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Strange Reptilian Bird found in Mexico


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l6uvpdknVZU

sorry if it's a repost...

what is this thing? Any suggestions? I know you're all comedians, so go ahead and waste everyone's time posting "hilarious" comments...

but seriously, anyone seen this animal before?

I could not get a clear image of it on my computer from any video source, so I can't tell what it looks like, but I found two comments on it:

--one said it was just baby owls

--another said the video claimed it was just a "poorly-known bird with a strange appearance"

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If you have anything in English to post then bring it. Since I don't speak Spanish I have no clue what's being said and the video doesn't show much.

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It looks like a Tawny frogmouth too me

Which are related to owls and nightjars (googled). So maybe we are in the right family, as opposed to an unknown or cryptid.

@Tapirmusic, What do you think? Have you compared it to some mentioned?

I still can't get a good picture of it.

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i think Oniomancer has it, looks alot like a potoo, i made a gif of what we can see in the video. Nothing really reptilian about it. frogmouth bird of some sort for sure.

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I don't know what exact member it is, but it does look like a member of the nyctibiidae family (I wonder if I spelled it correctly?).

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I was looking for something related in Mexico as per the video. But then again, who knows where the video was actually shot or if it was a pet.

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I have to admit, I've never heard of one of these birds before......strange looking little bugger really. I'll have to add this one to my data bank. I think that if I'd seen it in the wild I might well have freaked out myself.

Thanks for posting it.

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Clearly it's a chupacabras. I defy anyone to disagree with me.

Depends...does it glow in the dark? :lol:

BTW, I just love the name "Potoo"! :w00t:

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Here's a great gooky looking bird

Yeah I liked that video too. Loved how it reacted to being scratched on the head. Though I agree with one of the comments I think that is a young or baby eagle owl. Still very cute

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I was hoping it was an archaeopteryx!

but the potoo definitely looks like a match! Thanks guys!

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I was hoping it was an archaeopteryx!

but the potoo definitely looks like a match! Thanks guys!

If you want something resembling an archaeopterix, try a hoatzin:

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Wow, didn't know you got frog-mouth birds, that's really cool. So it's just that beak is really small at the end of the mouth as apposed to the beak being the actual mouth?

Here's a great gooky looking bird

OMG it looks like one of those furby things!!!! LOLZ

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Tawny Frogmouth!

Pretty certain this is what it is.

We have lots of them in the backyard of my parents house :)

Cool little creatures!

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Well, this is certainly interesting...

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It looks like a Tawny frogmouth too me

Frogmouth is the first thing that popped into my head also.

Could be a potoo also, I guess. There is apparently one species called a Great Potoo.

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Its not any type of frogmouth bird, they are not in the Americas. I would say it's a nightjar.

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Anyone speak Spanish here? Maybe it's just a video of a common bird then someone else made the video out to be about a 'reptilian bird'.

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