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  • @cannotbeblankso5972
    @cannotbeblankso5972 Před 4 lety +39495

    *Plot twist : the lyre bird was doing the narration*

  • @kasrafallen
    @kasrafallen Před 3 lety +4599

    Parrot: I repeat words
    Lyrebird: Well, I add post production sounds to movies

    • @lashawnh7182
      @lashawnh7182 Před 3 lety +13

      😆😆😆😆😆😆

    • @sharonbarton1888
      @sharonbarton1888 Před 3 lety +18

      What a wonderful bird!!! Just incredible.he is also beautiful.

    • @sthembisoluthuli7309
      @sthembisoluthuli7309 Před 3 lety +13

      "I am the Joker"

    • @puri_pon
      @puri_pon Před 3 lety +5

      LOL yes

    • @marcoantoniorodriguesfaria355
      @marcoantoniorodriguesfaria355 Před 3 lety +3

      @@lashawnh7182 este canto e um amor da Natureza. Bom 😃👍🥚 você acorda com este canto . Viu que cada um bota seu ovo e nasce mais filhotes para te alegrar com seus cantos ☺️

  • @lucasraines
    @lucasraines Před 7 měsíci +318

    I love how David Attenborough has been like 300 years old for my entire life. He and Morgan Freeman are the backbone of narration, timeless and unbiased voices of reason.

    • @justusb.plorer8773
      @justusb.plorer8773 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Oh, David is very biased, just in the right directions.

    • @RogerDiotte
      @RogerDiotte Před měsícem +2

      Can we also include our beloved David Suzuki in Canada 🇨🇦

    • @Roddy556
      @Roddy556 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@RogerDiotteno, a little too biased.

    • @karencahill4798
      @karencahill4798 Před 29 dny

      Hahahaha. I’m 68. Yes, they’ve certainly been around a long time. Are they even still alive? 😅

    • @kovi-kovi-viko
      @kovi-kovi-viko Před 26 dny +5

      ​@@karencahill4798 both still alive, unsurprisingly. outlived the queen, they might as well outlive us and narrate the fate of humanity lmfao

  • @paulbroderick8438
    @paulbroderick8438 Před 9 měsíci +159

    This bird must have the most sophisticated vocal cords. Truly amazing.

    • @rodenreyes6320
      @rodenreyes6320 Před měsícem

      This bird is nuts, but is not a nut.😢😢

    • @a.w.thompson4001
      @a.w.thompson4001 Před 23 dny +1

      It's tongue and the interior of its mouth are amazingly versatile, too!

    • @timtruett5184
      @timtruett5184 Před 23 dny

      And a sophisticated brain

  • @pinoyheartbeat7245
    @pinoyheartbeat7245 Před 4 lety +24193

    Imagine you crashed and got loss in this forest and hearing the sound of an incoming rescue helicopter that is never coming.

    • @festizio
      @festizio Před 4 lety +2338

      Or the sound of your own weeping echoed back at you sometime in the night.

    • @kubotwostringz7040
      @kubotwostringz7040 Před 4 lety +896

      You should never write a novel, sir

    • @bamatina777
      @bamatina777 Před 4 lety +364

      Oh my gosh.... so sad....but so funny too.

    • @jaxisthekingofgotham7012
      @jaxisthekingofgotham7012 Před 4 lety +189

      Thats just made me think o shit

    • @Nous3rnam3haha
      @Nous3rnam3haha Před 4 lety +96

      🤣😂🤣😂 sorry but too funny 🥺😳😖🥴🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

  • @Gardner0871public
    @Gardner0871public Před 3 lety +5578

    Mockingbird: I can sound like any bird
    Lyrebird: laughs in a human voice then takes a picture and starts a chainsaw

  • @misscole06
    @misscole06 Před měsícem +56

    He even does the sound of the trees breaking as they’re being cut down….. That’s Amazing!

  • @Michajeru
    @Michajeru Před rokem +268

    My grandmother was an excellent pianist and she lived northern NSW Australia in a rural setting. She told us many times about a lyre bird that was able to mimic her when she played a piece of music by Mozart. My father confirmed this. Apparently the bird was pitch perfect.

    • @frankschwartz7405
      @frankschwartz7405 Před 9 měsíci +6

      The bird could sing chords?

    • @YoungLeosword
      @YoungLeosword Před 8 měsíci +15

      One of the most complex avian vocal chords in nature should be able to imitate musical instruments effortlessly. They’re systematically designed to make simplistic sounds in order to mesh efficiently with other instruments in a vast constellation of harmonies.

    • @frankschwartz7405
      @frankschwartz7405 Před 8 měsíci

      @@YoungLeosword
      Do you know what a chord is?

    • @YoungLeosword
      @YoungLeosword Před 8 měsíci +6

      @@frankschwartz7405
      A cavity inside the throat with a couple of tabs that flap as breath passes by. I don’t know what the parts are made of, and it’s possible I’m thinking of the mammal version. X3

    • @frankschwartz7405
      @frankschwartz7405 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@YoungLeosword In music, a "chord" is several notes played at the same time...typically four or more.

  • @mikeysclips
    @mikeysclips Před 5 lety +14564

    And now there is a Lyre Bird out there that sounds just like David Attenborough.

  • @AaronCross760
    @AaronCross760 Před 3 lety +7229

    imagine sleeping in a tent in the middle of the woods and all of a sudden you just hear cameras and chainsaws

    • @pericodelospalotes5738
      @pericodelospalotes5738 Před 3 lety +230

      I don’t know what dangerous predators are in its area but if it lived in Europe and heard it imitating the sound of wolves and bears at the same time I’d come out of the tent crying for help.

    • @bluewren65
      @bluewren65 Před 3 lety +104

      Just a regular night in the Australian bush.

