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• ummthatguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I wanna see the observational notes on go-away-bird.

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  • Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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.

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    • ummthatguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Well, that’s the creepiest thing I’ve listened to today. Also, strangely accurate. Thanks.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    i believe its because of the sound it makes when its startled

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• miked@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Goatsucker? The bird form of chupah cabra?

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  • moakley@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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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• icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Birds named with literal Pokémon logic

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  • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    some birds are called after their bird calls. Ie, birds that call their own names like Pokémon.

    Kea

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  • zqwzzle@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So what does the Pokémon that runs around screaming “goatsucker” do?

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    • moakley@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Depends on whether or not there’s a Gogoat or a Skiddo in the party.

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• friend_of_satan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Satanic Night Jar? Fuckin badass band name.

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  • KTJ_microbes@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Image

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  • jollyrogue@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That name goes hard!

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• Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not only in birds, also other animals eg. Mastodon = Titts tooth

  others

  factanimal.com/…/funniest-animal-names-in-the-wor…

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