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  • What is the deal with the Lyrebird.... It is Crazy!!!! I like it haha
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  • @BentConrod
    @BentConrod Před 2 lety +619

    Parrot: Polly want a cracker?
    Lyrebird: Hold my beer!

    • @fleachamberlain1905
      @fleachamberlain1905 Před 2 lety +14

      LOL. Good call. High five.

    • @leandabee
      @leandabee Před 2 lety +2

      🤣🤣🍺

    • @_Hamish
      @_Hamish Před 2 lety +4

      lol, best comment

    • @julesmarwell8023
      @julesmarwell8023 Před 2 lety +15

      hey mate. all locked down in melbourne. watching you discovering our part of the world seem to bring you so much joy. and we are sharing your joy with you. thank you. keep it coming and stay safe. God bless America

    • @riccirohde3362
      @riccirohde3362 Před 2 lety +4

      Bahahah. That's brilliant.

  • @misss7056
    @misss7056 Před 2 lety +304

    I love that we've messed with non-Aussies so hard that they don't believe in the Lyrebird

    • @Dr_KAP
      @Dr_KAP Před 2 lety +19

      Right?! This poor guy it’s like Peter and the Wolf! Now he is finally faced with a true story he doesn’t believe us !

    • @jasonfield8823
      @jasonfield8823 Před 2 lety +7

      I know, right.

    • @offwiththefairiesforever2373
      @offwiththefairiesforever2373 Před 2 lety +4

      It's awful really but yeah xx

    • @paulkrnash7172
      @paulkrnash7172 Před 2 lety +10

      Lyrebird is fair dinkum. I had them, together with my farms in south east Qld & platypus.

    • @r123554
      @r123554 Před 2 lety +9

      The reason why Aussies are able to mess with people so hard is that we actually DO have crazy animals like this

  • @joandsarah77
    @joandsarah77 Před 2 lety +439

    They are legit. Lyrebirds mimic whatever they hear. That one was doing a very good kookaburra call.

    • @micko11154
      @micko11154 Před 2 lety +24

      Also the call of the Whipbird was in his repertoire!

    • @davidharrison1572
      @davidharrison1572 Před 2 lety +8

      No one knows the true call of the lyrebird

    • @marcusjohn717
      @marcusjohn717 Před 2 lety +16

      All the sounds in that second video are very common various bird calls in Australia

    • @jadecawdellsmith4009
      @jadecawdellsmith4009 Před 2 lety +8

      That bird had all the sounds of the bush inc. frogs but leaves me wondering what bloody kid terrorised it with a laser gun. Come to think of it,prob just a couple harmless kids running round in the bush playing with their toys. As ya do

    • @mattp6089
      @mattp6089 Před 2 lety +4

      @@davidharrison1572 Not even the lyrebird itself is entirely certain...

  • @rkaiser7767
    @rkaiser7767 Před 2 lety +101

    The Lyrebird is an amazing immature. It has even imitated a crying child, while rescuers were searching for the child, they realised the little child was nearby, for the bird had heard it, they found the child alive.

    • @dmisso42
      @dmisso42 Před 2 lety +11

      I think you mean " imitator" or "mimic". Certainly not immature!

    • @Darryl_Frost
      @Darryl_Frost Před 11 měsíci

      @@dmisso42 no YOUR immature !!!

    • @fireblow6842
      @fireblow6842 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@Darryl_Frostand YOUR grammar sucks!

  • @reverendlynda8787
    @reverendlynda8787 Před 2 lety +47

    From an Australian, these birds can literally imitate anything, car noises, other birds, chainsaw noises, anything! They are brilliant imitators.

  • @triciamoller1472
    @triciamoller1472 Před 2 lety +340

    David Attenborough got angry when the Lyre bird would not stop repeating his commentary 🇦🇺

    • @_Hamish
      @_Hamish Před 2 lety +4

      💀💀💀

    • @tomblack6965
      @tomblack6965 Před 2 lety +30

      Haha 😂 I'm thinking of the Lyrebird saying " And there he goes ". Brilliant.

    • @NVSawsomeness
      @NVSawsomeness Před 2 lety +4

      are you talking about the bird of paradise? those out takes are funny as.

    • @47AgStudios
      @47AgStudios Před 2 lety +2

      czcams.com/video/uIDlEZohlo4/video.html

    • @cgkennedy
      @cgkennedy Před rokem

      that is so funny.

  • @phunkmonkeycookiegarage7773
    @phunkmonkeycookiegarage7773 Před 2 lety +195

    With that Aussie money you had sent, if you got a 10 cent coin, that mystery feathery thing that no one can ever identify on it is the Lyrebird and yes, they are the real deal!

  • @nochsta
    @nochsta Před 2 lety +17

    My finest moment was when I identified a lyrebird by its kookaburra impersonation. It just sounded ever so slightly off. Add to that the fact that it was coming from the ground, whereas kookaburras tend to sit up high, and I ratted out the imposter. Saw the cheeky feller a minute or so later. Gotcha!

  • @ianscott424
    @ianscott424 Před 2 lety +59

    I just love the fact you're sensible enough to not be stitched up by us Aussies... But yeah, this one is purely legit.

  • @cocoidiea8643
    @cocoidiea8643 Před 2 lety +283

    Tree kangaroos are also real. I love how suspicious and confused you are though LOL.

