This OOOOOO-OOO-OOO-HA-HA-HA-AHAHAHA is very distinct, yet we never see exactly what animal is making the noise.
But if you are from Australia, you certainly know this cackle.
A member of the kingfisher subfamily, it typically has a whitish head and brown eye stripes.
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It’s actually the biggest of the kingfishers and, unlike most of them, rarely eats fish.
Rather, the laughing kookaburra hunts down snakes, lizards, mice, and small birds and their young.
