Many of us have flexed our creative muscles in the past few months, making the most of locking up the coronavirus to get caught up in DIY projects that we have postponed.
But there are few ambitious efforts like this.
An Australian sculptor has built an electronic 13-foot-tall kookaburra – which even makes the same movements and sounds as the famous Australian bird.
Farvardin Daliri has taken his 1,600 pound creation on a trip around his neighborhood, pulling it from the back of his car – and he plans to take him on a tour when the lockdown is reduced.
“They say why? Why not, you know?” Daliri told CNN affiliate Seven News, when asked why he had spent the past six months making giant kookaburra replicas.
“People love it. This is something extraordinary,” he added about his work, which has been popular with neighbors in his hometown, Moggill, in Queensland, northeast Australia.
Kookaburras are native Australian kingfishers, and the cry of kookaburra who laughs is closely related to many people with Australian bushes.
Daliri said on Twitter that he used “steel, fiberglass, bamboo and ply boards” to make his version, and that the process “took decades of practice.”
The sculptor runs a festival in the city of Townsville, Queensland, and plans to show off his creations there. “He himself was laughing out loud at how many people like this thing! He’s excited!” his daughter Rafaan Daliri wrote on Twitter.
Amazingly, this is not the first time Daliri has created a giant version of a popular Australian creature. Last year, he built a 1,500 pound koala, which he toured around Brisbane.
CNN has contacted Daliri to comment.
