Meet the lyrebird, world famous for their near-perfect imitations. This lyrebird resides at the Taronga Zoo, and has been around enough children to mimic crying with incredible accuracy 🤯 In the wild, when a lyrebird mother feels threatened she will often imitate the calls of larger avian predators to frighten or confuse, and draw the burglar away from the nest. Protecting the nest is a high-stakes game, and defenses are limited. Each year the female lays just one egg. This chick takes six week

The lyrebird can imitate almost any sound it hears | VT

The vocalisations of the superb lyrebird stretch beyond simply imitating other birds. In its efforts to woo a mate, the male of this resplendent species can imitate human technology, too – from camera shutters to chainsaws. | National Geographic UK

Sound on for this. Lyrebirds are masters of mimicry and can imitate almost anything, even chainsaws and building sites. How they and other bird species do this has been a mystery - until now. | New Scientist

How many sounds can you identify? 🤔 Lyrebirds are capable of imitating almost any sound and they have been recorded mimicking human sounds such as a chainsaw, car alarms,camera shutters, dogs barking, crying babies mobile phone ring tones, and even the human voice. Nova the lyrebird at Adelaide Zoo loves to show off his skills and wants to warble and sing you into the weekend ❤️ 🎥: Adelaide Zoo | ABC Adelaide

Meet the Lyrebird – the bird that can mimic ANY sound, from chainsaws to camera clicks! Nature’s ultimate sound imitator 🐦🎶” | Facts that will blow your mind

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