Incredible Lyre Bird Does Jackhammer

Published on August 9th, 2009

Posted by John C Dvorak in Video

If you thought a mockingbird was good. Wow. A topper.

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# 1 Mustardtits the blind harp blower said, on August 9th, 2009 at 3:49 pm

It can do a pretty good camera and chainsaw as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

# 2 Mustardtits the blind harp blower said, on August 9th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

Put him in front of the radio before you go to bed and you got yourself a shoulder fired ipod for the next day, at least untill the riaa catches up with you and then your bird is cooked.

# 3 jimbellofbelmont said, on August 9th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

In the forest they’ll mimic chainsaws, bulldozers, rifle shots, hand axes, motor bikes or anything else that comes near

# 4 Hugh Ripper said, on August 9th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

They also imitate cries for help and lure hikers to their doom. True story.

# 5 Shubee said, on August 9th, 2009 at 4:56 pm

Those are the most unmusical birds I have ever heard. I prefer Beethoven’s wood-wren and Mozart’s starling. See http://pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0304/01.html at 3:30 minutes to 5:00 minutes.

# 6 deowll said, on August 9th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

Actually this thing imitated a lot of animal sounds including the human voice. It did electric hedge clippers, saws, hammering, lawn mower, electric drill, and I lost count.

# 7 amurmann said, on August 9th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

I saw one in China that imitated honking cars, which I thought was really funny. But this one…!

# 8 Hyperkinetic said, on August 9th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

Not to pick nits, but that’s not a jackhammer, it’s a masonry drill in hammer mode. The birds in Lake Havasu make noises like automotive belts slipping, engines starting, and car alarms. No doubt these sounds will be carried on long after we’re gone.

# 9 right said, on August 9th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

Very cool!

# 10 AdmFubar said, on August 9th, 2009 at 7:12 pm

sound more like he was near a construction site. no jackhammer, but a saws, drills, hammering, workers whistling, seems to be in his repertoire.

# 11 Luke said, on August 9th, 2009 at 7:34 pm

That’s my local zoo!

# 12 laxdude said, on August 9th, 2009 at 8:40 pm

It was not a pneumatic jackhammer, but I have heard electric ones that sound pretty damn close to the bird.

# 13 PcMaster said, on August 9th, 2009 at 9:07 pm

Yeah!
Give me some good stock footage of a Robin in your back yard and in no time I can make him sound like an intersection in downtown New York.
Not that I want to be cynical but it just seems hokey to me.

# 14 PcMaster said, on August 9th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

# 15 PcMaster said, on August 9th, 2009 at 9:35 pm

10 min later…
OK, I saw what Wikipedia says but who can trust it? Then I saw David Attenborough legitimize it. He wouldn’t lie would he?

# 16 SB said, on August 10th, 2009 at 2:57 am

John, this is what you do with your spare time? lol

# 17 smartalix said, on August 10th, 2009 at 4:13 am

12,

Actually, many of the birds in teh city mimic car alarms.

# 18 Greg Allen said, on August 10th, 2009 at 7:22 am

A friend of mine kept a bird (parrot?) by a squeaky sliding glass door. The bird learned to make that sound.

So, about a hundred times a day, it sounded like some one was entering the house!

# 19 Rockeyracoon said, on August 10th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

Wait! I recognized the workers whistle..I think it is a shame the bird had to learn one of the most annoying sounds of all time, instead of nice natural sounding sounds..just saying.

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