The lyre bird, not only mimics the calls of other birds, buy also man made noises such as cameras, saws and chainsaws, in an attempt to impress potential mates. David Attenborough narrates the above clip.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 6:03 am
Really nice video. In Spain we had a great man, similar to Attenborough, but he died. Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente, there are some videos of his work in youtube.
December 9th, 2009 at 2:06 am
This post shares a very awesome video of sweet birds sound.Watching this clip reminded me of our childhood days when we use to visit our nanny’s farm house during summer vacations.There we got to listen all these sounds,early morning at the time of sunrise.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
This is amazing!!! I wonder what else that bird would copy if you put it in an urban setting…..