[extropy-chat] Re: EVOLUTION: Birds learning cell ring-tones

[Damien Sullivan]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 08:16:48PM -0400, Dan Clemmensen wrote:

> astonishing range of sounds in addition to other birdsongs. There is a 
> story from the 1800's about a mockingbird that managed to imitate the 
> sound made by the saw in a sawmill hitting a nail in a log.  In the 

I've *heard* a lyre bird (on TV) imitate a camera shutter... and then a
chainsaw.  Which latter was sadly funny.

-xx- Damien X-)