    • @mdharmaraj1631
      @mdharmaraj1631 Před 3 lety +24

      jason has a cam and takes pictures now

    • @pory913
      @pory913 Před 3 lety +7

      That sounds like a gun

    • @tobilikebacon
      @tobilikebacon Před 3 lety +32

      @@pericodelospalotes5738 it's australia. Everything is dangerous

  • @meemz7098
    @meemz7098 Před 7 měsíci +70

    Please God, let there always be wonderful birds and beautiful places for them to live. Please.

  • @truescotsman4103
    @truescotsman4103 Před 11 měsíci +98

    He's had so many photos taken of him he knows what a camera shutter sounds like and can mimic the sound perfectly

  • @TheHaters112
    @TheHaters112 Před 5 lety +23066

    Camera, Ambulance, Chainsaw - I feel like this bird has seen things no bird should have seen.

    • @nutritiousinsecticide925
      @nutritiousinsecticide925 Před 5 lety +271

      RealiableCandy4 underrated comment!!

    • @anyoneofus9948
      @anyoneofus9948 Před 5 lety +834

      You forgot the lasers at the end!

    • @TueSorensen
      @TueSorensen Před 5 lety +484

      Attack ships on fire off the arm of Orion...

    • @mynaimrie
      @mynaimrie Před 5 lety +158

      @@TueSorensen I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser gate...

    • @eleo_b
      @eleo_b Před 5 lety +69

      This made me laugh!

  • @rikosborne1212
    @rikosborne1212 Před 3 lety +4048

    Back in my day, birds performed their own music, they didn't just sample everybody else!

  • @zacktomczak4962
    @zacktomczak4962 Před rokem +136

    Damn..could you imagine being lost in the forest with no one in sight but you keep hearing the shutter of a camera..😳📸

    • @diamond_creeper2224
      @diamond_creeper2224 Před měsícem +3

      Film director: Hires lyre bird to help with sound effects for horror movie

    • @Skyebright1
      @Skyebright1 Před 22 dny

      The first colonists heard axe noises and thought other people were around

  • @tomtalker2000
    @tomtalker2000 Před rokem +165

    I've been in the avian field for nearly 30yrs now. Having "hands on" experience with everything from Warblers to Birds of Prey. And these birds NEVER cease too amaze me with their vocal mimicry.

    • @johngellard1187
      @johngellard1187 Před rokem

      Tomtalker2000,what about the bird that never lands,and is airborne permanently,how does it eat,drink and sleep?

    • @conanmcdonnell7390
      @conanmcdonnell7390 Před rokem

      Swifts, for example, eat and drink on the wing - several birds do this - and have 'micro-sleeps'. Amazing birds.

    • @Neutral_Mind
      @Neutral_Mind Před 11 měsíci

      I bet.... The only thing that bird cannot imitate is the shrill unbearable scream of married women shouting at their spouse for silly things, because he is male. 😂😂😂

    • @Nick-dx2pt
      @Nick-dx2pt Před měsícem

      ​@@Neutral_Mind r/arethestraightsokay

  • @drink15
    @drink15 Před 3 lety +4115

    Imagine leaving the big city for peace and quiet but you still hear car alarms and construction noises in the middle of the rainforest.

    • @GCKMimi
      @GCKMimi Před 2 lety +104

      That's a creepypasta right there

    • @DJSCRMNGHST
      @DJSCRMNGHST Před 2 lety +54

      It's like I never left home

    • @y_fam_goeglyd
      @y_fam_goeglyd Před 2 lety +31

      This was filmed quite close to a city IIRC. A lot closer than we imagine from the surroundings, anyway.

    • @Sharon_McCluskey
      @Sharon_McCluskey Před 2 lety +3

      Wow you made day🥰🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂😆😅👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @buttbuttyawn3280
      @buttbuttyawn3280 Před 2 lety +12

      I lived in rural Australia for the first fourteen years of my life, we had a park down the road from us full of lyrebirds. Took all the background noise for granted. Went back there this weekend and was amazed at all the sounds I never used to notice much growing up. I miss it.

  • @dracodracarys2339
    @dracodracarys2339 Před 3 lety +4680

    lyrebird: **suddenly talks** "and here we can see the david attenborough in his natural habitat, roaming the wilderness to narrate wild animals's daily lives"

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast Před 2 lety +115

      Male gorilla to his mate: "You're quite wrong, my dear. It was DAVID Attenborough who filmed us: RICHARD Attenborough directed _Gandhi_ ".

    • @AC-pd2yt
      @AC-pd2yt Před 2 lety +8

      Got me laughing 🤣

    • @Zeina107
      @Zeina107 Před 2 lety +11

      Busts out “saftey dance”

    • @infernobeetle709
      @infernobeetle709 Před 2 lety +4

      Helped make the like counter reach 999. Your welcome.

    • @rozparamor5602
      @rozparamor5602 Před 2 lety +5

      @@infernobeetle709 You're! Your means something else!

  • @sundancer014
    @sundancer014 Před 2 měsíci +13

    The most incredible sounds I've ever heard a bird reproduce. Absolutely amazing.

  • @ThunderPants13
    @ThunderPants13 Před 11 měsíci +7

    To say this is next level is a ridiculous understatement. I think this bird is from a galaxy far, far away.

  • @jesusfisti8860
    @jesusfisti8860 Před 4 lety +5235

    Everybody gangsta till the bird starts speaking chainsaw

    • @PauloBoute
      @PauloBoute Před 4 lety +11

      I hope you will like this bird song, as well...
      czcams.com/video/N8Vjq4UymoM/video.html

    • @songbirdsandsandwiches8217
      @songbirdsandsandwiches8217 Před 4 lety +7

      @@PauloBoute Very nice, do you do it as a hobby or do you plan on selling the film?

    • @PauloBoute
      @PauloBoute Před 4 lety +3

      @@songbirdsandsandwiches8217 Both: Hobby & selling the videos. My job is to guide Jaguar Photo Safaris and Birdwatching Tours, all over Brasil.

    • @francois9603
      @francois9603 Před 4 lety +3

      other birds: retreat!!

