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

Name a better impersonator than a lyrebird. | ABC Science

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147K views · 1.2K reactions | Lyrebird in Australia’s Taronga Zoo was seen perfectly mimicking sound of a crying baby. This species is most notable for its superb ability to mimic artificial and natural sounds from their environment. | The Logical Indian | Facebook

67K views · 3.5K reactions | The lyrebird is one of nature's greatest feathered impressionists, inhabiting the forests of Australia, this ground nesting, stalky bird, perfectly mimicks the calls of other bird species in the forest. Listen closely, and you can hear a little kookaburra in his soliloquy. This fantastic footage is superably captured by the great wildlife photographer: Jeremy films things #australia #nature #birds #animals #wildlife #singer #beauty #Amazing | Jeff Corwin | Facebook

2.6M views · 145K reactions | How many sounds can you count?  Local photographer Melissa has captured this great footage of Nova the Lyrebird at Adelaide Zoo ❤️ : Melissa Tonkin #abcmyvideo | ABC Adelaide | Facebook