Published 16:30 IST, October 7th 2019
Australia: Lyrebird mimics various sounds, netizens impressed
Video of a lyrebird, endemic to Australia and known for their ability to accurately mimic the sounds from their surroundings, is making rounds on the internet.
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A video of a Lyrebird, kwn for its ability to accurately mimic sounds from ir surroundings, is making rounds on internet. Lyrebird is endemic to Australia and is mostly found in rainforest areas in Victoria, New South Wales, and south-east Queensland. It can be seen mimicking sounds of or birds as well as man-me ises. lyrebird, in video, is sitting on a railing of elaide zoo mimicking different sounds of or birds, camera shutters and car alarms.
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'Gets extremely intense in third act'
Ketan Joshi, who writes on climate and has worked in data science and invation communications at Australia’s national science ncy, shared video on Twitter.
Ketan also asked users to donate to South Australia's zoos where this bird lives. male bird also has a huge tail which can be seen fanning out at end of video. y sing throughout year but y sing with great intensity during breeding season.
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People share ir experience
People on social media shared ir personal experiences and stories around Lyrebirds. “I used to hear sounds of a cat being tortured and kids laughing in our backyard, I would run outside to yell at kids, only to see a lyrebird sitting in tree laughing at me, it got me several times,” wrote a user. “y used to have a Lyrebird whose enclosure was near some construction at zoo. It could do drills, jackhammers and all sorts of ises,” wrote ar user referring to elaide Zoo.
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Hanging around a gamer's house
video has been watched more than 200,000 times only on Twitter. While one Twitter user said that sound was of camera shutter ise ar user thought Lyrebird has been hanging around a gamer’s house. lyrebird's syrinx, vocal organ of birds, is most complexly-muscled which gives m extraordinary ability to mimic.
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14:33 IST, October 7th 2019