We’ve all seen cockatoos mimicking the sounds their owners make. If you were impressed by that, prepare to be wowed. The lyrebird, a bird found in the Australian bush, has impersonation down to a fine art.

This clip, from David Attenboroughs Life of Birds, gives you just a taste of what the lyrebird can do. I was awed by the various camera sounds he could make, but couldn’t believe my ears when he began to sing a little opera and even the Seinfeld theme! I’m not sure how a bird in the bush ever hears Seinfeld, but it’s unmistakable.

But the lyrebird does have the potential to behave like an annoying child, as David shows when he’s trying to tell us about the bird! I couldn’t help laughing at the way the bird repeated everything that was said!

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