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A comment on Ask HN: I'm having dinner with the Mythbuster tomorrow night... got any questions?.

Re:Ask HN: I'm having dinner with the Mythbuster tomorrow ni... by ulvund on Friday June 27, 2008 @11:46PM (#230455)
Is there any truth to the "Birds mimicking cell phones" stories.

Like this one: http://web.archive.org/web/20031005163144/http://www.ananova...

This would also be a great opportunity to talk about tits.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm having dinner with the Mythbuster tomorrow ni... by ryanmahoski on Saturday June 28, 2008 @03:54AM (#230529)
Ever watched a trained parrot? Birds imitate all kinds of sounds. Doubtless a cell phone ring is in the avian call repertoire. The Lyre bird can perfectly mimick lots of man-made sounds: camera shutter, camera with a motor drive, car alarm, chainsaw. http://youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y
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