Added: Nov 18, 2008

From: BBCWorldwide

Duration: 2:54

David Attenborough presents the amazing lyre bird, which mimics the calls of other birds - and chainsaws and camera shutters - in this video clip from The Life of Birds. This clever creature is one of the most impressive and funny in nature, with unbelievable sounds to match the beautiful pictures. From the BBC.

Channel: Animals

Tags: attenborough  bbc  bird  birds  calls  david  free  identification  nature  of  songs  sounds  types  wild 

Rating: 4.91 (4990 ratings)    Views: 1288708' favoriteCount='12919    Comments: 25

Avlesa Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Imagine having one in a zoo!How many sounds could it learn there

ShowT1ime Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - ATHENE SEND ME HERE !! ATHENE RULES!!

techman4you Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - hahaha

fusygus Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - my cat went nuts

koyettsu Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - That bird is amazing, lol I will be passing this video around to everyone I can think of.

blueamazonangel96 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - WOW

JaceC88 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Anyone know why you can't skip into some videos on YouTube, including this one?

Loperis Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - brb capturing this bird to have as my own pets and teach it words..and yes, that was a joke.. but now that i think of it, its a pretty good ideabrb wanking

Nunnie2009 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Awesome bird, awesome!

MoOkS187 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - has anyone seen david attenboroughs reptile series?

MarieRuth1 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I want that Bird as a pet!! It ROCKS!!!!!

PoopsAndDip Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - ALL HAIL ATHENE, ALL HAIL ATHENE.

lilduckie22 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - That has to be one of the most amazing creatures i have ever seen

puttiplush Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I hope that bird got a mate, because otherwise I have to wonder what the winning male impersonated; beethoven's ninth?

CrittyWitty Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - holy crap. amazing

SOCLAIRE Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - OMG The chainsaw's sound!!!

hugociss Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - That is one cool bird!

kingpolaris Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - jaco two two

tehCardboard Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - ALL HAIL ATHENE, ALL HAIL ATHENE.

gHOztZzZ Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I would be impress if can imitate a roar of a lion lol!!

edrought7 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - tats my bird....!

Evgeni1 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - ALL HAIL ATHENE, ALL HAIL ATHENE.

rkn8r Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - It sounds like some Star Wars sounds right before the chainsaw. haha.

blurrnall Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Before I saw that this was actually posted by bbc, I thought it was going to be a screamer.

iMaJoO512 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - they didn't point out the obvious r2d2 calls.