Yes you are right Andrew, we have often wondered why they use the Kookaburra laugh as noise in jungle movies, when we know, that there would be no kookaburras there....but the sound is similar to monkeys calling too, so that might be what they are tryint to depict........
Not sure if they would eat out of your hand at the zoo.....what happens here, is if they get familiar with people who feed them reguarly, they will come in every day and take the food...usually minced beef, or any meat....when they pick up the food in their thick beak, they shake it, and you can hear their beak rattle...they often follow my hubbie around when he is mowing, to come down and get any grubs that might come up in the shortened grass.....
They are truely a beautiful fluffy bird....brown and white in colour....some have a blue streak down their back wing......
That one I took the photo of yesterday, was at a picnic spot at the beach..there was a pair of them...obviously well fed from picnic left overs......
Glad you liked the pic....