The Lyrebird is somewhat of a freak of nature that I still can't believe actually exists, but it seems to be real^^
It sounds like the description out of a sci-fi movie: Here's a bird that can mimick any and all sounds of his environment with eerie accuracy in an allegedly non-conscious manner. Not only that but wherever lyrebirds are recorded by human electronics we get to hear a freestyle reinterpretation of what sort of activities had happened in the forest prior, innovatively mixed together live on the spot to allegedly impress the other sex...
What a mission dude! And what a delivery!
Timetravelling through a living sound archive
The Lyrebird's accuracy in sound reproduction is quite stunning to the human mind. As human beings we have neither the tools nor the skills to mimick the sounds in our environment without the help of recording equipment and some playback system, especially sounds of a non-human origin.
Lyrebirds on the other hand can often be heard making the sound of other birds in the forest, but also things like car alarms, woodwork tools, or construction site commotion.
To this day, I find this bird both mindblowing and utterly improbable, yet we have a whole array of different recordings on the internet filming the lyrebird in various locations and yet the sound reproduction depth seems to remain constant.
If anyone of you has ever seen a Lyrebird out in the open would you please drop a comment and share your experience? Can it do hiphop beats, a chinese lawyer or a hundred raindrops on a pond?
What would happen if a soundstudio were to have a lyrebird listen in on their latest sound productions? And what sort of discernment does the bird use to pick out sounds from his repertoire? Is hearing a sound once enough to be able to repeat it forever? Could a lyrebird be used to solve crimes? Is there ever a moment of too much input for the bird to memorize the sounds like in a stadium filled with people and human noises?
So many questions, and since I never can get over how amazing this bird is it is my pleasure to share its oddity with you today just in case you weren't aware of its existence.
If you have never seen (heard) the Lyrebird in action, you really are in for a true WTF-moment, enjoy <3
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Life is weird ;)
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