More about our Superb Lyrebird at Adelaide Zoo

[coollikeyodais]

RIP Chook, you will be missed

[lumix51]

Chook the amazing Lyrebird.

R.I.P little buddy );

[livinoz]

Sorry to hear he passed away today :( What an absolutely amazing bird.

[metabalcanico]

What great cars we drive here in Australia...:P

[360viper117]

Someone should play Dubstep around him :O

[xXAsmeraXx]

That car will not star XD The lyre bird is just one of the many unbelievably bewildering and magnificent things that god's created. 

[NukeDarfur]

Not the type of bird to own if you cheat on your wife.

[TheLyriCalMusicPage]

I bet this bird can do some mean beatboxing..

[skyblazer7]

The 'hand saw' at 2:39 gets me every time.

[TheSolaRei]

I wonder what the Lyre Birds Real voice sounds like.....The world may never know.

[nowzadick]

@TheSolaRei its said in the video @ 2:44

[guitashamilele]

@TheSolaRei go to 2:46 and you can

[hellomate639]

He seems to like the words "dumb slut." That damn bird is a pimp, not just a male attracting a female.

[magnusalexa]

bollocks, you dont exist to save animals from extinction, you exist to earn money,

[AdmiralZhao007]

@magnusalexa

brohoof

[tziko80]

zoo = SHIT!!



[Filo127]

@tziko80 what are you a peta supporter ?

[bellzybray]

swear words all the way !!!

[dookysplatter]

Give him some Barry White music!

[TURST67]

make some dubstep !

[mellotrongirl]

Put him in a room with a phonograph & a handful of Spike Jones records...

[SinnNorth]

1:49 blew my mind!

[allgoa]

it's the flintstones sampler! HI-FI!!

[scottclements78]

Car battery is dead and that bird is taking the piss out of you. Hilarious.

[hbunnyo]

Please just play this bird tubular bells. It would freak everybody out who came in just to hear it start doing that haha.

[AdamGillett]

Poor beggar, cursed always to imitate sentences that go up at the end :P.

Great clip.

[StabbyMcButterPants]

I would spend hours with this bird teaching everything. Best way to get him a girl...for Lyrebird anyway. ;P

[kffcchicken]

2:02- did he said "that's right?" it seems to me that way.

[hypoksifilia]

@kffcchicken Also I think he said that's right. Clever bird! Very good at mimicing..

[mjahide]

@kffcchicken yea he did

[hobbocidal]

lol at 1:58 he says "Stupid Asshole, Brett what have you been teaching him?

[hobbocidal]

How big are lire birds? (not including that awesome tail feather) about the size of a chicken?

[Isthisthelongestname]

Charming little guy - how bizzare he does other birds, some human word and noises but not moneky noises.....wonder why?!

Thanks, great video!

[theoneandonlyhut]

IMAGING WAKING UP AND HEARING A STRANGE CHAINSAW NOISE BEHIND THE DOOR !!!!

TEXAS LYRE BIRD MASSACRE O.o

[micro480]

can someone give these birds some music ?

[litllebk]

LOS for the end.... nice one chook!!!!

[sean12ab34cd]

I wonder if the bird can learn to say "my abilities have fuck all to do with god"

[BernardBoy66]

i would put this bird in my room when i play call of duty, whoooa that would be awesome

[SURPRISEBUTTSECKS702]

IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF HE JUS STARTED ROARING LIKE A LION.

[verticalsmurf]

How can Miss Lyrebird tell this is a young stud if his mating call is to repeat other sounds?

[tk20028]

1:23 - 1:31

Kinda scared me..

[crasheyes]

its amasing thing

[ohohmrbill1]

Poor bird, can't get his car started. He'll be late for work.

[MototRuby]

1:10 lul

[schmidtbag]

this bird does a better job imitating voices than some synthetic computer voices

[brkgdn]

@schmidtbag thats because this bird has a consciousness. and a computer simply replays what it has been told to replay.

[schmidtbag]

@brkgdn

well yes but my point is people spent so much research and time to develop fake voices and this bird does a better job without trying or even knowing what its saying

[mackat4ck]

At the end it seems to have got it's inspiration from a rather rubbish car!

[SuperWillham]

Lets start a get CHOOK a girlfriend petition anyone else want to help him get 1

[freezing3345]

He's like a little tape recorder. I love Lyrebirds. :D

[Joe123415]

Don't let him hear a gam of call of duty he'll make people hit the ground when he makes those sounds

[JAZAIRIHOUR]

soubhana lah

[kernelpaige]

The potential for fun with a bird like this is incredible

[supportbuster]

Praise to Lord, HE has created such a magnificent creature. Praise the lord.

[0menchild]

@supportbuster God isn't hear priest!! stfu

[Blasphemouscody666]

@supportbuster fuck the lord, this is evolution u cunt

[h3adcrabbio]

@Blasphemouscody666 now i know why you chose this name

[Blasphemouscody666]

@h3adcrabbio :)

[Blasphemouscody666]

@h3adcrabbio it really doesnt have anything to do with god or all that... this bird has EVOLVED to the point that its got a huge veriety of calls and song possibilities..

[1955thekeeper]

@Blasphemouscody666 God created evolution, but evolution did not create God, mate.

[Blasphemouscody666]

@1955thekeeper whatever helps u sleep at night

[ProudSwisscitizen]

@1955thekeeper Hey buddy, that defies creationism, that's the dumbest hypothesis I've ever heard

[1955thekeeper]

@ProudSwisscitizen Expand upon your premise that the little slogan I quoted defies creationism. And anyway, I never posed is as a hypothesis. This was not my doctoral thesis I feel compelled to argue of justify. What is your major malfunction, Buddy?

[avalentine4]

Oh my gosh! That bird swallowed a chainsaw!

[skittlepower95]

@avalentine4 he swallowed a chain saw a saw a drill a hammer a jigsaw cutter and swan

[jefsaw]

It's like watching This Old House!

[kentuckyhotbrown]

Get Chook a girl friend!!

[ralucagymnast]

Absolutely jawdroppingly amazing; and so cute and wonderful! A miracle of nature.

[grogson]

predator.

[pivotous]

have him listen to rap music, that'd be hilarious just to hear 50 cent and look around and see a bird rapping and making beats!

[86Ivar]

Does it some in 5.1 surround?

[laurdy]

i'd lol if it made a crash and said watch what your doing

[heartland96a]

I agree with Brett on the question why nature gave this bird the ability to mimic other sounds and THAT ability works to attract a mate ! Fantastic mimic

[Harcix]

this is great

[MGOsilentscope]

1:51

Hes Yoda!

[flutist218]

He does a good Kookaburra sound.

He'd be great to have around a construction site. You could take a long break and fool the boss into thinking you're still working! Hope he gets his girl!

[TheBlueFalconX]

@flutist218 Epic construction bird.

[MightySaturn5]

@flutist218 lol

[subbanda]

now human, stop talking, let the bird do the talking!!! we dont need to hear you.

[rhomeaforever]

haha this bird is funny!

[OZchilling]

AWESOME BIRD!! Love chook!! I like to hear him do a Rooster!! ha ha~

[RoseyOuttaControl]

lol he says "nice one"

[PrimaSylvie]

The last sound sounds like a remote control car.

[talkinjazz]

1:53 - everyone hide! he's got a gun!

[ZooVisitorMM]

What fantastic sounds. One of the wonderful things about zoos is that visitors can experience not just fascinating real life sights, but real life sounds as well.