A lyrebird at Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia, showing off his mimicking skills. A camera shutter, a siren, a video game... What else can you identify?
nightvisiongoggles1 How do you think they got the laser sounds passed on generations after generations? The old forgotten space wars from way before our recorded history.
What gets me with this bird is just how baffling it is that it hears sounds and they are stored somewhere in the brain, then able to be played back with ridiculous accuracy, just incredible.
At 0:22 and 1:08 I hear ZIPPERS, like maybe from a tent or camera bag. Didn't notice any other comments about zippers, so I thought I'd put it out there....
@@personanonymous1344 Sorry, I set my timestamps a second or two before the actual zipper noises so that you could clearly hear them begin. So yes, that's a camera shutter at the 1st timestamp, immediately followed by a zipper... it actually sounds like a 3-sided zipper on a square pocket or lid of a camera bag or something. I initially thought it must be the sound of film advancing in a 35mm camera, but it sounds more like a zipper to me. Plus at the second timestamp (just after an unidentified noise), you hear the same 3-sided zipper noise, then again in reverse, like someone's opening and closing a bag. Btw, at 00:32 I hear "shut up" and at 00:37 I hear "sure hope so". Can't remember if those were mentioned yet or not.
I lived near some Lyre birds ( i think there were two). was very hot at night in summer so slept with the window open, the buggers learnt my alarm sound, so could be having a nap sometimes, and there goes the alarm, and me trying to turn it off. Amazing birds.
I like to imagine the same satisfaction you feel when you can pull off an accurate impression is felt by this bird and he's just flexin for the humans recording
I had all of the toys that made those exact sounds as a kid and hearing them again made me feel really happy and a little disturbed at the same time. What a wonder of creation this bird is.
They must learn that laser sound from each other. It is like some traditional folktale to them originating from some kid from the eighties who likes to play with sci-fi toys and including a narrow escape of a heroic lyrebird.
Apparently the laser sound is instinctive and is already part of their innate repertoire of noises. The rest is mimicry. This bird is absolutely astonishing.
Baffles me just how perfectly birds can imitate things, especially with beaks. I swear.... sometimes they sound more like a thing than that thing itself. I just.... HOW?!
I once walked through the woods to escape the noisy city but among the chirps of birds I could hear a sound that reminded me of the noisy cities more than ever...... My heart raced and I ran for my life full of fear..... I finally reached home panting.....I sat down to watch youtube hoping to forget the horrifying experience from the woods......Here I am then laughing my head out because I just realised I listened to one of the best pieces of music by a band of lyrebirds
0:59 1:00 1:06 I'm guessing that the sounds mimic a camera taking a photo, an ambulance, and what sounds like.. Some alarm combined with cars in the distance.
Just had a really weird feeling watching this bird. He is like a cosmic space alien, I felt the numinous in every sound, every feather moving, every blink, what a trip.
Absolutely amazing. It even had the backup alarm in the background as it was making other sounds. There is a bird that sits outside my window and plays my ringtone at all hours. It wakes me up in the morning and even has me grabbing my phone during the day to answer it.
Such a genius Sweetheart!😍 Lyre birds are amazing. I am also impressed by Australian Magpies! I am impressed by all of birds. I absolutely adore them. Love of my life
This bird is amazing. I just met him yesterday, doing star Wars theme, guns, C3PO & R2D2. He does so many sounds in one, many metallic sounds. I'm just certain he either is a robot from somewhere else, and has metal gears in there helping with the sounds OR he's the New recordable DVD PLAYER & THOSE PERFECT sounds are recordings...nahhh I'm kidding but he DOES MAKE THE SOUNDS T H A T GOOD!
Not only is it the world's best mimic, it is the mother of all song birds. Song birds first started in Australia. Fossil evidence showed the lyre bird was probably the mother of all song birds. A Swedish team looked at the DNA evidence and showed that it is the mother of all song birds.
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 Lets see that feathery bastard peel his own apples then, or better yet, cut his own damn grapes into circles with that ridiculous pair of mouth scissors he has for a face then
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 Oh I see, you were in fact being serious this entire time, I genuinely apologize. You will forgive me if I assumed that your previous comments were actually just you kidding around with me this entire time. I'll admit it can be pretty hard to tell who is and isn't in on the joke over the internet (your comment proving this fact), and while I'll admit that it wasn't even that funny a joke to begin with I thought that it was obviously understood that I was in no way being serious. My mistake. I can clearly see now that you are in fact just unironically that condescending and s-tupid. I humbly apologize once again. So rereading your comments with all that in mind, I guess all I can really say now is get bent you pretentious douche.
David attenborough did a. Piece on this same bird,,He exclaimed the saddest sound he makes is" the sound of chainsaws that he had heard in the forest,,,"