    • @dietmilk2676
      @dietmilk2676 Před 3 lety +3

      Lololol

  • @heikkiaho6605
    @heikkiaho6605 Před 3 lety +3234

    "Every once in a while, you should soothe your mind by going to a forest, away from the sounds of the mechanical, man-made machines."
    Birds in the forest:

    • @mylifeisaparty
      @mylifeisaparty Před 3 lety +144

      Imagine going to the forest to take your mind off things and hear camera shutters all around you lmao

    • @elbenjas4003
      @elbenjas4003 Před 3 lety +13

      I would like this comment but it has 420 likes

    • @victoremisho9432
      @victoremisho9432 Před 3 lety +2

      Buahhahahahahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Layla-jc2ok
      @Layla-jc2ok Před 3 lety +3

      Absolutely brilliant. I wish I could like this comment more than once.

    • @elbenjas4003
      @elbenjas4003 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Canzandridas I have given it a like

  • @That_Freedom_Guy
    @That_Freedom_Guy Před 10 měsíci +15

    It's audio memory and replay is fascinating. Those machine sounds seem perfect. That bird throat is amazing!

  • @GraceHarder-yw8ol
    @GraceHarder-yw8ol Před 9 měsíci +10

    I come back to this video periodically and I am equally astonished every time

  • @stephenhowe4107
    @stephenhowe4107 Před 5 lety +14837

    The most amazing thing about the Lyre Bird was the imitation of David Attenborough's voice all the way through. Impressive.

  • @Oscar-Green
    @Oscar-Green Před 3 lety +2709

    Normal birds: *Tweet* *Tweet*
    Australian Birds: *DIAL UP MODEM SOUNDS*

    • @noinfo9130
      @noinfo9130 Před 3 lety +40

      oh man.
      oh man youve given me the greatest idea. i have a mission. i was going camping in the next few weeks as soon as i can afford it, theyre around where im going.
      im so doing this.
      not kidding, im gonna see if i can get them to do that.
      O_O THE RED PILL NOISE FROM MATRIX
      Thats it, im gonna go birdwatching for the first time in my life just to get one to do that. Then my life will be complete. Thankyou Green Oscar now i know why i have survived so long.

    • @aylim3088
      @aylim3088 Před 3 lety +15

      @ComocosonoEWL The most depressing thing about that is not knowing if you're joking or not

    • @smg7602
      @smg7602 Před 3 lety +4

      Whilst even 3rd world countries have broadband, Australia is using dial up modems

    • @naturalclips4590
      @naturalclips4590 Před 3 lety

      Check here damselfly Dance ( show some love to my natural chanal )
      czcams.com/video/vSMQHYDOB60/video.html

    • @JonSnowIII
      @JonSnowIII Před 3 lety +1

      Lmao

  • @trrachel7102
    @trrachel7102 Před rokem +48

    When it started making the chainsaw sounds, I didn’t believe it was real. It was so accurate & sounded so real. What a beautiful, incredible bird.

    • @weirdredpanda
      @weirdredpanda Před 10 měsíci

      I was shocked as well. Parrots can't hold a candle to lyrebirds.

    • @MrEric2cu
      @MrEric2cu Před 10 měsíci +3

      Me too! wow.

    • @katwashere194
      @katwashere194 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Me too! I said no way out loud 😂

    • @trrachel7102
      @trrachel7102 Před 10 měsíci

      @@katwashere194 Excuse me I LOVE YOU PROFILE PIC😂Why does it look like the “Ah, nenero!” but in rock form!😭

    • @katwashere194
      @katwashere194 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@trrachel7102 I don’t know what ne Nero is but it’s a picture of a rock I found 😂

  • @Jumbuck1151
    @Jumbuck1151 Před rokem +11

    There's not a lot that surprises me anymore, but this is one of them. Was not expecting that.

  • @Cheka__
    @Cheka__ Před 3 lety +7452

    That chainsaw and camera shutter sound is literally indistinguishable from the real thing. Absolutely amazing.

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před 2 lety +169

      that's not impressive at all. Their home is increasingly dwindling and now they know the sound of chainsaws and machinery and and car alarms... that's so bad...

    • @Cheka__
      @Cheka__ Před 2 lety +823

      @@Cassxowary Two things can be true at the same time

    • @SheagleArk
      @SheagleArk Před 2 lety +332

      @@Cassxowary things can be impressive but sad at the same time.

    • @XxnextrekXx2000
      @XxnextrekXx2000 Před 2 lety +89

      @@Cassxowary Why are you copy pasting the same tired reply? So boring. Plus it's already been explained why in plenty of other comments, I'm not here to explain, just to let you know that you need to get more education on the matter.

    • @michaelpetras1613
      @michaelpetras1613 Před 2 lety +2

      ikr

  • @CollegeBallYouknow
    @CollegeBallYouknow Před 4 lety +2322

    Nothing says “I love you” more than a chainsaw.

  • @williamkazak469
    @williamkazak469 Před 9 měsíci +11

    Amazingly talented bird.

  • @akehapkap6143
    @akehapkap6143 Před rokem +20

    The most wonderful narrator of all nature documentaries, sir David ❤

    • @mysund
      @mysund Před 8 měsíci

      Im sorry to say, it was the lyre bird immitating bbc nature program narrators... :(

    • @sandybruce9092
      @sandybruce9092 Před 2 měsíci

      @@mysundNot as funny as you probably thought it would be!

  • @lubu4u312
    @lubu4u312 Před 3 lety +4372

    A bird singing about deforestation is probably the saddest thing ill hear today.

    • @saskiahewitt-kay5264
      @saskiahewitt-kay5264 Před 3 lety +42

      So sad, I agree :(

    • @goose4469
      @goose4469 Před 3 lety +15

      :( sad agree so I

    • @SeaShrimp
      @SeaShrimp Před 3 lety +147

      Apparently the bird is called Chook and is from Adelaide Zoo in Australia, its NOT a wild bird, thats why it imitates camera sounds so well and the chainsaw sounds were from a constructionsite nearby.