    • @Rocky-Esq
      @Rocky-Esq Před 2 lety +5

      They inhabit Tropical North Queensland

    • @kelrobins7476
      @kelrobins7476 Před 2 lety +13

      @Nathan Woods drop bear's are a very dangerous animal not to be joked about

    • @Rocky-Esq
      @Rocky-Esq Před 2 lety +2

      @Nathan Woods google tree kangaroos they are very real

    • @JPMonstie
      @JPMonstie Před 2 lety +6

      @Nathan Woods Drop bears are actually based on tree kangaroos. We have them on our property and they do indeed drop out of trees even from many meters up when they feel threatened. Has caught me by surprise a number of times.

    • @ex_leper222
      @ex_leper222 Před 2 lety +3

      Tree kangaroos are the drop bears primary prey

  • @ascendedsleeper5693
    @ascendedsleeper5693 Před 2 lety +113

    There's a lyrebird that lives on my favourite hiking trail, he's learned the android message ringtone.
    He gets me every time.

    • @alpha00z26
      @alpha00z26 Před 2 lety +3

      pranked by the annoying bird

    • @dnaylor2484
      @dnaylor2484 Před 2 lety +2

      I once had one convince me a mountain bike was braking hard behind me while i walked along a trail in one of Sydneys National parks!!

  • @minnieharvey9462
    @minnieharvey9462 Před 2 lety +17

    The laser gun sounds like the Satin Bowerbird which lives in the same area. I also recognised the Whipbird and other native songbirds.
    There was an author who thought he could take his old fashioned typewriter up into the mountains and write in peace and quiet.
    Within the week his cabin was surrounded by lyrebirds all mimicking the tapping of the keys, the little bell and the sound of typewriter resetting to the next line.
    They are extraordinary and the best repertoire along with their dance and tail display gets the Mrs Lyrebird. It must be really hard for the female lyrebirds to choose.

  • @Dozza70
    @Dozza70 Před 2 lety +4

    I lost my mind when I had one of these darn birds making the sound of my mobile phone. I would be busy in the garden, hanging out the washing on the line and would hear my phone ring only to run inside and it wasn't! That liar bird drove me nuts.

  • @jribeye1818
    @jribeye1818 Před 2 lety +87

    Dude as an Australian I can confirm this to be 100% accurate.

  • @CoachLexie
    @CoachLexie Před 2 lety +281

    What he's doing is impressing the ladies - the greater the range, the more robust he seems to them! If you were an Australian you would recognise about 15 other Australian birds in his repertoire - along with the other 'random' sounds

    • @rickseifert5139
      @rickseifert5139 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes very true ,overseen and heard them in the bush and at zoo's, bird sanctuary places.

    • @samdean3299
      @samdean3299 Před 2 lety +1

      He’s not impressing any ladies by making noises of other birds. He’s actually trying to impress and scare her at the same time. The male Will fan his tail like a peacock and do a little dance to impress her at the same time he’ll mimic sounds of the Australian bush. The sounds he makes during his dance are noises that make other birds in the bush panic, they start their alarm calls tricking the female into sticking close to the bigger male that’ll also protect her because he wants to get down

    • @turuff7114
      @turuff7114 Před 2 lety +1

      @@samdean3299 and when he gets down the last song he sings is the PH intro 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @teeanahera8949
      @teeanahera8949 Před 2 lety

      The only random sound I could discern was the “laser gun” one. All the others were local native birds.

    • @rileymerrett7587
      @rileymerrett7587 Před 2 lety

      @@teeanahera8949 that "laser gun" sound is the actual song of the male Lyrebird.

  • @ottotitslinger3430
    @ottotitslinger3430 Před 2 lety +11

    Lyrebird is pretty special.
    The art in mating is to have the largest range of sounds he can mimic to impress his intended female partner.
    They can virtually mimic any sound they hear. It used to be just other birds but have adapted now to using other more modern sounds they hear around them.
    "Lyre" part of it's name is because it's tail feathers are shaped like a "Lyre string instrument".

  • @1RandomMiss
    @1RandomMiss Před 2 lety +17

    🤣 I love your reaction. We actually do have some weird animals here. The Lyre bird was named because his tail feathers resemble the Lyre instrument. The fact that he lies is a coincidental bonus.

  • @cafra11972
    @cafra11972 Před 2 lety +194

    The Lyre Bird is definitely for real, no jokes this time 🤣🤣oh, and Tree Kangaroos are real, Google them.

    • @dilligaff1979
      @dilligaff1979 Před 2 lety +4

      yep they make a near perfect gunshot sound.

    • @Introknight
      @Introknight Před 2 lety +2

      yep both are real

    • @JasonD_
      @JasonD_ Před 2 lety +1

      And what about the Drop Bears?

    • @Dmozar
      @Dmozar Před 2 lety +3

      @@JasonD_ No, that one is just to take the piss lol

    • @kevindonaghey8483
      @kevindonaghey8483 Před 2 lety +4

      @@JasonD_ koalas when not used to humans can also be quite nasty if you touch them

  • @philipandrew1626
    @philipandrew1626 Před 2 lety +67

    I remember once waking up at 6am in my tent after bushwalking to the sound of someone hammering in tent pegs next to mine. In my half sleepy head I thought who the hell is hammering in tent pegs at this hour of the morning. You guessed it, the Superb Lyrebird.

    • @whatkjsaw4461
      @whatkjsaw4461 Před 2 lety +3

      😆🤣😆 love it!

