Sad Day at the Adelaide Zoo last Tuesday 27th. "Chook" the Australian Lyre Bird passed away. Have a look at Chook on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We... A lot of the sounds are from when the New Panda Enclosure was being built. RIP Chook.
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26714I saw yesterday at one of the Australian zoos a crock pulled a lawnmower into its pond and it took two keepers to get it out! How many zoos are there in Australia, and which one was associated with Steve Irwin? I was a huge fan, and still miss him terribly. The world, and the animals, lost a wonderful man that day. What is the status of his family now? We don't hear much here.....
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by mi30kaja
29 Dec 2011
The Irwins are from Australia Zoo in Queensland. There are many zoos in Australia
59631Ahhh. That is so sad. As I was playing the video, my African Grey, Mac, was intrigued and tried to make the sounds! I'm sharing it on Facebook. Find me there Jan Wharton.
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by hightechgrammy
29 Dec 2011
Oh no, I just lost a whole hour checking out all the Lyrebird videos on Youtube - they are amazing!
by mi30kaja
29 Dec 2011
Some of the videos on youtube are a hoax especially in the Lyre Bird section.
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38558Well didn't I have to go look up the Lyrebird in Wikipedia... what an interesting species of birds! I watched the Youtube video and it was amazing... I even heard parts of human conversation in its repertoire. Loved the plumage display, too. Thanks for sharing, Chris!
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by mi30kaja
29 Dec 2011
Apparently Chook was not interested in the females Lyrebirds and only humans. Pity!
7419That's sad. Cheetah from the old Tarzan movies passed away yesterday at the age of 80!
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33580So sorry such a great bird passed away. The vido was so much fun to listen to. Hugs, Judy
10530It truly is sad that such a magnificent bird has to pass away May he sing his songs in heaven Thank you for the site so I could enjoy his song.
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5335That is sad. I'm going to download some of the ring tones.
He sure was a great mimic. The sounds of the kookaburra, the electric saw and then a manual saw, just amazing.
122864Viewed the video and he was a real character of imitating. Those were some impressive tail feathers he showed for part of the video. The zoo and visitors will miss the little chatty guy.
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