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TOP 10 ANIMAL LOUDMOUTHS

9. KAKAPO

This large, flightless parrot is native to New Zealand and puts on a loud performance during breeding season. Male kakapos will carve out their own Hollywood Bowl of sorts, creating an amphitheater for belting out their big love song. For the finale, the kakapo clears his throat, inflates an air sac in his chest, then releases a resonating boom that can be heard up to three miles away! He continues the ritual every night over the next four months, pumping out up to 10,000 calls. That's a lot of effort for picking up just one groupie!