Jake Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Wow! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3433507052114896375 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Wow from me too. Missus says fake though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 To quote a guy from another forum: David Attenborough would never associate himself with something faked, and secondly, well, it's not faked... Lyre birds really can do weird shit like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Does a fecking good R2D2 impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Not fake, firstly taken from Life of Birds, award winning documentry plus even Blackbirds can mimic electronic sounds like car alarms -: http://www.birdnature.com/dec1899/lyre.html It seems to have the power of mocking almost every other bird, as well as the barking of the dingo, besides possessing a sweet song of its own. One author states that for the first two hours of the morning it repeats over again its own song, then gradually changes it to imitate other birds, ending its four hour song period with imitations of all the other birds within hearing, then remaining silent for the rest of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lover Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hob Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 To quote a guy from another forum: David Attenborough would never associate himself with something faked, and secondly, well, it's not faked... Lyre birds really can do weird shit like that! It could be a attenborough sound alike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdtime Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 I want one in my engine bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 A lyrebird's call is a rich mixture of its own song and any number of other sounds it has heard. The lyrebird's syrinx is the most complexly-muscled of the Passerines (songbirds), giving the lyrebird extraordinary ability, unmatched in vocal repertoire and mimicry. Lyrebirds render with great fidelity the individual songs of other birds and the chatter of flocks of birds, and also mimic other animals, human noises, machinery of all kinds, explosions and musical instruments. The lyrebird is capable of imitating almost any sound — from a mill whistle to a cross-cut saw, and, not uncommonly, sounds as diverse as chainsaws, car engines, rifle-shots, camera shutters, dogs barking and crying babies. Lyrebirds are shy birds and a constant stream of bird calls coming from one place is often the only way of identifying them and their presence. The female lyrebird is also an excellent mimic, but she is not heard as often as the male lyrebird http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 I used to have a bird that made all sorts of noises. Trouble was that most of them sounded like "Martin, why can't we holiday in Greece?", "Martin, when are you fixing the kitchen?", "Martin, why do you never take me to fancy restaurants?" etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jive Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 I used to have a bird that made all sorts of noises. Trouble was that most of them sounded like "Martin, why can't we holiday in Greece?", "Martin, when are you fixing the kitchen?", "Martin, why do you never take me to fancy restaurants?" etc etc Seems I've got one of those models as well glad she's in the shower! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Remember seeing this on TV, and promptly forgot the name of this amazing bird, thanks for the refresh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECK Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Seems I've got one of those models as well glad she's in the shower! haha:rlol: me too:innocent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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