Well, hello everyone time for another freaky creature, this week we have the Potoo. It is found in South American forest, if you saw it sitting on a branch its body will match the colour of the branch with its beak pointed skyward, you may not notice it.
It has huge staring eyes and eerie call “po-Too” “poo-Too”.
It will swoop from its perch when it sees food such as flying insects which it swallows whole.
It has a wingspan of 1 metre its eerie call when heard in the jungle at night can be either unsettling or out right scary. According to Brazilian legend, it’s a song from the dead, giving good luck to friends and bad luck to enemies.
joannerambling 
Dearest Jo-Anne,
Love its face as it looks kind of cute but with a 1 meter wingspan and such an eerie call that changes to total.
Hugs,
Mariette
Yes looks can be deceiving
Absolutely!
What a wonderful and unique bird. Thanks for posting about it. It really does resemble a branch. Those eyes are amazing and it I like its cheeky grin too.
It is one I had heard of but never even saw a photo of it till now
OMG – I had to read that post twice – I live in Australia, and I thought you were saying this was an Aussie beastie, and I was thinking “never in my 50+ years have I seen those eyes…” – so glad it’s not! Linda x
I am also glad it isn’t something I am going to run into
I love critters, but… sorry Mr Potoo, not today… xx