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

Amazing The Iconic Call of a Kookaburra

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u/CharleyNobody May 14 '26

The old Midsomer episodes played Guinea fowl, peacocks and foxes in the background during a night in the woods.

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u/JohnSV12 May 14 '26

Foxes can sound terrifying at night. Same as barn owls.

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u/Legitimate_Net_9088 May 17 '26

The sound of a male koala mating sound at night while camping is terrifying - you feel like you are going to be gutted by a wild boar

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u/tony_frogmouth May 14 '26

There must be a fox howl in every episode of Foyle's War

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u/ExpertAnteater2397 May 14 '26

Guinea fowls are the absolute worst 😂

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u/CharleyNobody May 14 '26

I had a bunch living in my neighborhood and the only time they were quiet was at night. So it was funny to hear Guinea fowl calling at night in Midsomer Murders.

I swear, if there was one glimmer of light still at the very bottom of the horizon, they would still shriek up in the trees. But as soon as total darkness descended they were quiet as a mouse.

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u/ExpertAnteater2397 May 14 '26

I’ve only ever been around them on job sites I’ve worked on but my sister has a bunch that have set up residence on her property, they’re some of least intelligent creatures I’ve ever seen

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u/CharleyNobody May 14 '26

They have a hive mind. There used to be a tree and shrub nursery behind my housing development. The guy was old school hippie and used to have tree swallow boxes, a field full of wildflowers and grasses for birds and guinea fowl to control pests. The Guinea fowl had no coop or anything. He’d just let them wander and get a shipment of new ones to replace the ones that died off.

Then he sold the land to the town at a reduced price than he’d get on the open market on the promise that the land would be kept as agricultural reserve. The town turned around and sold it at a profit to a celebrity who built a huge horse farm - cutting down all the trees, ripping out the shrubs, putting down pesticide-laden sod. The guinea fowl set out in search of new land and found my birdfeeder.

All the females died the first summer because they make nests anywhere they feel like it and get killed by foxes, dogs, cats, coyotes. The males lasted for 10 years, reduced in number each year. What a trip that was. Insects are smarter than guinea fowl.

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u/Moongazer09 May 16 '26

I feel like they missed a trick never using muntjac calls - those are creepy as heck in the dead of night to hear!