    • @mzamy
      @mzamy Před 2 lety +2

      That's hilarious!🤣😂

  • @nigelaubrey7743
    @nigelaubrey7743 Před 2 lety +8

    As Aussie's we love a joke and taking the piss. But we're also super proud of our special fauna and the lyrebird fits in that category. I've heard them imitate all sorts of things, even metal detectors when I'm out prospecting. They're a special creature

  • @SharpShooter-rt9mv
    @SharpShooter-rt9mv Před 2 lety +5

    EVERY SOUND in this video is CORRECT!! I live near wild lyrebirds and they minic everything. Even sounds of cars driving by. You don't want to get lost in the Australian bush. You will walk in circles following sounds of cars

  • @lbrazier
    @lbrazier Před 2 lety +73

    Honest, hand on my heart this is real. The camera, car alarm and chainsaw footage is from a documentary by David Attenborough. These birds really only have to hear a noise once and they can basically reproduce the sound. They're an amazing creature.

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před 2 lety +1

      And they'll go extinct soon if people don't start using their hearts and brains.
      No more animal products, lack of recycling, massive environmental destruction, pollution...

  • @hayleymccarthy9059
    @hayleymccarthy9059 Před 2 lety +102

    ‘If this is a damn joke I swear… like drop bears, hoop snakes and tree kangaroos’ 10:10.
    Tree kangaroos are 100% a real animal 😂😂😂

  • @yuk-erkmckirk9277
    @yuk-erkmckirk9277 Před 2 lety +4

    We don't prank in Australia, we take the piss out of people ,big difference.

  • @little_valkyrie
    @little_valkyrie Před 2 lety +6

    Can confirm that they're incredible in person. I got lucky enough to encounter a wild one in the Blue Mountains.
    Interestingly, the infamous Australian magpies are also good mimics, at least of other birds' calls. I had one sitting outside my room just this morning showing off his repertoire including butcherbird and kookaburra calls.

  • @brianwood6788
    @brianwood6788 Před 2 lety +41

    I have a story for you. My mate lived about 1km from the train station in the Blue Mountains. Every morning he would walk to the station which had a automatically gated footpath across the railway line, just like a car level crossing. It had a bell that would ring DING DING DING... when the gates closed. My mate was walking to the station, was about 300 metres from the station and he hears the bell go off, meaning he has about a minute or so before the train arrives. So he starts running, sprints the 300 metres and arrives 5 minutes before the train. There was a Lyre Bird in the bush next to the station calling DING DING DING copying the bell. He was not happy ;)

  • @gregmyatt9932
    @gregmyatt9932 Před 2 lety +44

    We were out in the Australian bush camping once, we were miles from nowhere! I mean out there. No roads close by, no buildings. We started to hear in the distance a fire truck siren and two way radio chatter. We panicked a little because we thought we may be just about to be caught in a fire storm. These sounds went on for hours, we tried to follow the sound and see what was happening. The sirens and radio chatter continued what seemed to be all around us now. We finally tracked down what was making the sound after hours of searching, we got a glimpse, a very short glimpse of a Lyre bird making these sounds. It ran off as they are very shy and blend in really well to the undergrowth of the forrest. We couldn’t believe how accurate and loud these fire fighter sounds were. It had sirens, radio chatter, people talking, engine sounds the works. It was very convincing.

  • @rubytuesday5412
    @rubytuesday5412 Před rokem +2

    It occurred to me when I was listening to this amazing bird a long time ago~ The Lyre Bird mimicking the sound
    of a chainsaw, is actually the sound of their natural habitat being sawn down..

  • @shaunwalford3534
    @shaunwalford3534 Před 2 lety +5

    I find it hilarious that he has learnt not to trust everything Australia tells him 😂.

  • @rosmeeker1964
    @rosmeeker1964 Před 2 lety +186

    Lyrebirds were introduced to Tasmania in the 1930s when they were worried about the numbers on the mainland. A few years ago they did a study and the Tasmanian birds still use the calls of mainland birds that are not found in Tassie...so they have been passing down the calls through generations.

    • @MossyTomb
      @MossyTomb Před 2 lety +19

      That's so cool, I guess that's why they're still making the sounds from 90s kids toys

    • @toozy101
      @toozy101 Před 2 lety +5

      Fascinating

    • @ravenstar1397
      @ravenstar1397 Před 2 lety +26

      They also still do calls of Aboriginal dances, replicating the sounds they made.

    • @adamlee9071
      @adamlee9071 Před 2 lety +4

      There call is so unique hey,it's beautiful

    • @tompurcell8825
      @tompurcell8825 Před 2 lety +4

      Didn't know that. Thats nuts

  • @NoGufff
    @NoGufff Před 2 lety +149

    "... drop bears, hoop snakes, tree-kangaroos.."
    That last one's real, Ian. 😄

    • @kingcosworth2643
      @kingcosworth2643 Před 2 lety +4

      Hoop snakes, rolling around the paddocks in summer

    • @THXn11
      @THXn11 Před 2 lety +8

      How about the massive radial bellied black snakes? You see them everywhere basking on the the edges of roads, especially main highways.

    • @waluigist
      @waluigist Před 2 lety +3

      @@THXn11 you mean red bellied black snakes? Yeah those are real

    • @THXn11
      @THXn11 Před 2 lety +12

      @@waluigist nope, I meant what I typed. I'll elaborate... radial bellied black snakes are those massive tyre retreads that trucks are always throwing off the rims on highways lol. You see them everywhere.

