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Spangled drongo
Drongos eat large insects such as grasshoppers and mantises which they catch using the perch-pounce technique. They are very vocal with impressive mimicry.
Sadly, a stupid person is referred to as a drongo in the Australian vernacular. This usage dates back to about a 100 years ago when an ill-fate racehorse, named after the bird, kept coming last.
If you’re called a ‘bloody drongo’ in the land down under, they don’t mean you’re an injured bird.
Spangled drongo
Drongos eat large insects such as grasshoppers and mantises which they catch using the perch-pounce technique. They are very vocal with impressive mimicry.
Sadly, a stupid person is referred to as a drongo in the Australian vernacular. This usage dates back to about a 100 years ago when an ill-fate racehorse, named after the bird, kept coming last.
If you’re called a ‘bloody drongo’ in the land down under, they don’t mean you’re an injured bird.