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Amazing! Bird Sounds From The Lyre Bird - David Attenborough - BBC Wildlife
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 HN readers recommended it
Brought up whenever threads touch on mimicry, voice cloning or bird vocalization, and people say the ending is startling.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- BBC Studios
- Topic
- lyrebird mimicry
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2008–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Another amazing bird worth knowing about is the Lyrebird: [VIDEO] It copies not just the songs of other birds, but man-made sounds as well! Check out the link, it's mindblowing.
paloaltokid on Hacker News · 2016-08
In The Greater Honeyguide, a Bird That Understands HumansI guess they've named it that because the lyrebird is an amazing impersonator. The end of this BBC clip blew my mind the first time I saw it. [VIDEO] But you may have a point, and the ethics section makes it clear that they are …
coldsmoke on Hacker News · 2017-04
In Lyrebird – An API to copy the voice of anyone
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.