    • @brucebertie8080
      @brucebertie8080 Před 2 lety +1

      They are all real - the ones at the beginning are from a Richard Attenborough documentary which is easily found on CZcams

  • @prodigalson5965
    @prodigalson5965 Před 2 lety +9

    Lyre birds are totally real/legit and are amazing. I watched/heard one mimic a chainsaw. They are awesome. They are able to mimic pretty much anything it hears a few times.
    We also have Bower birds. The males gather things that are blue for its display stage/nest. We lived on a property and all the blue pegs would go missing from the clothesline. We found the nest and all the pegs lol.
    Btw Tree Kangaroos are a real animal.

    • @LootGoblin4510
      @LootGoblin4510 Před 2 lety

      if they cant find Blue, their next favorite colour is yellow, so watch out if they get taken too.. LOL, besides its only a "borrow"

  • @BuzzLightyear9999
    @BuzzLightyear9999 Před 2 lety +79

    It is 100% legit… They are amazing mimics… most amazing mimics on the planet…
    Typically (in the wild) they go through a string of different calls and then repeat the pattern. Out in the bush, it’s only when you recognise the pattern repeating over and over every few minutes that you realise it’s a lyrebird making the calls and not the actual birds it’s mimicking…
    …in the wild you only ever hear them and pretty much never, ever see them. They are extremely shy and very good at hiding.

    • @Whatishappeningworld
      @Whatishappeningworld Před 2 lety +1

      Not wrong there, have one who has a little oasis near where I live. Stumbled across her three times now and each time she has taken flight across this small gully and it looks absolutely amazing. They make you feel like your heading some where special.

    • @adamlee9071
      @adamlee9071 Před 2 lety +5

      So guys,when you hear them or see them,sit somewhere open near them where you know they can see you,if you are patient enough and don't move and be quiet they are actually quite inquisitive and will slowly aproach you,they won't come too close but close enough for you to get a good look at them 👍

    • @amycope7970
      @amycope7970 Před 2 lety +2

      Go for a walk through Sherbrooke forest right after it rains. Walk quietly and listen and you can usually find one.

  • @peterolsen9131
    @peterolsen9131 Před 2 lety +91

    the one at adelaide zoo learned to do impact drills, circular saws, nail guns and screw guns when they have some renovations done , that video is pretty funny! cheers mate!

    • @peterolsen9131
      @peterolsen9131 Před 2 lety

      @votejj no worries!

    • @hapaxl.6075
      @hapaxl.6075 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes, surprised Chook at Adelaide Zoo didn't make this video given the hosts enthusiasm. Might try a link if the comments allow it.

    • @hapaxl.6075
      @hapaxl.6075 Před 2 lety +3

      Chook, the Lyrebird virtuoso
      czcams.com/video/E2f_7tdOgiQ/video.html

    • @chelleb764
      @chelleb764 Před 2 lety +1

      I'm pretty sure it was when they built the panda enclosure. Was so awesome to hear him.

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před 2 lety

      That's not funny at all, that's horrible! Can you please use your heart and brain before commenting? They belong in the wild, they should NOT be in gawking prisons while their homes are getting destroyed by humans!

  • @BRATPAC1
    @BRATPAC1 Před 2 lety +2

    We lost our dog Mindy for almost an hour in the bush near East Warburton in Victoria....everytime we yelled "Mindy" or whistled, a Lyrebird would also call "Mindy" and whistle! The poor dog was close to exhaustion from running from bird to bird by the time we eventually found her...

  • @lokidragon4811
    @lokidragon4811 Před 2 lety +2

    The Lyrebird. Nature’s greatest mimic.
    This bird can literally mimic any sound on earth, it’s the world’s greatest mimic. Every sound these birds made is real.

  • @wh1zzzy
    @wh1zzzy Před 2 lety +106

    Totally legit, I grew up around the Dandenong ranges and to hear them mimicking police, ambulance and fire engines ( way back when they had individual sirens and bells) was unreal but to hear them mimicking the local steam engine ( puffing billy) complete with steel track sounds in the middle of Sherbrooke forest was incomprehensible.

    • @DMSDJ1
      @DMSDJ1 Před 2 lety +5

      Same here bro, they always mimic the the local fire brigade air raid sirens the cfa use

    • @MillicentNankivelldotcom
      @MillicentNankivelldotcom Před 2 lety +3

      I’ve never heard them mimic Puffing Billy! That’s gold!

    • @justinsmith9847
      @justinsmith9847 Před 2 lety +1

      Same here. Heard them do trucks and motorbikes too. They do a wicked exhaust brake also.

    • @sharkplay1261
      @sharkplay1261 Před 2 lety +1

      There are a good amount of lyre birds still around the Dandenong Ranges but are hard to spot I normally get lyre bird feathers in my back yard

    • @LootGoblin4510
      @LootGoblin4510 Před 2 lety

      I remember that too, they are awesome, Gembrook, Olinda, you would hear them everywhere, I hope their population is still high in the area..

  • @robb3341
    @robb3341 Před 2 lety +79

    Was camping in the Victorian high country a few years ago and was teaching a friend how to play the guitar intro to Sweet child o mine by Guns n Roses. The next day while going on a hike, we kept on hearing sweet child o mine in the bush! It was amazing!

    • @truthseeker7322
      @truthseeker7322 Před 2 lety +3

      No way. That's awesome man. Nature at its best

    • @elowishusmirkatroid4898
      @elowishusmirkatroid4898 Před 2 lety +10

      Im so glad the lyrebird liked it! He will probably teach it to his sons. Now Im off into the bush to teach em "Stairway to Heaven".

