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

[The Avantguardian]

--- Dan Clemmensen <dgc at cox.net> wrote:

> Yes. The Mockingbird is so named because it imitates
> other birds. 
> Mockingbirds (and related species such as cowbirds)
> imitate an 
> 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 
> evening in the rural (US) south, you can often hear
> a mockingbird run 
> through a repertoire of perhaps ten different
> birdsongs.

Mockingbirds in my neighborhood make car alarm sounds
which is really annoying.




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