The Worlds Most Paranoid Creature

Now the award for the most paranoid creature on the planet must go to the prehistoric looking bird, the Curlew. They spend their time and energy darting a few yards, stopping like a garden statue, then nervously looking around for danger. They must have 270 degrees vision. It’s like a game of “freeze” and they are good at it too. I say take a chill pill but obviously their survival instincts are wired into their DNA.

I admit that from the videos it looks like I am stalking them so no wonder they are running scared being followed by an iPhone Predator...

THE BUSH STONE CURLUE
Burhinus grallarius Burhinidae

If Bush Stone-curlews are nearby you may hear their eerie, high-pitched wailing at night. This ghost-like call is their contact call, and may be given by several birds in a chorus. Rendered as weer-lo, it is repeated four or five times, sometimes culminating in a trilled, screeching crescendo. It is sometimes also heard during the day, when stone-curlews are usually inactive, standing quietly in the shade with their eyes half-closed, or squatting on the ground where their cryptic plumage makes them difficult to see among the leaf litter.Read more