a term for a blunt i think
Not sure I’d name a bird after sticking stuff up your butt.
Ayo pass the boof
In Australia, boof is short for boofhead.
Meaning a roughhead, pumpkinhead, meathead or just a bit dopey or naively inexperienced. Too much skull not enough brains.
I was looking for this comment
"Boof's first pat" this is the happiest sentence I've ever read
You are wonderfully gentle with that bird. He looks very at ease.
that is a she
*Everyone else:* Having a party inside
*Dads:* Out communing with the wildlife
My dad, a vet, saved one when I was a child. The local Kookys were very territorial, so they would attack it if it went outside. They would also sit outside and watch it inside, whenever our little Kookaburra would see one of them it would freeze. My mum would find it frozen and close the blind, and little Kooki (it's name) would hop off happily around the house, until a little while later you would find it frozen again as the outside birds would have found another vantage to look in. Eventually all the blinds would be closed in the middle of the day and Kooki would be happily hopping around the house.
We had a similar situation with a magpie, unfortunately birds hate seeing other birds get helped by humans...no idea why its almost like they look down on it.
@@brogers_ That's so true. Wild birds somehow always know and will try to kill pet birds the same way the will kill other wild birds they deem deformed or baby runts.
That’s awesome and adorable. The stuff abt Kooki not abt the other bird stuff
*AUSTRALIAN INTENSIFIES*
gentleman once again we unite to see what youtube has recommended for us
Jonatan Ribas it is very interesting
No
I like how he instinctively smacks the meat on your hand to make sure it's dead lol.
Need an excuse to get away from a party?: "i need to go pet the belly of a kookaburra"
"boof" has to be the best name ive ever heard
Naming your bird:
❌Tweetie
❌Birdie
✔️LIL' BOOF
big blunt next
And the oldest brother FAT ROLL
“Say thank you.”
Little Boof: *raptor noises*
Cool Pokemon you got there
He sounds like the Half Life 2 roller mines
That bird literally sounds like a Pokémon
I hear one of the dinos from Ark, but not sure which one
Show a lyrebird some Pokémon sounds and see what happens
Whenever you give a Kookaburra food, they almost always gotta kill it. ; )~ I gave a wild one a long strip of bacon fat. He flew across to a flat rock and proceeded to whack it over & over for about 5 minutes.
Maybe he mistook it for a centipede...
~ ~ ~
I used to feed a family of Magpies at my mum's property in amongst the tall Karri trees, down in WA's South-West. Each year there was another generation, with the juveniles from previous years helping to feed the noisy little things.
There were also 28s & Kookaburras who would appear out of nowhere as soon a the food came out. I learned, to my astonishment, that 28s - those little seed / nut eating parrots - loved meat, especially chicken...
~ ~ ~
Kookaburras would periodically swoop in, bully every other bird, grab some food & fly on out to eat it. I did get along quite well with a big old female. She bossed the other Kookas round with lots of beak clacks & upward parrrrttts. We decided that she was the Matriarch of the family & treated her with respect. I never got her to climb onto my hand, but she used to glide in to sit on the back/shoulder part of a cane chair whenever I came out & sat on it. She'd be a few inches from my right ear (a bit of a concern with that huge chef's knife of a beak), occasionally playing with my hair, but mostly she just sat quietly (with just a few small krrrks & the occasional quiet beak clack). If I brought out food, I offer her some as I was eating & she'd look everything over carefully (alternating eyes), then delicately take it from my fingers & chow down.
Whenever another bird - usually a magpie or kookaburra - came close, she'd hop across to another chair, stretch out har wings & squawk out some damn loud sounds, interspersed with powerful beak-klacks like gunshots. After they were run off, she'd come back kind'a stressed, with mussed feathers, each needing careful realignment. I'd gently stroke her chest & throat, and she'd get a little dopey, drooping her head & rousing suddenly. This intimacy was a profound privilege & just so wonderfully amazing from a wild bird.
~ ~ ~
I've always considered both Kookaburraa & Magpies to be far more intelligent than we give them credit for. They certainly know how to tell time & recognize individual human faces - both relatively sophisticated aspects of intelligence.
For example:
If you feed magpies outside the laundry door @ 4pm sharp, the next day it'll be 3:55pm & they'll appear en masse, ready for their snack.
If you're late, then a delegation of 2 or 3 males will go 'round the house, looking in each window until they see you, and then it's tap-tap-tap squawk, tweeeedle, tap, TAP, TAP! - until they can see they've got your attention - and finally following you back through the house (watching through the closest windows).
If you ever feed them, make sure to exaggeratedly show them that the bowl of food is now empty. Otherwise they may come & tap on the laundry window, after you leave.
Well, magpies are well known for being extremely smart!
I have a Gray Butcherbird and it's offspring come for a regular feed, I can hand feed mum, but the younger one is still a bit shy. Along with them is a big family of Magpies, some are trusting, others still a bit wary. I will take out food for them and point to one and say, 'you, are you ready?' and toss them something. What I have noticed is that there is never fighting over food. They all wait their turn.