    • @robb3341
      @robb3341 Před 2 lety +20

      @@truthseeker7322 best part is the lyra bird learnt the riff in a day, but my mate still can't play it!

    • @robb3341
      @robb3341 Před 2 lety

      @@elowishusmirkatroid4898 haha.

    • @elowishusmirkatroid4898
      @elowishusmirkatroid4898 Před 2 lety

      @@robb3341 Im sure it will do Led Zep better than me, too.

  • @Skippy03
    @Skippy03 Před 2 lety +1

    They are great birds. It's not a joke, they really do mimic heaps of sounds. They are shy but if your around them enough they will get used to you. They are extremely funny birds to watch and listen to. The more sounds they makes for the ladies, well let's say its very rewarding for him 😁 Blessings from Australia 🙏🙏🦘🦘🐨🐨

  • @WitchyLioness
    @WitchyLioness Před 2 lety +2

    I love Lyrebirds 😍 They can remember every sound they hear - and can make mimic things so accurately, that one get lured further into the bush believing they are headed for a highway.

  • @garros
    @garros Před 2 lety +124

    We used to have one living on our property and it used to mimic, exactly, the sound of cars going over an old wooden bridge that ran past the end of our block. It had the engine sound and the rumble of the planks, as well as the dopler effect as the car approached and receded. Absolutely amazing birds.

    • @gabrielplattes6253
      @gabrielplattes6253 Před 2 lety +3

      😄 Spun out! - I don't think we've got them in WA... 😕

    • @pj8143
      @pj8143 Před 2 lety +2

      @@gabrielplattes6253 No we don’t have Lyre birds in WA, Tas & NT not sure if SA has got them.

    • @clemdane
      @clemdane Před 2 lety +1

      That is amazing! I want to live near one

    • @leelastarsky
      @leelastarsky Před 2 lety +2

      @@pj8143 They are in TAS; I have seen them in the national park near Hobart! I think they were introduced?

    • @carokat1111
      @carokat1111 Před 2 lety +1

      @@leelastarsky yes they were introduced.

  • @briantayler1230
    @briantayler1230 Před 2 lety +19

    I was driving on a twisty mountain road in the temperant rainforest in S.E. Queensland and I kept hearing this metallic rattling sound. I eventually pulled over and started looking around and under my car until I heard the sound again but the car was not running or moving. Then the penny dropped and I instantly knew that I had been fooled by a Lyrebird.

  • @nickzwa
    @nickzwa Před 2 lety +3

    From AUS :) We DO have some pranks we have with Lyerbirds... I was a city kid who went to boarding school closer to the big rock then the coast. One night I was told that there was a creature in the bush that would cry like a baby or call out like a child and lour children out into the darkness where they were never seen again.... Imagine my surprise when I heard this then later watched a Lyrebird sound exactly like a crying baby!

  • @brianhignett8954
    @brianhignett8954 Před 2 lety +3

    The lyrebird is an amazing mimic, and it's "fair dinkum" they can mimic just about any sound. We have been camping, and you would swear some one was setting up a tent nearby. The lyrebird was mimicking steel tent pegs being hammered in. As children we heard a lyrebird at a zoo and it would mimic an old steam train moving off from a station nearby. True stories!!

  • @steveroe3887
    @steveroe3887 Před 2 lety +26

    Australia becomes more amazing the deeper you dive. Yes, tree kangaroos do exist but because of drop bears and hoop snakes, anything we tell tourists is taken with a grain of salt.

  • @toozy101
    @toozy101 Před 2 lety +97

    They thought the platypus was a joke too.
    It's legit.

    • @JBofBrisbane
      @JBofBrisbane Před 2 lety +11

      Come on, an animal with a beaver's body and tail and bill and feet like a duck? Yeah, sure... you're probably going to tell us it lays eggs next...

    • @JPMonstie
      @JPMonstie Před 2 lety +5

      Scrambled eggs if they’re in a hurry.

    • @simonbassanelli3834
      @simonbassanelli3834 Před 2 lety +7

      And the male has a venomous talon on one of its web feet

  • @unspokenlegendyt3328
    @unspokenlegendyt3328 Před 2 lety +3

    The amount of liarbirds i’ve seen in the outback is insane, they’re everywhere

  • @antrimlariot2386
    @antrimlariot2386 Před 2 lety +1

    There is nothing like hearing a lyrebird when you're out in the Australian bush.

  • @henrywilliam8506
    @henrywilliam8506 Před 2 lety +8

    I live in Australia and called the fire department when I heard the smoke alarm going off in my neighbor’s house shortly after I’d moved to the neighborhood.
    It turned out to be a lyrebird imitating their smoke alarm after it had heard it while the occupants burnt their toast setting off the alarm.

  • @mikekelly1771
    @mikekelly1771 Před 2 lety +17

    When I lived in Wollongong there used to be a chute on the side of Mt Kembla that they'd load coal down. There was a phone down the bottom where the truck would park and they guys up top would use it to check the truck was in place with the truck driver. The phone was removed in the 90's but the lyrebirds still replicate the ringing of the phone.

    • @casshendo6923
      @casshendo6923 Před 2 lety +1

      I remember this. Was told about this by my step father many years ago. That lyrebird was well known by anyone who worked on the rails

  • @samshygiene3202
    @samshygiene3202 Před 2 lety +3

    These are real. I live in Adelaide and we have one of the most famous ones for construction tools there.
    There are some cases where they have heard two sounds at the same time, for example a horn with a door closing and can clearly make both sounds at the same time. Their vocal abilities are truly insane. I own 5 parrots and you truly can't understand the versatility of birds until you live with them.

