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Chippewa
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 Posted - 06/11/2006 : 15:40:46
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Thanks to Astronomer Philip Plait of the Bad Astronomy Blog for pointing out this amazing Quicktime video:
http://www.devilducky.com/media/46386/
(Stay to the end of the video for more sounds than you'd expect.)
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Dave W.
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 Posted - 06/11/2006 : 16:58:46 [Permalink]
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| I read a story a few years back about a "dude ranch" down in Texas at which the local mockingbirds would occassionally spook the horses by making calls that sounded like rattlesnakes, and occassionally spook the tourists by making calls that sounded like the old standard cell-phone ring tones. |
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Randy
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Posted - 06/11/2006 : 17:00:50 [Permalink]
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That was just fantastic. Thanks for the head's up.
David Attenbrough -- what a contribution he's made to bring this incredible world to the masses. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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Ricky
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HalfMooner
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Posted - 06/11/2006 : 17:12:31 [Permalink]
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Wonderful, wonderful. The Lyrebird, and David Attenborough, rule!
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Randy
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1990 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2006 : 17:49:46 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
I read a story a few years back about a "dude ranch" down in Texas at which the local mockingbirds would occassionally spook the horses by making calls that sounded like rattlesnakes, and occassionally spook the tourists by making calls that sounded like the old standard cell-phone ring tones.
Reminds me of the below from The Onion archives....
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31817
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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Dave W.
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Chippewa
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Posted - 06/11/2006 : 18:45:18 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Wonderful, wonderful. The Lyrebird, and David Attenborough, rule!
The Lyrebird makes wonderful songs from available sources but David Attenborough's own voice, his hushed, respectful intensity is also a beguiling sound.  |
Diversity, independence, innovation and imagination are progressive concepts ultimately alien to the conservative mind.
"TAX AND SPEND" IS GOOD! (TAX: Wealthy corporations who won't go poor even after taxes. SPEND: On public works programs, education, the environment, improvements.) |
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Randy
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Posted - 06/11/2006 : 19:25:38 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
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Originally posted by Randy
Reminds me of the below from The Onion archives....
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31817
Why my anecdote reminded you of that is odd, since the lyrebird actually did a car alarm.
Actually, I thought of it watching the video. It was your post that got me rooting around for the mockingbird piece. Funny name, the 'mocking'bird...always hear it as one name, not usually thinking of the 'mock' part. Appropriate name. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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Randy
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Posted - 06/11/2006 : 19:54:15 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Chippewa
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Wonderful, wonderful. The Lyrebird, and David Attenborough, rule!
The Lyrebird makes wonderful songs from available sources but David Attenborough's own voice, his hushed, respectful intensity is also a beguiling sound.
Always enjoyed that about Attenbrough. His approach, his programs were like a one hour meditation, his voice a matra speaking of nature. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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