2013 $1 Bush Babies Kookaburra PNC

The kookaburra is best known for its call which often sounds like a manic laugh, has a very serious purpose. It is to let other birds know of its territory, which is important for the kookaburra as it lives in the one place for most of its life and mates for life. The kookaburra uses a distinctive method for capturing and eating larger prey such as snakes and lizards. It first swoops, catching the animal in its beak before using a bashing or dropping technique to kill it and soften it for eating.