To add to our past post about the fabulous mimicry of the lyrebird, here’s another sample from Chook, a male Superb Lyrebird from the Adelaide Zoo in Australia. There had been a lot of construction nearby, and now Chook faithfully reproduces everything from hammers and power drills (having heard a lot of power-driven screws in my home-owning life I find the last few seconds of the clip to be hilarious) to bits of human conversation and workmen whistling.
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