Lyrebird Imitating Construction Equipment
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I listened to this interesting clip posted. People hear only a limited amou=
nt when listening to sounds made by birds. This clip illustrates my point, =
because there is a great deal more to the clip. This is my first analysis m=
ade listening through my laptop computer.
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The bird does some construction noises that I did not recognize as other th=
an construction noises. The bird is also speaking in English; ain=E2=80=99t=
it great that the Aussies butcher the language as we do?
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Here are some clues of what to listen for:
[ Construction noise] =E2=80=A6 =E2=80=9CChop-Chop!=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 =E2=
=80=9CWhat are you doing?=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9CHello, Chop-Chop! (la=
ughs)=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9CAha, you got it!=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 [kook=
aburra imitation] =E2=80=93 =E2=80=9CI jump one=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 [song of=
a bird I do not know] =E2=80=93 [electric screwdriver/drill] =E2=80=93 [sa=
w] =E2=80=93 [more sounds]
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I hope someone will find out how to contact the zoo, because I would like t=
o discuss the bird=E2=80=99s ability and get additional recordings. I'm off=
to Houston to present my paper, "Passive Speech Research, Language, and th=
e Animal Mind," to the American Federation of Aviculture Convention.
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Enjoy,
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Mike
Florida
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Michael Dalton
Author of
Another Kind of Mind: A Talking Bird Masters English
www.ParrotSpeech.com/Another_Mind.html
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