Re: Lyrebird imitating construction at Adelaide Zoo...

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There are indeed at least 5 bits that sound like human speech to me in the =
Chook recording, particularly the phrase "chop chop". If it's true that the=
se birds only pick up new sounds gradually, that bird must have been expose=
d to a lot of repeated phrases.=0D
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I looked up the late Chook:=0D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWeQjkQpeJwY&NR=0D
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There's also a "music" clip but it's been edited as it's out of sync.=0D
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Here's Attenborough's clip:=0D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dv4uFUlmg_0E=0D
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