The song of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is among the best known bird calls in Europe. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Want to buy me an ice cream? 🍦I have always cr...
I’m so fucking glad those birds don’t exist in South America. Because this is one of the sounds I hate the most.
When I was a child, my home had a cuckoo clock. Already centennial back then. Noisy and loud. And it made that “cuckoo!” noise once 1AM or 1PM, twice 2AM or 2PM… can you picture the bloody hell that shite was at midnight???
…okay, the birds have no fault for that. But I’m still glad they don’t exist here.
The one from my childhood is almost identical to this one, plus the three weights from the video pelespirit linked. Even the “IIII” instead of “IV” for the four*. I have no idea on its geographical origin, but it still exists — I saw it last week, now it haunts my brother-in-law and nephew my sister inherited it.
*something I’d only understand years later - “IV” is for Jupiter (IVPITER). Just a bit of respect for the old gods that survived.
I’m so fucking glad those birds don’t exist in South America. Because this is one of the sounds I hate the most.
When I was a child, my home had a cuckoo clock. Already centennial back then. Noisy and loud. And it made that “cuckoo!” noise once 1AM or 1PM, twice 2AM or 2PM… can you picture the bloody hell that shite was at midnight???
…okay, the birds have no fault for that. But I’m still glad they don’t exist here.
I live in the Black Forest. The older cuckoo clocks don’t just sound awful, but they look like a demon has infested it.
My grandparents had one of those in the 1980s!
Shudder.
The one from my childhood is almost identical to this one, plus the three weights from the video pelespirit linked. Even the “IIII” instead of “IV” for the four*. I have no idea on its geographical origin, but it still exists — I saw it last week,
now it haunts my brother-in-law and nephewmy sister inherited it.*something I’d only understand years later - “IV” is for Jupiter (IVPITER). Just a bit of respect for the old gods that survived.
I want to kill time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDtnsIvp8E0