I didn't know these existed... and Now I love them
Damn, we learned about these amazing birds and their laugh using the famous song about them already back in primary school.
kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, its a song I heard before I ever saw one.
Search for "kookaburra remix"
Guy: say thank you :)
Kookaburra: *inner screaming*
THIS BIRD IS CALLED BOOF
;D YES I LOVE IT
Videos like this make me realize humans will pack bond with damn near anything ♥️♥️♥️
*What a well trained cat*
Dinosaurs before asteroid: Raaawr I'm a T-Rex
Dinosaurs after asteroid:
Who else got this recommended to them for almost no reason after four years?
Super Killer Anime 32 me
me too, but i don't mind
Ah, me.
The noises that birds make are really interesting! They each have such unique personalities
Lol rin pfp
That's actually not its call, a kookaburras call is known to us as the laughing bird. If you watch a video of the kookaburra making its call you would see why.
Nice Pokemon, dude
KOOKA, I CHOOSE YOU
That is how to keep a bird not in the cages. They are free to fly. Beautiful bird love it.
American here. I'll take one kookaburra please.
Dan R won't get used to american environment
Illyrian Gamer & Mapper
...Heck.
They wake you up at four in the morning, especially the wild ones do this.
I'll second that order.
Swede here, I'll take two.
when you pet it its like ' whoawhoawhoa hold on..hmmmm..oh.. this is kinda nice "
That's a pokemon out of it's ball.
I got nervous that he was gonna drop it. Then I realized I'm an idiot.
sixtysixstyx when you realize the animal that you think hes gonna drop is a bird
Same here, sixtysixstyx. I don't think the kookaburra would have survived a fall from that high up if it had fallen off his hand. Just saying.
You really think the bird would think that and not panic as it's falling? I'd hate to be dropped from that height if I were that bird on that person's hand.
Cranston Snord xD
Michal these are wild birds. I can assure you their wings aren't clipped.
I can't believe there are people that never heard of a kookaburra. Here in Canada every school child knew "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bushes he."
Bush is he*
Andrew Jackson it’s not a saying, it is the name of an animal....
Like a “buffalo”....
Blame the Merican education system I’d say.
Paul Burley, I know, it is hard to believe.
There is more in the world then just Canada. I only heard the word of the bird through that song as it was sung by the girl in the Dr Who episode 'Fear Her'. But here in the Netherlands, generally, I think the bird is unknown.
laugh kookaburra laugh kookaburra
One of my favorite birds. My mother called them a Laughing Jackass.
Nice👍
Can you expand on the laughing Jackass part?😂
Kookaburra sits in the ol' gum tree eating all the gumdrops he can see
S C R E E E E E EE
Kookaburra
S C R E E E EE EE
Kookaburra
The love this man gives you is sweet
I can so see the mannerisms of a dinosaur in this creature
@Sardeed The simulation is a lie designed to pacify the population, fed to the masses by our propaganda parroting, corporate controlled media. Existence is merely the shadow of an illusion, nothingness compounded upon itself in a timeless loop, a continuity of static null-matter reverberating inwardly unto oblivion.
Youve seen dinosaurs to know this? Or are you saying that because it sounds kind of like the cgi raptors in movies? Dinosaurs never existed.
@@sergeysmelnik ... "Dinosaurs NEVER existed?"... not going to touch that. that's trolling or willful ignorance.
The mfers who say dinosaurs never existed are the same people not wearing masks for covid. Yall are fucking stupid.
@@dank3k Next you'll be telling us vaccines aren't a delivery system for microbial bio-electronic 5G receivers that the government uses to control our thoughts.
the fact that its named boof is funny
Rather unfortunate. At least he didn't name it Judge Kavanaugh.
Short for boofhead-a slang term for idiot. Pretty common in Australia/New Zealand.
He even said thank you how sweet
Grabs worm
*unholy screeches*
The bird sounds Australian.
One of Australia's few animals that won't kill you.
Very adorable noises when it eats
Kookaburras are the largest members of the kingfisher family. Kookaburras are present _only_ on the continent of Australia and in New Guinea.
The name is a loanword from the Wiradjuri language, 'guuguubarra', onomatopoeic of its call.
Thats pretty cool dog
He still wacks it just to make sure it doesn’t move lol - smart Kookie
baby kook noises will never not make my heart melt
Ah, the jungle sound effect bird.
....also Warner brothers Tasmanian devil and a stand in for chimpanzee sounds .
We don’t have many cool animals in The Netherlands but I recently got a wild duck to sit on my lap. It took quite some bread though haha.
I love how he talks while he is eating.
The only wild bird I've had perch on my hand was a fledgling dove. There seems to be a time in their life where they tire out very rapidly after leaving their nest, and this one had perched on a sliding gate. I noticed it wasn't flying away when it was getting close to the rollers. I came over to try to scare it away so it wouldn't be injured by the rollers, and it didn't budge. I decided to put my finger under its breast and try to see if it would step up. It did once it had nearly lost balance.
You should've seen my wife's face when I was standing there with a dove perched on my finger while opening her mom's gate.
