San Francisco Zoo’s Baby Kookaburra Is Currently Serving Big Pride Energy

A kingfisher playing with a unicorn plush toy? We love to see it

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We’re big fans of all things flora and fauna (and the conservation of that flora and fauna). Thankfully for us San Franciscans, our beloved local zoo is an endless well of biodiversity, wildlife education, and community engagement — niceties its social media team wields like a sterling silver sword.

SF Zoo’s Young Kookaburra Is Practicing His Iconic Laugh for Guests

Over the weekend, an upload from the San Francisco Zoo’s official Twitter account only proved that point further; Koan, the zoo’s first ambassador for his species since 1994, was photographed playing with a plush unicorn (with a rainbow-colored tail), presumably living his best life during Pride Month.

Koan has become something of a social media darling for his rambunctious personality and vociferous calls. Because he’ll later become an ambassador animal for the zoo, which means that guests will have the chance to interact with him in the future, zoo staff are training him to “laugh” on command.

Being the largest species of kingfishers in the world, kookaburras are beloved for their cartoonish appearances and overall placid, comical dispositions.

Koan, as well, also seems to be an adamant ally to the LGBTQI+ community, giving us the cross-species Pride content we didn’t see coming — but we’re very glad exists.

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