Superb Lyrebird imitating construction work – Adelaide Zoo
This is Chook, our male Superb Lyrebird at Adelaide Zoo. We’ve had a lot of construction going on lately and Chook has picked up many of the sounds.
You can find out more information on Chook and download free Chook ringtones here: http://tinyurl.com/n42w79 .
We think we can hear the following sounds:
1. Hammer
2. Chainsaw
3. Jack hammer
4. Lawn mower hitting sticks
5. Leaf blower starting
6. Power drill
7. Wood saw
8. Human voices
9. Two-way radio
10.Worker whistling
He makes lots of different bird calls as well. What can you hear?
Duration : 0:4:2
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Whilst I do not …
Whilst I do not underestimate the abilities of other species; I am a “Doubting Thomas” and would need to see the bird myself to believe it. That said, if this is genuine it is quite amazing.
I can’t even handle …
I can’t even handle the laughter at 1:29 and 1:43. Cracks me up.
A mime bird!
A mime bird!
1:03
is this me or …
1:03
is this me or he said “what you doing”?!?! holly shit.
what if you make them listen to music? would they sing? do the melody???
omg, impossible *_*
omg, impossible *_*
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it’s weird how well …
it’s weird how well he can impersonate any sound, but when it comes to actual human speach it kinda fails.
Sure you can make out “good job Swan(?)” but it’s not like he’s saying it like a human would. However the other sounds are spot-on.
Opps I meant 3:10
Opps I meant 3:10
Love the power …
Love the power drill at 3:15.. This bird has some skillz
Absolutely …
Absolutely fascinating! Really funny the part where it sounds like a man’s voice saying “click-click ah-ha-ha-ha”…the laugh sounds kind of menacing…lol
Great video!
@FatesLady It was a …
@FatesLady It was a Kookaburra not a monkey.
Can we teach them …
Can we teach them MP3 music.
amazing bird
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the wood saw and the hammer are simply awesome! chop chop is funny as XD
amazing bird
@FatesLady Actually …
@FatesLady Actually those sounds are the call of a kookabarra, a fellow australian bird which he would encounter a lot in the wild
@archdevillucifer …
@archdevillucifer Yes, at 2.44 in the video response “More about our Superb Lyrebird at Adelaide Zoo”
i wonder if the …
i wonder if the lyrebird has its own sound….
I loved the monkey …
I loved the monkey noises, particularly. Awesome bird!
@RZSSA Does he …
@RZSSA Does he remember the sounds that he learned last mating season and incorporate them into the next mating season?
It’s not the first …
It’s not the first time for me to know that birds can imitate voices around them and there are other types of birds that can do such thing but still this was a bit too weird.
it feels as if they can ‘use’ our language to communicate with other birds from their kind or even with us if trained intentionally
I want one :p
I want one :p
This is so cool… …
This is so cool… it made it on discovery channel! XD
That bird should go …
That bird should go on Australia’s Got Talent – it’d probably beat everyone else hands down
@kludd28 also uses …
@kludd28 also uses the sounds to scare off other predators
lol
lol