  • @cjam145
    @cjam145 Před 2 lety +4

    Magpies are also really good at mimicking sounds, we had one that used to live near us that mimicked the sound of an ambulance.. It was so much like the real thing that it was hard to tell the difference.

    • @xymonau2468
      @xymonau2468 Před rokem +1

      Yes! They are incredible. But generally they will sit alone and quietly run through their repertoire, singing to themselves. Each bird has its own individual song.

  • @ranger_potato7455
    @ranger_potato7455 Před 2 lety +34

    Lyrebirds are trippy. We were walking around the blue mountains and we thought we heard a chainsaw but it was just a lyrebird

  • @user-zu9pg6cc7h
    @user-zu9pg6cc7h Před 2 lety +15

    They are 100% real. They mimic everything they hear and use these new sounds to impress a new mate

  • @haydenprice2126
    @haydenprice2126 Před 2 lety +3

    As an Aussie, I have always wanted one as a pet for the exact reason you made this vid.

  • @famousvoiceimitator
    @famousvoiceimitator Před 20 dny

    It’s funny how the lyrebird can imitate any sound, including the laughing sound of the Australian Laughing kookaburra. They’re the world’s most unique bird species when it comes to the so many different sounds they can make.

  • @theubiquejim
    @theubiquejim Před 2 lety +19

    its true. the first part of the video is David Attenborough - the worlds greatest naturalist

  • @gregedwards1087
    @gregedwards1087 Před 2 lety +31

    Lyre Bird gets its name from the hand held, stringed, harp like instrument, as the birds tail plumage resembles the instrument.
    I think the bird mimics the sounds that it hears as it probably thinks that it is repeating a mating call and might get some action.

    • @lukethelning5384
      @lukethelning5384 Před 2 lety +4

      I still argue that it is a "Liar bird" because it lies. They are a pain in the ass for bird-call/watchers.

  • @terriemery5687
    @terriemery5687 Před 2 lety +1

    Look up Chook the Lyrebird. Unfortunately he passed away, but he was incredible. Lyrebirds are named because their tails when fully splayed resemble the musical instrument the lyre

  • @digishade7583
    @digishade7583 Před 2 lety +2

    I love how you were doubting the car alarm one and that one was literally taken from one of David Attenborough’s documentaries

  • @damianm3786
    @damianm3786 Před 2 lety +62

    No this is one time that Aussies are not taking the piss out of you Ian. They can mimic most sounds they hear.

    • @Kayenne54
      @Kayenne54 Před 2 lety +1

      Ever noticed how quickly an Aussie friend takes on the local accent when overseas?

    • @shanerooney7288
      @shanerooney7288 Před 2 lety

      @@Kayenne54
      nah, yeah.

  • @swanss111
    @swanss111 Před 2 lety +28

    “When sensing danger they sound an alarm”. We know just how well they can do that. The Michael Winslow of the avian world

  • @Liathanikus
    @Liathanikus Před 2 lety +1

    Was camping in a place called the Farm Yard.... which is part of the sugarloaf range.. (No animals of a farming nature exist there) and while we were all sitting at the camp fiire we heard this massive loud Laugh come from the bushes... sounded like someone had escaped from the loony bin.... but after 30 mins of crapping pants and running round we found the culprit.. was a lyrebird

  • @travcat66
    @travcat66 Před 2 lety +1

    A lyre is like an old fashioned harp, which the tail of a lyrebird resembles

  • @jomac2046
    @jomac2046 Před 2 lety +6

    Real enough to get his portrait on the Australian Ten-cent piece for the last 55 years.

  • @elenawilliams32
    @elenawilliams32 Před 2 lety +29

    Yes they are incredible mimics. Around the Dandenong ranges you hear them often and the power tools are so realistic as they hear trees being sawed down etc.

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před 2 lety

      That's horrible! They belong in the wild instead of their homes getting destroyed by humans!

  • @coreenavenn4235
    @coreenavenn4235 Před 2 lety

    Best mimic bird on earth. Doing lots of car immobiliser sounds, car engines, sounds like it's been near a paintball. Imitates all other bird noises.

  • @notsosilentmajority1
    @notsosilentmajority1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    It'd be great to see a battle between a Lyrebird and a Minah bird. It seems like people have forgotten about the Minah, which used to be extremely popular in the US a few decades ago. They are also fantastic mimickers of sounds and many people keep them today. Love the Lyrebird as well.
    BTW, the name Lyrebird comes from a Greek ancient sort of "harp' stringed instrument they used that the tail feathers of the "lyre"bird resemble.

  • @kevkoala
    @kevkoala Před 2 lety +112

    I love lyrebirds as they're trippy. They get their names for the tails as when their tails are up, they're shaped like a lyre (medieval stringed instrument) We have them here in Victoria around Healeville (Managed to see one in the bush near there) and the Dandenong Ranges (Sherbrook Forest as seen from a carriage of Puffing Billy going over the Monbulk Creek trestle bridge). And yes, they do mimic sounds and other birds to impress female lyrebirds ...especially chainsaws!

    • @briandp9535
      @briandp9535 Před 2 lety +17

      We have lyrebirds around king lake also, I took my family down to a spot called Mason's falls, and there were about 3 in different areas of the trail, and 1 in the carpark. The carpark one mimicked the sound of my wife's WRX. Brilliant creatures.

