Comments | wtf_nature: Yes, but have you ever actually HEARD a Potoo?

ginasketch in wtf_nature

Yes, but have you ever actually HEARD a Potoo?

Nov 26, 2007 11:34

Because I just can't get enough of them and neither can you. So there:P

from Encyclopedia Britannica: human lament of the common potoo (Nyctibius griseus) in South America has in some places earned this species the name “poor-me-one,” and both it and the grotesque bawl of the great potoo (N. grandis) have been the source of many superstitious ( Read more... )

bird, video, potoo, nyctibius

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deg_chick November 26 2007, 11:39:31 UTC

I love you.

deg_chick November 26 2007, 11:41:33 UTC

And the link isn't working for me :(

ginasketch November 26 2007, 11:45:31 UTC

How strange. firefox problem perhaps? I'm looking at it in IE

deg_chick November 26 2007, 11:46:30 UTC

Got it to work :D

And I still love ya for finding this <3 It is AWESOME sounding. I love the Potoo more and more everyday.

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lupie_stardust November 26 2007, 11:40:09 UTC

Woah, that's some awesome call! What a cute bird he is, though. So fluffy and aahhhh, I fucking love birds.

voodooskeleton November 26 2007, 12:43:57 UTC

OHHHH BILL

voodooskeleton November 26 2007, 12:44:40 UTC

For anyone who is also in wtf_inc

spencer_mato November 26 2007, 14:36:29 UTC

Holy shit, that's terrifying.

ginasketch November 26 2007, 14:57:33 UTC

It wants your soul.

iyoichi November 26 2007, 15:45:19 UTC

http://home.worldonline.nl/~jvanderw/bolivia00/A163s.mp3

Not very clear clip, but you can hear it. Christ. If I was around that thing when it started calling? I'd need new pants....

saciel November 26 2007, 17:22:26 UTC

that listens a little like the sound of Hera in the Hercules: The Series

ginasketch November 26 2007, 21:33:00 UTC

howler monkeys sound very creepy at night too. especially in the distance.

deg_chick November 27 2007, 19:22:31 UTC

Since I know what it is now, I will probably go "POTOO!!!" and run into the woods trying to find it.