    • @lubu4u312
      @lubu4u312 Před 3 lety +29

      ​@@SeaShrimp Deforestation is the entire point here. Chainsaws cut down tress, they dont build houses

    • @rexjolles
      @rexjolles Před 3 lety +25

      It's in a zoo near a costruction site my guy

  • @BrettonFerguson
    @BrettonFerguson Před 3 lety +1457

    Lyrebird, trolling the entire jungle.

    • @Zasibys
      @Zasibys Před 3 lety +27

      Troll of the jungle

    • @HexenkoeniginVonAngmar
      @HexenkoeniginVonAngmar Před 3 lety +16

      Imagine a horror movie about someone with paranoia and in the end it's just that bird being an a-hole xD

    • @kalebrooks6833
      @kalebrooks6833 Před 3 lety +5

      NEIN
      it’s hitler cat

    • @BrettonFerguson
      @BrettonFerguson Před 3 lety +1

      @@kalebrooks6833 Wir müssen die Mäuse ausrotten!

    • @AhmadM25
      @AhmadM25 Před 3 lety

      liarbird

  • @EliTitusKurgat
    @EliTitusKurgat Před 21 dnem +2

    They tend to imitate any sound they come across....they are miraculous

  • @ydakda7233
    @ydakda7233 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Can't believe what I just saw is real. Incredible. How is this even possible 😮

  • @ScrubDuelist
    @ScrubDuelist Před 3 lety +2393

    “If a tree fell in a forest, and nobody heard it, did it fall?”
    This bird: * Chainsaw noises*

    • @gulpboys3970
      @gulpboys3970 Před 3 lety +3

      czcams.com/video/sMG1nlQi5bg/video.html

    • @ARtorNot8
      @ARtorNot8 Před 3 lety +16

      Underrated comment lmao

    • @nomo3875
      @nomo3875 Před 3 lety +2

      HeHe !!

    • @jaakkopontinen
      @jaakkopontinen Před 3 lety +2

      Hah :D

    • @handynothandsome261
      @handynothandsome261 Před 3 lety +34

      Two hunters come across a human skull on the forest floor. One hunter says to the other, “Hmm, I wonder how this person died?”
      *Lyrebird: “Uh-oh... SHOO, bear!... NO!! NOOO!!... HELP!! HELLLLP!!... AAAAGG-“*

  • @nin7744
    @nin7744 Před 4 lety +803

    «My dear, i wrote this song just for you»
    **chainsaw noises**

    • @yolisamsomi1130
      @yolisamsomi1130 Před 4 lety +4

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @sodabob
      @sodabob Před 4 lety

      Wouldn't be the first... :)
      czcams.com/video/A52p9jc-gOo/video.html

    • @Catonatoilet
      @Catonatoilet Před 4 lety

      Hehe

    • @marcinnowakowski997
      @marcinnowakowski997 Před 4 lety +1

      He was listening to Ramones. czcams.com/video/cYI1-Dy0wmI/video.html

    • @shawsie5780
      @shawsie5780 Před 4 lety

      He’s been watching Texas chainsaw massacre

  • @ramennaidoo162
    @ramennaidoo162 Před 9 měsíci +4

    David Ettenburough is the most respected and admired wild life presenter. He unveils nature's secrets with utmost care without harming them. His respect for wildlife can be seen when he speaks in a whispering manner.
    Wish he would be younger again.

  • @MontagZoso
    @MontagZoso Před 6 měsíci +5

    Wow! I had no idea this species of bird could mimic other bird calls, but even things like a shutter click from a camera? I’m floored! You’re a superstar, little guy! 😎❤️

  • @yvindHyland
    @yvindHyland Před 3 lety +1784

    "That was a camerashutter. A camera with a motordrive. A car alarm. Chainsaws and foresters. And now a murder and a shootout."

    • @zolp
      @zolp Před 3 lety +79

      Fucking foresters fighting stormtroopers.

    • @Nurse_Xochitl
      @Nurse_Xochitl Před 3 lety +15

      Sounds from DOOM

    • @rainmanlast7967
      @rainmanlast7967 Před 3 lety +9

      I think I head a little joe Biden in there

    • @bradwilliams7683
      @bradwilliams7683 Před 3 lety +10

      Rainman Last Give him a little more credit than that - nobody can imitate Biden - with the exception of another dementia case. C'mon man.

    • @pinnedcomment895
      @pinnedcomment895 Před 3 lety +5

      Last part actually happend. Wasn't the bird

  • @HiyasuJ
    @HiyasuJ Před 4 lety +1938

    I wont be surprised if David says : And now "Bohemian rhapsody by Queen"

    • @suchabeautifulday1733
      @suchabeautifulday1733 Před 4 lety +3

      He’s in the processed of memorizing the entire lyrics

    • @valiantsfelinesmccarty6678
      @valiantsfelinesmccarty6678 Před 4 lety +1

      I was honestly thinking of that Tchaikovsky won in Somewhere in Time I just thought oh wow could you imagine this bird just rolling out whatever if he can mimic anything and he's able to mimic whatever he hears on the radio or stereo set have one of those as a pet but then of course he also mimic everything that's said or done in the house forget that it made me sad when he mimicked the car horn the camera shutter and yeah the saw

    • @Carl-LaFong1618
      @Carl-LaFong1618 Před 4 lety +3

      Mama, just killed a man
      Put a gun against his head
      Pulled my trigger, now he's dead...

    • @scypio8191
      @scypio8191 Před 4 lety

      * won't

    • @HiyasuJ
      @HiyasuJ Před 4 lety +1

      @@scypio8191 won'd've'nt

  • @teamcamel1755
    @teamcamel1755 Před 9 měsíci +19

    Mother nature is amazing ❤

  • @jl7655
    @jl7655 Před rokem +3

    I never get tired of watching this

  • @sweetseremine
    @sweetseremine Před 3 lety +2694

    "after the stellar chainsaw performance, the bird will now sing Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Major"

    • @DCBfanboy
      @DCBfanboy Před 3 lety +30

      Oh crap that's such a good idea actually XDDDD can it do polyphonic singing ?!