    • @aussieguy3689
      @aussieguy3689 Před 2 lety +11

      They are all over NSW and QLD too ✌️

    • @Erizedd
      @Erizedd Před 2 lety +7

      We have the brown lyrebirds in the national parks here in NSW, and even some black ones in a pine forest too (which I've never seen anywhere else - didn't even know they came in black).

    • @zackywacky2657
      @zackywacky2657 Před 2 lety +5

      i alwayse see them at the 1000 steps walk in ferntree gully

    • @IWrocker
      @IWrocker  Před 2 lety +9

      @@briandp9535 that is hilarious 😆 seeing one of these mimic a WRX would be gold 🤣🤣

  • @brycemauger2611
    @brycemauger2611 Před 2 lety +12

    Lyre birds have perfect pitch. This is how they are able to replicate so many unique sounds.

  • @peterdent7143
    @peterdent7143 Před 2 lety +1

    We went on a bush walk one time and could hear a waterfall. Followed the sound and found a lyrebird making the noise of running water

  • @Jaydaydesign
    @Jaydaydesign Před 2 lety +1

    Once I was walking in some remote national park mountain terrain miles from habitation and had to double take before realising what I was hearing was was a lyre bird. It was running through its full repertoire for a lady friend continuously on repeat and in no particular order. so freaky but truly amazing .
    Kookaburra,
    tractor starting,
    chicken crowing,
    wild pig grunting,( that had me bit concerned 😂)
    Farmer whacking fence posts in ( bonk bonk bonk!)
    Hammering nails
    Various power tools
    Fence wire unravelling ( that hissing sound)
    Farmer yelling (Fuuuuuu&$@&kkk) 😂

  • @reddog5378
    @reddog5378 Před 2 lety +13

    This is the sound of the bush, they mimic so many different sounds. Bower birds are also interesting in the way they surround their ground nest with anything blue, from blue clothes pegs to blue ribbons.

    • @Delsin4077
      @Delsin4077 Před 2 lety +3

      even the odd ten dollar note

    • @mattbarneveld815
      @mattbarneveld815 Před 2 lety +3

      Interesting facts about Bowerbirds, the bower is not their nest. Purely a pad built to attract the gals and to do the deed with any gal who is impressed enough with his construction and collection of trinkets. Once the deed is done, the gal has to fly off and build her own nest in a tree! Also different species prefer different colours for their bowers. The Satin Bowerbird likes his to be primarily blue, as you described, while the Great Bowerbird has a preference for all things green and bone coloured (with the odd bit of blue and pink/purple thrown in). Amazing birds 🐤😊

    • @reddog5378
      @reddog5378 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mattbarneveld815 Ah, didn't know that. Thanks for the info.👍

  • @bradleygraves2935
    @bradleygraves2935 Před 2 lety +45

    I remember coughing a few times while out camping with a mate, and after like 5 seconds we both heard me coughing off at the tree line. One of those moments I thought I was gonna have a heart attack.. Also, who told you that Tree Kangaroos weren't a thing?

  • @richardsolis2045
    @richardsolis2045 Před 4 měsíci +1

    First of all, it’s a lyrebird, not a liarbird. A lyre is a musical instrument. Quite appropriate for one of nature’s greatest instruments. I believe that it makes most or all of these sounds as a way of attracting a mate.
    Having heard lyrebird recordings for years (I’ve never been fortunate enough to experience one in person.) I know that all the sounds are real.
    A truly amazing creature!!

  • @lukerobson7703
    @lukerobson7703 Před 2 lety

    I have lots of Lyrebirds at my place, it’s the best bird ever. One of them mimics my whistle when I’m whistling to the dog, it’s like listening to myself. Best animal ever.

  • @libbypeace68
    @libbypeace68 Před 2 lety +46

    Aren't they amazing! You definitely need to visit Australia - I love how much you appreciate everything you are learning about the country.

    • @IWrocker
      @IWrocker  Před 2 lety +13

      Absolutely amazing.. I’m in awe of these birds 🐦. I hope to visit Australia 🇦🇺, it would be a dream, I’m so fascinated by it. There’s really nowhere else quite like Australia

    • @edwardfletcher7790
      @edwardfletcher7790 Před 2 lety +3

      @@IWrocker Hey Ian, Tree Kangaroos are real mate, VERY rare and found mainly in PNG, but real. They're like a Sloth Kangaroo.
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree-kangaroo

    • @Blackout_
      @Blackout_ Před 2 lety

      @@IWrocker yeah, we also have like the most amount of deadly animals you will ever learn about

  • @Reneesillycar74
    @Reneesillycar74 Před 2 lety +25

    Lyrebirds are so cool.
    Magpies are also good at mimicking. There’s a few videos of them too, I remember one from Newcastle, NSW that mimicked sirens 🚨

  • @Eric_412
    @Eric_412 Před 2 lety +1

    plot twist, the Lyrebird is doing the narration 🤣😂🤣

  • @pieking66
    @pieking66 Před 2 lety +1

    If ya look at a 10 cent coin the lyre bird is on the face of it so yes it is real and they do mimic sounds they hear, worked with Aussie animals for the last 3 years amd had the pleasure to help a lyre bird back to health wildlife state after being injured, truely a beautiful animal

  • @Domo69Eels
    @Domo69Eels Před rokem +2

    A Lyrebird at Taronga Zoo has been filmed mimicking the recent "Evacuate now" recording when the lions escaped last week , it would have only heard it a few times on that one morning

  • @MajorMalfunction
    @MajorMalfunction Před 2 lety +63

    I taught a lyrebird to wolf-whistle. I hope he's still out there appreciating the ladies.

