Sunday, November 22, 2009

These are a Few of My Favorite Things

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I jokingly say “If I am ever kidnapped and they will only release me if you can tell them my favorite [fill in blank], the answer is [fill in appropriate answer].

The answer to what is her favorite bird? The answer would be Kookaburra.  I loved these creatures before I lived in Oz, but loved them even more after I had lived there.

There was on that lived in one of the gum trees in our yard and it would laugh quite often, they typically laugh at dawn & dusk, but they seemed to laugh when it was ready to rain too.  The laugh itself is a territorial thing though.

I think it’s funny because if you watch a movie or cartoon set in the jungle, they often use the laugh of the Kookaburra.  Yeah, they don’t live in the jungle… I think they use it because it sounds a little like a monkey, but also like a bird, so they kind of have a diverse noise to use.

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