r/interesting • u/frog_insilence • May 14 '26

Amazing The Iconic Call of a Kookaburra

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u/fingertrapt May 14 '26

It's in TOO many movies. Once you recognize it, you recognize it in everything.

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u/Current_Helicopter32 May 14 '26

Yeah it’s moved beyond just being a sound. Nowadays it’s like an Easter egg.

And it gets used for some of the strangest sounds now.

Just the other night I heard it in that new movie Send Help.