    • @grace.reynolds
      @grace.reynolds Před 3 lety +17

      I wonder if you played it often enough whether the bird would actually start to pick it up...

    • @gathsfamily2866
      @gathsfamily2866 Před 3 lety +9

      And he will close with an Aria !!!!

    • @ShiroKage009
      @ShiroKage009 Před 3 lety +2

      I actually wonder if they made one of theme listen to an orchestra if it would be able to mimic it.

    • @judithnelson6386
      @judithnelson6386 Před 3 lety +6

      I did teach a few parrots a tube from Suite Arlésienne a few years ago. They picked it up quite fast, perfectly in tune.

  • @archangelwarrior8900
    @archangelwarrior8900 Před 3 lety +1849

    This bird gonna have some copyright issues 😂

  • @beboystyle620
    @beboystyle620 Před rokem +6

    This bird is amazing! I saw a clip of one making the sounds of a crying baby. Imagine being out there at night and hearing that! 😂

    • @peteb4148
      @peteb4148 Před rokem +1

      Sorry to spoil the idea but they don't make noise at night

  • @Acy__
    @Acy__ Před 9 měsíci +2

    The bird is telling his Life's story through his songs..such a good listener

  • @Crimsonedge1
    @Crimsonedge1 Před rokem +4220

    That wasn't just the sound of chainsaws, it was also the sound of the trees falling too. The branch snapping sound that a tree makes as it hits was spot on.

    • @luluscrooge3891
      @luluscrooge3891 Před rokem +168

      :(( man thats fckng sad

    • @David-yw4uv
      @David-yw4uv Před rokem +10

      Dyeah ! , Now draw me a picture of a man with a spot on him ...now draw me a picture of a man with a Dog named Spot on him

    • @FenriZz
      @FenriZz Před rokem +10

      Sad

    • @EthanH1
      @EthanH1 Před rokem +10

      @@luluscrooge3891 How is it sad? It's honestly amazing that it can do such perfect impressions with such fine detail.

    • @andrewjames5373
      @andrewjames5373 Před rokem +114

      @@EthanH1 It is sad because those same sounds indicate an ever-growing loss of this birds natural habitat.

  • @TheLordZoka
    @TheLordZoka Před 5 lety +2191

    Lyre Bird: “Ayy girl, you wanna hear my impersonation of a chainsaw?” **vrrrrrrrrr**
    Best pick up line ever

    • @homerj.simpson7562
      @homerj.simpson7562 Před 5 lety +13

      I mean that's cool and all, but did you hear *my* impersonation of a chainsaw? :D

    • @truthfulrobot9295
      @truthfulrobot9295 Před 5 lety +22

      He must get alot of lady birds with that trick lol

    • @dannysmith713
      @dannysmith713 Před 5 lety +3

      Would love to hear this bird do a blown nitro funny car impersonation

    • @adaeptzulander2928
      @adaeptzulander2928 Před 5 lety +31

      Lyre Bird: "Hey babe, let me take a picture!" *shutter clicks*

    • @factenter6787
      @factenter6787 Před 5 lety +3

      To which she replies: Nah, i want you to cut me a branch for real.
      He: K. How about i start with the 1 you're perched on?

  • @thegreyowl8753
    @thegreyowl8753 Před 19 dny +1

    How good is its hearing processing and vocals?! I'm mind blown it can hear so accurately! 🤯

  • @hectorheslop9397
    @hectorheslop9397 Před rokem +4

    Being able to imitate so many different sounds is an amazing and wonderful gift of nature .

  • @hardboiled7467
    @hardboiled7467 Před 5 lety +2029

    _Bird sings chainsaw in the forest_
    Trees: "Hey, thats death metal..."

  • @stanpines9011
    @stanpines9011 Před 4 lety +3188

    This bird is so good at imitating those sounds that it's hard to believe some of them weren't edited in

    • @stanpines9011
      @stanpines9011 Před 4 lety +41

      i know they weren't edited it but it just almost feels like they were because it mimics the sounds so well

    • @ahmadtarek7763
      @ahmadtarek7763 Před 4 lety +2

      @Copter Cop what last job?

    • @PauloBoute
      @PauloBoute Před 4 lety +1

      I hope you will like this bird song, as well...
      czcams.com/video/N8Vjq4UymoM/video.html

    • @Astro_weeeeee
      @Astro_weeeeee Před 4 lety +5

      The cainsaw sounded like a compressed sound file

    • @christomes2217
      @christomes2217 Před 4 lety +34

      @@ahmadtarek7763 his current job is Troll

  • @Egyptologist777
    @Egyptologist777 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I have officially SEEN and HEARD IT ALL! ✅

  • @amyrichard4458
    @amyrichard4458 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Amazing hearing what this bird can do! Animals are fascinating!

  • @CreedK
    @CreedK Před 5 lety +629

    Plot twist: It actually killed Attenborough halfway through the video and it was actually just the Lyre Bird talking by the end.

  • @caserasera4776
    @caserasera4776 Před 4 lety +1974

    This bird lives near my house in kinglake. Weve heard the thing bark like a dog, meow, yell profanities amongst other noises, its a ripper.

    • @divegabe
      @divegabe Před 4 lety +75

      Profanities? ahahaha

    • @InsertTitleHere-
      @InsertTitleHere- Před 4 lety +158

      I want a video of it yelling profanities 😂

    • @philthy903
      @philthy903 Před 4 lety +97

      Not sure if it's the same amazing creature (the bird, not David), but one near me superbly mimics the sound of starter motors. And, if I'm not mistaken, two people having a drunken argument at 4am and then saying "I love youze". Though I'm not sure about that one yet.

