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Remembering Chook the Superb Lyrebird

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Uploaded by on Dec 29, 2011

Brett Backhouse shares his memories of working with Chook the Superb Lyrebird who sadly passed away after twenty years at Adelaide Zoo.

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  • I heard about chook and was a fan, and visited Adelaide Zoo in January this year, so sad I never got to see him.

  • RIP Chook! A beautiful and talented bird!

  • R.I.P. Chook.One on the best bird in the world.Greeting from Italy.

  • I'm so sorry to hear this sad news. A special thank you to all who contributed to the wonderful care he received during all those twenty years.

  • I loved Chook and I was very lucky to meet Chook, he chirped nicely to me for 20 minutes, it was wrong time for the other sounds in early February. Chook was a very sweet boy, I will miss him very much, when I visit Adelaide next time! I hope that Chook will find a girl friend in heaven! Thank you for sharing all the memories!

  • I remember when chook accurately mimicked the carpenter's battery-drills, hammers, saws, and so-on, but: at a realistic volume for the activity!

    I could not believe my ears my ears when I wandered past Chook's compound and clearly heard a tradesperson drilling PK screws into a perma-pine post.

    But on looking back: no-one was in the area!

    Mimicry *so real* that it even reproduced the echos.

    Vale, Chook.

    I wonder if visitors have any recordings of Chook?

    It would be fitting to collate them.

  • RIP, Chook.

  • R.I.P. Chook

    We will never forget

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