I'm pretty sure one of its parents was perched on a power line nearby. I found a tree branch I was able to get it to step up on, and that was the last I saw of it.
Lovely story
Neat. I hope it remembers you
Two Aussies bonding!
How'd you catch that pidgey without a pokéball?
Dude, you haven't played pokemon ranger?
Pokémon (anime) S01E01
@@AdrianDX There's an anime?
@@Thatonedude917 no
You sir have been designated as the hard surface he kills his prey on.
Haha, it's not really dead until it's been belted a few times. It just takes practice when your young
Most Australian guy I’ve ever heard
His name is Boof. This is great
your dog is missing some legs but it is handsome and strong
Kookaburras are famous for their laughter, but this is one docile birdie!
Haha, not at first light she is.
This is awkward but nice at the same time
why awkward Bobby?
Haha, also Flipper the dolphins call is a doctored Kookaburra call.
Human: Climb up on my hand
Kookaburra: But that's not an old gum tree
kookaburra sits in the old *hand.*
No One:
This guy: *Names Kookaburra *boof**
At my place we got Benny, Choo-Choo and Brain visit every day.
Australians are lucky to have birds like this. All we have here in NYC are Rock Pigeons that shit on everything and are too afraid to let anyone touch them.
Kookaburras are such beautiful birds.
"say thank you"
**Demonic warbling**
My grandfather fed wild Kookaburras every morning on his balcony every morning for many years before he passed. But only him.
This is the cutest dinosaur ever...
"Say thank you!"
*raghragaghargraghaghrah*
Man: *Gets* *to* *make* *the* *bird* *stand* *on* *his* *hand*
Every bird I come close to: Nope no I'm done here I'm flying away BYE
Got to get their trust first. Doesn't take long.
the hottest new rapper on tha block: Lil Boof
He knows de way
myles samonset show us da wey
Of all the places
Kinky Bagel YOU DONT KNOW DA WAE
Daniel457 my heart
all hail the ugandan queen
They look like they were meant to be puppies, but with definite bird properties as well.
Can’t tell you how much joy this brings us to watch.....
Glad you enjoyed it.
I love the short video where the woman is holding a kookaburra and she says, ‘so a bird walks into a bar....’ and the kookaburra starts its laugh! Perfect timing!
Definitely a cute dinosaur. Really interesting sounds.
These are my absolute favourite birds in the world, absolutely beautiful.
Love how he killed the final snack by smacking it against your hand to ensure it's dead, absolutely aussie.
They need to use these noises to make dinosaur noises
No, RUclips did not recommend this to me. I actually searched for a kookaburra video and I am NOT disappointed 💙
Dude: *pats Boof's belly*
Boof: What was that?
Dude: Affection.
Boof: Disgusting.
Boof: ...Do it again.
the way he calls is like a sign of affection and its cute
"Why buy bird, when you can move to where bird live?"
-Vodka Wisdom
Mate as a fellow aussie, here is your mission: tell a joke and make it laugh 😎
Any animal: Exists.
Human: Must. Pet.
Camera Man: 'pets bird'
BIrd: What are u doin?
Camera Man: Giving u love and affection!
Bird: Disgusting!.......do it again
Haha, he was trying to kill the piece of meat in the end before eating it. His parents taught him well. lol
Mav F it's natural instincts, the ones I feed do the exact same thing
Yep, I know, some of it is natural instincts and some of its taught. Hence why I stated his parents taught him well. lol
Mav F lol ok
honestly in my time growing up in WA I've patted like 10 koookaburra's, they are chill if you're chill. But most people are scared of them
Why?
@@NoahKitsune Large beak maybe?
Hylian Dragon that looks like a sharp beak.
@@NoahKitsune why I patted 10 kookaburras or why people are scared of them ?
@@littlelegfred why people are scared of them
You know, the US could get awesome animals like Kooks for invasive species but instead we get shit like "murder hornets" and f'n hammerhead worms.
WTF is a hammerhead worm?
I just can’t get over that his name is Boof
Instead of socialising with the others inside he goes outside to chill with a kookaburra, I understand this man.
Love those little noises they make.
Yeah I want one.
It’s the quintessential Aussie noise. That and maggies warbling.
youtube algorithm out here wildin
i dont know why YT sent me here 4 years late... but im glad it did
What a magnificent bird they are !!!
Thanks too, Brad, for your kindness.
I love how Boof kills the meat first.
Today, the algorithm has called us to this birb, and we shall relish it.
All hail the Algorithm
@@bradwalker1618 Good stuff mate, John EC Australia. And thanks to Algie!
In Germany we call these birds laughing Hans xD
I love kookaburras. If I lived in AUS I would be trying to befriend the local population just like this. Amazing little friends in the sky aren't they? Just hang out in the backyard with some meat, and start feedin' em :) I'd also put out a couple of bird baths (the kind that refresh the water and keep the inside clean, they're nice I got em in my backyard for the local birds here. They love the cold fresh water, and since I also live in the desert they never turn down a nice cold drink. There's a lot of lovebirds for some reason that live inside the cactuses out there in Scottsdale. I also will see pidgeons and doves here and there as well as some hummingbirds.