That's Not How You Do It, Mate
A lyrebird at Adelaide Zoo has been amusing staff and visitors by mimicking the sounds of construction machinery during work on a new enclosure and a new zoo entrance. Associate Professor David Paton, an ornithologist at Adelaide University, says lyrebirds are mimics and the calls are all about attracting a mate.
FOOTNOTE: Pneumatic dill.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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