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Amazing! Bird Sounds From The Lyre Bird - David Attenborough - BBC Wildlife

BBC Studios · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Animals & nature

What it is

A short BBC clip in which David Attenborough shows a lyrebird imitating sounds, including camera shutters, car alarms and chainsaws. It comes from the BBC natural history series Life on Earth.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Brought up whenever threads touch on mimicry, voice cloning or bird vocalization, and people say the ending is startling.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2008, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Check out the link, it's mindblowing.”

    Lyrebird copies bird songs and man-made sounds

    paloaltokid, 2016-08 · Strong recommendation · in “The Greater Honeyguide, a Bird That Understands Humans”

  2. “The end of this BBC clip blew my mind the first time I saw it.”

    Lyrebird impersonation clip, end is mind-blowing

    coldsmoke, 2017-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Lyrebird – An API to copy the voice of anyone”

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Topics: lyrebird, david attenborough, bird sounds, mimicry, bbc

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