The Lyre Bird - seen to be believed

Post by **jtaylor** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:44 pm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... =lyre+bird
(if link doesn't work, goto video.google.com and search for Lyre Bird.

The first third is setting the seen, but later on it's simply incredible!

J

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:57 pm

That is really amazing! i knew it was a mimic , but didn`t realise it was so perfect!

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:06 pm

Reminds me of the Oomagoolies bird - it has extremely short legs, apparently......

AKAP · Post by **AKAP** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:08 am

Richard Ruck wrote:Reminds me of the Oomagoolies bird - it has extremely short legs, apparently......

A close relative of the Winky-W.... bird that winks a lot.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:53 am

Thanks, I'd forgotten that one!

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:37 pm

................And I can't get blamed for lowering the tone of THIS thread !!

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:39 pm

Whilst we're at it, aren't the two afore-mentioned birds native to that part of Africa that is home to the F'kawi tribe ??

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:48 pm

Do you mean the pygmies who have chosen to live in the tall grasslands?

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:06 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:Do you mean the pygmies who have chosen to live in the tall grasslands?

They're the fella's.

Jump up and down a lot !

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:36 pm

They get lost a lot, do they?

Post by **jtaylor** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:27 pm

They tend to ask for directions alot, but are never sure where they are....

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:56 am

This all brings back memories of that song and story.

What was it ?

There was also reference to an elephant that poo's but once a year !

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:01 am

The song was "The Wild West Show", wasn't it?

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:09 am

Richard Ruck wrote:The song was "The Wild West Show", wasn't it?

That's the one.

Many memories returning !

AKAP · Post by **AKAP** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:27 am

"never mind the weather
as long as we're together
we're off to see the wild west show"

perhaps this should be on the limerick thread.