    • @plasmaastronaut
      @plasmaastronaut Před 4 lety +39

      then why the HELL haven't u gone and recorded it? you've have +10M views and a youtube ads revenue that would fund all your thailand holidays

    • @rickcruz3382
      @rickcruz3382 Před 4 lety +8

      They don't live on my continent we have Mocking birds here, years ago one of them while hanging out in my backyard would sound like a car alarm it was funny

  • @sarahelizabethbassett4013

    Amazing!!❤ If I had not heard this video of the Lyre bird I would not have known he exists. Thank you. I love bird calls. I am an American.

  • @terriquinlan7683
    @terriquinlan7683 Před rokem +34

    This brings tears to my eyes. Only David Attenborough has their trust. It breaks my heart to know that they know the sound of chainsaws.

    • @rbarnes4076
      @rbarnes4076 Před 10 měsíci +1

      A number of people posting on this video know this bird from a zoo in Adelaide (the bird's name is 'Chuck' LOL). This is why the bird can imitate camera sounds so well (they have to hear it over and over.. not just once). The chainsaws were in evidence during a zoo renovation.

    • @terriquinlan7683
      @terriquinlan7683 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@rbarnes4076 Amazing! It's comforting to think that this was one of the rare times that any of them heard a chainsaw. Their habitat can't take that treatment.
      I wonder if Michael Winslow has heard them... It would be awesome to put them together.

  • @ottoweininger8156
    @ottoweininger8156 Před 4 lety +1728

    If this wasn't the BBC and David Attenborough I'd never believe it.

    • @LordsWatchman
      @LordsWatchman Před 4 lety +13

      Do you believe the amazing atheis god of evolution created such a complex bird as this lyre bird by random chance over billions and billions of years?

    • @thelastone399
      @thelastone399 Před 4 lety +47

      @@LordsWatchman fancy seeing you here.

    • @jondoig
      @jondoig Před 4 lety +4

      They are not hard to find in any wet forest near Sydney. Near Audley in Royal National Park for example.

    • @colinjava8447
      @colinjava8447 Před 4 lety +83

      @@LordsWatchman No, I don't, I believe evolution created this complex bird by non-random processes over millions of years.
      Evolution is a fact, get over it already.

    • @LordsWatchman
      @LordsWatchman Před 4 lety +10

      Colin Java evolution is a fact? I haven't seen any facts yet. Can you link me to some facts please? Actually, provide me some evidence of the first living organism where all life forms today evolved from was formed. Many undersrand this proposed process as A-biogensesis, or life begotten from non life. Start from there, and if you somehow are able to substantiate this sensation theory, you might have a little more credibility to make the claim that evolution created this Lyre bird by no coincidental chance.
      You've proven once more that evolution is another religion...

  • @s6v9n93
    @s6v9n93 Před 4 lety +3214

    I'm starting to get concerned about what this bird has seen.
    Chainsaw... Sirens... Camera sounds.

    • @sammierose1150
      @sammierose1150 Před 4 lety +173

      S 6 V 9 N Can someone call bird protective services and do a mental wellness check? 😅

    • @JoeIsCrazyWillman
      @JoeIsCrazyWillman Před 4 lety +68

      Apparently this one comes from Texas 🤣👀

    • @evalyer
      @evalyer Před 4 lety +160

      For his next mating call, the sound of a woman screaming while being stabbed. Then the sound of a guy throwing her body in the truck with a chainsaw.... fascinating. So complex.

    • @DavidMooch
      @DavidMooch Před 4 lety +7

      I think this has to be satire

    • @shitburd
      @shitburd Před 4 lety +69

      It makes me wonder if he heard all of those noises firsthand or if some noises are passed from bird to bird?

  • @aroundtheoutsidefone
    @aroundtheoutsidefone Před 9 dny

    I have been coming here for fifteen years. Lyre is the fire that keeps on giving

  • @SweetChicagoGator
    @SweetChicagoGator Před 2 měsíci +1

    Most awesome bird in the world ! Simply incredible ! U are lucky Dr Attenborough, to see the bird up close ! 😊

  • @LeksDee
    @LeksDee Před 3 lety +2161

    "He can imitate the calls of at least 20 different species"... including R2D2 and AOL dial-up

  • @prasadpatil1
    @prasadpatil1 Před 3 lety +1336

    Imagine you being lost in jungle and suddenly you hear car alarm and chainsaw....running around for being rescued but found nothing.....
    Then you start weeping in sorrow.....
    And then you hear your own weeping sound.... 😂😂

  • @singlewhitefemale1707
    @singlewhitefemale1707 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Birds make the most beautiful sounds ❤❤❤

  • @dreadfury2485
    @dreadfury2485 Před 16 dny

    I’ll never forget watching this many, many years ago as a kid and being absolutely floored by the progression of this little guy going from doing a convincing kookaburra impression to imitating two different camera sounds to mimicking a car alarm decently well to speaking fluent chainsaw in the span of a couple minutes.
    I genuinely didn’t know birds could *do* that.

  • @PorkChopBatter
    @PorkChopBatter Před 3 lety +930

    It’s so absurd that the bird even got the cracking of the tree right while making the chainsaw noise. Absolutely amazing how attentive they are to sounds.

    • @Nick-lx4fo
      @Nick-lx4fo Před 3 lety +23

      I heard that too, that's insane. Australian wildlife is nuts

    • @williameriksson6718
      @williameriksson6718 Před 3 lety

      ITS FAKE

    • @landoncrosby
      @landoncrosby Před 3 lety +6

      There was also the wobble of the pull saw, i was stunned when i caught that. Nature is amazing

    • @scypio8191
      @scypio8191 Před 3 lety +1

      @@williameriksson6718 🤦‍♂️

    • @PorkChopBatter
      @PorkChopBatter Před 3 lety

      @@williameriksson6718 nobody asked. Go away

  • @ninhomanoel7874
    @ninhomanoel7874 Před 5 lety +2432

    This bird puts that dude in police academy to shame

  • @johnNJ4024
    @johnNJ4024 Před rokem +2

    It absolutely blows your mind how a Lyre Bird can mimic so many sounds so exactly and some being completely artificial, like a chainsaw, are spot on! Simply amazing!!!

