the bare-throated bellbird is so loud that it can cause permanent damage to human hearing at close range!
and they absolutely look like it.
edit: i couldn’t resist
That felt too mild so may i present AAAAAA bird v2
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These are cute but misleading, because the call doesn’t go on–it’s more like one single, quick, rusty beep, only that beep is one of the loudest sounds made by any land animal
oh i’m so glad you have a video of ‘em, I knew I had seen one before!
I have provided an updated funnypic to more accurately reflect the reality of the bird.