    • @MajorMalfunction
      @MajorMalfunction Před 2 lety +6

      I mean it in the way that there's a Feminist out hiking through the forest, and someone in the bushes is wolf-whistling at her. That would freak her out. And I did it on a porpoise.
      "Oh nose! I'm being se*ually harassed by a bird!"
      It only took a few whistles for him to learn it.
      It was near a carpark, so he also did the "beep beep" of remote keys, and also the ignition sound of an engine starting.

    • @shanerooney7288
      @shanerooney7288 Před 2 lety +4

      I want to teach one to say "Polymorph was a bad idea." , "I miss my hands"

  • @dadeee7776
    @dadeee7776 Před 2 lety +3

    In Australia I love to imagine when I’m in bush that a single bird is behind the whole bushes noises

  • @greathornedowl1783
    @greathornedowl1783 Před 2 lety

    I had the privilege of seeing these guys in the wild, wonderful beautiful birds

  • @47AgStudios
    @47AgStudios Před 2 lety +1

    If you like the Lyerbird impressions. You will love the Master The Australian Magpies impressions on my channel! Shout out to IWrocker and Australia

  • @watsisbuttndo829
    @watsisbuttndo829 Před 2 lety +17

    I know we've given you americans a lot of reasons for you to not believe us but this bird is legit. To the point of my career logger grandfather following the chainsaw sounds down a track expecting to find his work colleague, only to find one of these birds pulling about 10,000rpm.

    • @harleydavo1099
      @harleydavo1099 Před 2 lety +1

      Same here, my dad arguing with mate about being in bush when he wasn't.

  • @vandemanferretstasmania.ni9576

    When they are around work sites, they start mimicking the tools, so yes the chainsaw is most likely real

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před 2 lety

      It is and it's horrible! They belong in the wild without their homes getting destroyed by humans!

    • @vandemanferretstasmania.ni9576
      @vandemanferretstasmania.ni9576 Před 2 lety

      @@Cassxowary their home isn’t getting destroyed though. Before any new developments go up in rural or semi rural areas there is a conservation impact study done, it’s standard development laws

  • @paulmcmahon6875
    @paulmcmahon6875 Před 2 lety +1

    Ironically, lyrebirds are the most honest Aussies.
    " Never let the truth get in the way of a good story"
    A lyrebird told me that.

  • @raelenekennedy1412
    @raelenekennedy1412 Před 2 lety +1

    lyrebirds are always making some strange sound they are legit every sound you heard came from that bird

  • @gundampress1415
    @gundampress1415 Před 2 lety +32

    Lol. Tree kangaroos are real mate. And Lyrebirds's are legit too. Love your content. Keep up the great work.

  • @clementferguson2719
    @clementferguson2719 Před 2 lety +10

    The lyre bird can also mimic the sound of a train going past ( this happens in Ferntree gully here in Victoria Australia )

  • @bigdrunkhunter8729
    @bigdrunkhunter8729 Před 2 lety

    The kookaburra-whip bird transition is flawless 💯😂

  • @dmisso42
    @dmisso42 Před 2 lety

    at 2:25, the bird pops in a Whipbird. I think this guy lives in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria where he co-habits with those birds.
    My first experience with Lyrebirds was in the forests of Northern New South Wales, where my Uncle Dave was a Bullockie hauling lots with a team of eight.
    The Lyrebirds would imitate not only the sounds of axes on wood, but top it off with the sound of rending wood and crashing trees.
    It was so faithful that you'd often see the loggers ducking for cover - just in case!

  • @CalmCate
    @CalmCate Před 2 lety +9

    A few years ago in the Adelaide Zoo they were building new enclosures next to the Lyrebird enclosure and they learnt all those amazing sounds like the drills, saws and nailguns. They learnt so much they also were repeating snippets of the workers conversations.

  • @chrisrumble2665
    @chrisrumble2665 Před 2 lety +12

    Tree kangaroos are real. Actually I grew up at the base of the Dandenongs, which is a stronghold for Lyrebirds. The ones in Sherbrooke Forest mimic the sound of the whistle of the Puffing Billy train. I have also been standing on the famous cricket oval ar Walhalla when the fire alarm went off at the end of the oval - follwed by a fire alarm at the other end...there were two Lyrebirds having a competition!

  • @raymondgrose9118
    @raymondgrose9118 Před rokem

    Yep. These creatures have an amazing ability to mimic any sound.

  • @peterolsen9131
    @peterolsen9131 Před 2 lety

    love how the one at 7.00 doing the lasers sound even adds the "please reload tone " at the end like a missfire and reload sound,

  • @Levelz31
    @Levelz31 Před 2 lety +17

    3:47 black cockatoo
    3:49 kookaburra
    3:51 eastern whip bird
    are just a few of the birds he's mimicking
    they mimic all the sounds in the bush to do a display dance and attract a female.

  • @6226superhurricane
    @6226superhurricane Před 2 lety +7

    they can mimic the sound exactly so the sound you hear even sounds like it comes from a distance or certain direction sometimes you hear echoes in the mimicked sound as well.
    i've had a complete dawn chorus of many native birds with only a lyre bird around.
    and i've also seen grown women looking for a crying baby in the bush around a campsite.

  • @diannehogan7605
    @diannehogan7605 Před 2 lety

    That high-pitched squeal at 2:40 was the sound of a yellow-tailed black cockatoo. It then mimicked a kookaburra, followed by an eastern whip-bird.