Meet the lyrebird, world famous for their near-perfect imitations. This lyrebird resides at the Taronga Zoo, and has been around enough children to mimic crying with incredible accuracy 🤯 In the wild, when a lyrebird mother feels threatened she will often imitate the calls of larger avian predators to frighten or confuse, and draw the burglar away from the nest. Protecting the nest is a high-stakes game, and defenses are limited. Each year the female lays just one egg. This chick takes six week

Sound on for this. Lyrebirds are masters of mimicry and can imitate almost anything, even chainsaws and building sites. How they and other bird species do this has been a mystery - until now. | New Scientist

Have you ever wondered what a lyrebird can sound like? At Sydney's Taronga Zoo, 'Echo' has taught itself to perfectly replicate the sound of a crying baby. Read more: http://9Soci.al/ZkF430rSVnt #9News | Nightly at 6pm | 9 News