The kookaburra, often called the laughing kookaburra, is a large subgroup of the kingfisher bird. It is diurnal, meaning it is most active in the daytime. Kookaburras are commonly found in ...

Peter McGraw and Joel Warner, authors of the book The Humor Code ... expressing joy at your latest wisecrack. Australia’s laughing kookaburra is named after the sound of its call, which sounds ...

find out why they make this laughing sound and what it means, and then we will listen to it. Enjoy! The post Why Do ...

Once, while teaching a class of environmental science students in China’s Hebei University of Science and Technology, I asked who knew what a laughing kookaburra was. There were many blank faces.

Kookaburra — ‘koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kaa-kaa-kaa' — The loud, cackling laugh of the aptly named laughing kookaburra is actually a territorial call, made by pairs or family groups to define ...