[Script Info]
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[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.46,0:00:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What bird has the most elaborate,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.33,0:00:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.86,0:00:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most beautiful song in the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.14,0:00:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I guess there are lots of contenders,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.08,0:00:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this bird must be one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.83,0:00:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The superb Lyre Bird. There's one of them right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.25,0:00:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[the bird is making lots of whistling and chirping noises]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.98,0:00:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He clears a space in the forest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.70,0:00:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve as his concert platform.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.16,0:01:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[more different whistles and chirps]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.16,0:01:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To persuade females to come close and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.38,0:01:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,admire his plumes, he sings the most
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.30,0:01:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,complex song he can manage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.03,0:01:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He does that by copying the songs
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.30,0:01:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all the other birds he hears
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.06,0:01:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around him, such as the kookaburra.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.38,0:01:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[imitates the call of the kookaburra]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.86,0:01:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very convincing impersonation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.26,0:01:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the original is fooled.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.86,0:01:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[kookaburra calls back to the lyrebird, and they call back and forth]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.44,0:01:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can imitate the calls
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.90,0:01:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of at least 20 different species.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.14,0:01:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[he is making more chirps and whistles]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.30,0:01:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He also, in an attempt to out-sing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.50,0:01:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his rivals, incorporates other sounds
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.30,0:01:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he hears in the forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.94,0:01:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of a camera taking a picture]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.58,0:01:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a camera shutter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.95,0:02:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[another camera sound]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.94,0:02:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.82,0:02:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[and a tuneful whistle, followed by the camera shutter sound]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.86,0:02:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now a camera with a motor drive.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.95,0:02:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[now the shutter sound is followed by the whirr of an automatic advancer]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.19,0:02:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of a car alarm]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.06,0:02:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a car alarm.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.91,0:02:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now the sounds of foresters and their chainsaws working nearby.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.36,0:02:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of a chainsaw revving, followed by thumps and buzzes and another chainsaw]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.86,0:02:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[more chainsaws, sound of water drops]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.69,0:02:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of a hand saw]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.05,0:02:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[whistles and chirps]