  • @cjjackson6514
    @cjjackson6514 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Love the dance tossing the feathers over the head, the whole package..what an AMAZING bird! 😎🪶💕❤️💕🌿🕊️

  • @StefanVeenstra
    @StefanVeenstra Před 4 lety +1593

    “Sir, we received reports of illegal deforestation on your property.”
    “Officer, you must've heard it from the bird.”

    • @dfelixrx7
      @dfelixrx7 Před 4 lety +2

      🖕🏿

    • @watermelonwishes4193
      @watermelonwishes4193 Před 4 lety +1

      @AdamWayneone Ahh ya beat me to it...

    • @watermelonwishes4193
      @watermelonwishes4193 Před 4 lety

      @AdamWayneone I blame YT algorithms... 😛

    • @watermelonwishes4193
      @watermelonwishes4193 Před 4 lety +1

      @AdamWayneone Sorry to hear that. 💙 I hope you're doing okay.

    • @watermelonwishes4193
      @watermelonwishes4193 Před 4 lety

      @AdamWayneone That's good, I think......? In the throes of a cold and having just woken up is making my brain a little fuzzy. 😲
      I have bad anxiety and watch YT at night to wind down after work while waiting for my sleep meds to kick in.

  • @vladimirstanescu6616
    @vladimirstanescu6616 Před 4 lety +1079

    Parrot: I can talk and mimic sounds.
    Lyre bird: Hold my chainsaw.

  • @fbkglitch9891
    @fbkglitch9891 Před 8 měsíci +3

    This means this bird can listen to whatever u say and record it

  • @davidnorwich3771
    @davidnorwich3771 Před rokem

    This would brighten up anyone's day. Just wonderful.😀

  • @Synystr7
    @Synystr7 Před 3 lety +1222

    "WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET LAID AROUND HERE?!?!"

    • @loadapish
      @loadapish Před 3 lety +15

      Seems familiar

    • @tuser8
      @tuser8 Před 3 lety +38

      This poor boy is trying so hard

    • @billbull1JB-EH
      @billbull1JB-EH Před 3 lety +1

      Lol 🤣

    • @JohnPMitten
      @JohnPMitten Před 3 lety +1

      sex again, people are obsessed with coitus

    • @naturalclips4590
      @naturalclips4590 Před 3 lety

      Check here damselfly Dance ( show some love to my natural chanal )
      czcams.com/video/vSMQHYDOB60/video.html

  • @mcgrooter61
    @mcgrooter61 Před 2 lety +2118

    When he recreated the sound of chainsaws and hand saws he also created the sound of distance and atmosphere.

    • @HassanAli-ps1ry
      @HassanAli-ps1ry Před rokem +14

      Wow

    • @common_7516
      @common_7516 Před rokem +103

      Like how did it create reverb

    • @mcgrooter61
      @mcgrooter61 Před rokem +17

      @@common_7516 What can I say, he's a Sonic genius.

    • @KreapOfficial
      @KreapOfficial Před rokem +172

      it’s just like a straight recording in their brain played back through their vocal organ called a syrinx, located at the base of the trachea. Because it is located where the trachea forks into the bronchii that lead to the lungs, birds can produce more than one sound at the same time - one sound in each of the two bronchii. They’re much like a very complex multi stage digital synthesiser with a perfect reference to create their sound with. The way they use the natural ambience within all that is just astonishing.

    • @eriomnyc6073
      @eriomnyc6073 Před rokem +4

      I know ……… 👀 insane

  • @Asidders
    @Asidders Před 11 měsíci +2

    I think this is the most amazing nature video I've ever seen. I shall never forget it!

  • @zeddybear257
    @zeddybear257 Před měsícem

    Wow, that’s so incredible. Amazing that its range is so far beyond anything else conceived, I wouldn’t have guessed.

  • @mandithelightfury7533
    @mandithelightfury7533 Před 4 lety +833

    Bird: *Sings chainsaw*
    Trees: Why do i hear boss music?

  • @deenanthekemoni5567
    @deenanthekemoni5567 Před 4 lety +1258

    Even the sounds of the tree cracking, leaves crunching and the wind rustling excess debris can be heard along with the chainsaw. Absolutely Incredible.

    • @thomadbearr4631
      @thomadbearr4631 Před 4 lety +41

      it was sad af for me. . but so cool hearing the tree falling against others.

    • @andersforsgren3806
      @andersforsgren3806 Před 4 lety +44

      There's a vid somewhere here of another imitating species that do the sounds of a house being constructed nearby. While I got a recording of a Hippolais icterina that must have spent considerable time near a window or house where someone had been playing a lot of videogames - I was able to identify the sounds of Super Mario Brothers.

    • @LinhTran-zw7jm
      @LinhTran-zw7jm Před 4 lety +3

      @@andersforsgren3806 no way🤣🤣

    • @andersforsgren3806
      @andersforsgren3806 Před 4 lety +11

      @@LinhTran-zw7jm It's a really funny bird, I heard it two seasons. I work a lot in the forest and nature, definitely first place weirdness in all my year hearing those Mario game sounds. :)

    • @LinhTran-zw7jm
      @LinhTran-zw7jm Před 4 lety +1

      @@andersforsgren3806wait u have the video of mario noises

  • @cak8132
    @cak8132 Před rokem +7

    Nothing says romance like the sound of a car alarm and a chainsaw…. 🤣🤣 What an extraordinary bird.

  • @brandongray5823
    @brandongray5823 Před rokem +1

    Absolutely amazing

  • @dickthedorkwing6082
    @dickthedorkwing6082 Před 5 lety +496

    CZcams has flagged this bird for copyright infringement.

  • @TheDemocrab
    @TheDemocrab Před 2 lety +3642

    As an Australian, I've been training a quartet of Lyre Birds to recreate the sounds of Slayer. They're going to be the worlds first Avian Metal band.

