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Attenborough: the amazing Lyre Bird sings like a chainsaw! Now in high quality | BBC Earth

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Attenborough: the amazing Lyre Bird sings like a chainsaw! Now in high quality | BBC Earth

A short BBC Earth clip from David Attenborough's Life of Birds showing a lyrebird imitating sounds, including a chainsaw and camera shutter, so accurately it is hard to tell from the real thing.

Shared whenever birds mimic sounds come up, as a mind-blowing example of vocal mimicry.

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