    • @travishalford5223
      @travishalford5223 Před 2 lety +216

      Really hoping you're for real lol

    • @nukeariesdiana2476
      @nukeariesdiana2476 Před 2 lety +36

      Hoping it would be true

    • @Valynbrown
      @Valynbrown Před 2 lety +151

      Sorry to burst your bubble, but Hatebeak already took that title, a metal band with an African Grey parrot as a frontman

    • @eurocentric5656
      @eurocentric5656 Před 2 lety

      Avian Rock - czcams.com/video/8Ry7AyDBHMY/video.html

    • @amabeza
      @amabeza Před rokem +6

      Brilliant...lol

  • @matthewchandler7845
    @matthewchandler7845 Před 10 měsíci +1

    This man is one of my all time hero's. SALUTE!

  • @uchka856
    @uchka856 Před rokem +2

    I'd be hella mad if I was lost in a forest finally hearing an alarm and come to this bird

  • @ironhornforge7970
    @ironhornforge7970 Před 3 lety +2564

    I grew up with these birds, they mimic everything from laughter to babies crying.
    Remarkable

  • @humblewisdom8976
    @humblewisdom8976 Před 4 lety +2014

    I wonder how many females he attracts with the car alarm?
    Also the chainsaw didn't start on the first pull. LOL

    • @user-yz9iu3lz9o
      @user-yz9iu3lz9o Před 4 lety +14

      @Trista Fravel Dare I assume he'd be the only one "with" a car anyway.

    • @oiraMeroD
      @oiraMeroD Před 4 lety +26

      "Also the chainsaw didn't start on the first pull. LOL"
      Had me laughing out loud :D
      Thanks!

    • @spaceboy3101
      @spaceboy3101 Před 4 lety +56

      The chainsaw was utterly hilarious. He also made sounds of branches cracking and a manual saw, sawing. Incredible. He captured the entire process from start to finish and did his own editing.

    • @limey461
      @limey461 Před 4 lety +13

      @@spaceboy3101 so, before humans had their cameras and audio recorders, this must have been the best way to record yourself! XD

    • @yvanthedrakon
      @yvanthedrakon Před 4 lety

      All of them

  • @ramennaidoo162
    @ramennaidoo162 Před 2 měsíci

    David Attenburough was an amazing wildlife presenter.
    God bless him for bringing wildlife into our living rooms

  • @SouthernGirl999
    @SouthernGirl999 Před 8 měsíci

    His voice is so unique.
    Excellent! I know that I have seen him before.

  • @Atombender
    @Atombender Před 4 lety +686

    "Let's ignore those plasma rifle sounds for now."

    • @bricology
      @bricology Před 4 lety +16

      Underrated comment!

    • @rom183500
      @rom183500 Před 4 lety +3

      😂😂😂

    • @2808Nero
      @2808Nero Před 4 lety +1

      Alex K. Haha,

    • @robinh7745
      @robinh7745 Před 4 lety +30

      So in this forest, you have : photographers, ambulance, stormtroopers and Leatherface... Dont go there.

    • @commanderrockwell1123
      @commanderrockwell1123 Před 4 lety +2

      Alex K. Where are the plasma rifle sounds?

  • @mysock351C
    @mysock351C Před 4 lety +1135

    It even has them pulling the starter cord and revving it before the choke comes off. Nice attention to detail.

  • @johntempest7798
    @johntempest7798 Před 11 měsíci +1

    What a wonderful bird💥👍

  • @JustBrowsing777
    @JustBrowsing777 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Finally I have found this clip again after having seen it on tv some 25 years ago or so 😅 That bird is amazing!

  • @sammomin8115
    @sammomin8115 Před 3 lety +600

    "Bird, what is your job?"
    "I'm a sound track engineer in a movie company."

  • @GaryBradleymusic
    @GaryBradleymusic Před 2 lety +1488

    "And now, a camera with a motor drive..." I nearly fell off my chair! Brilliant!

    • @maxl3189
      @maxl3189 Před 2 lety +2

      When you hear a rocket kettle in the middle of the bush you get a little cackle

    • @aleksitjvladica.
      @aleksitjvladica. Před 2 lety

      I wish youf ell.

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Před 2 lety +6

      One of the disappearing sounds in the world today. (How many of today's adults know what a motor drive _is_ even?)

    • @aleksitjvladica.
      @aleksitjvladica. Před 2 lety

      @@G6JPG Is that an old technology?

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Před 2 lety +13

      @@aleksitjvladica. I presume it is to many of today's genration who have never used a film still camera. If you are one of them, I'll explain: such cameras used a strip of (usually 35mm wide) film on which to expose the images. When you have exposed one, it has to be moved sideways so that the next section of the strip is in position to be exposed; this is normally achieved by pushing a lever which turns the take-up spool and turns a cog with sprockets to advance thie film by a fixed amount (such as 36mm). It is usually combined with also cocking the shutter mechanism (that which exposes the film when you take a picture; if you think about it the film has to be kept in the dark until then). On some sophisticated cameras, the process was motorised, so you only pressed the shutter release button, which fired the shutter mechanism (making the clicking sound) and then wound on the film [and cocked the shutter ready for the next picture as well] (making the whirring sound). It wasn't just laziness - a camera with motor-drive could take several stills in succession faster than one on which you had to press, wind, press, wind, and also it was less likely to change the aim of the camera if you only had to touch one control (some did so automatically, or could be configured to do so, if you just held your finger on the shutter release button). Then as now, it's sometimes worth taking several pictures in quick succession in order to get the one you want - e. g. an animal or sports-car moving fast, a celebrity who might only glance your way briefly, and so on. Generaly only by professionals and serious photographers: for the rest of us, not only were motor-drive cameras more expensive, but the cost of the film wasn't insignificant, and you couldn't immediately review and discard the failures - film can't be deleted and re-used!

  • @ITisandiamIT
    @ITisandiamIT Před měsícem

    Great video! Loved the little fella singing. Absolutely amazing.

  • @williamjayaraj2244
    @williamjayaraj2244 Před rokem +1

    Beautiful bird.