Harvey Does Dubstep
Youtuber Rainykauke has taught her bird to emulate dubstep.
Some would say Harvey has transcended the genre.
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Birdsong From 1890
Built at the end of the 19th century, this clockwork contraption is no mere music box – the complexity of the ‘song’ and variation in tone and pitch combine to make a completely realistic bird song. Built in Paris, possibly by master automaton maker, Blaise Bontems.
Did You Hear The One About The Goat?
If you like your farmyard impressions (and who doesn’t?), this charming fellow from India is the voice of ‘em all.
Redditor cynicalbrownie usefully provides the following translation:
A dog; when you hit the dog with a stick and it gets hurt.; a cockerel; when a hen lays an egg; a female goat; goat baby; cow; think he is talking about a crow; a mountainous crow?; a horse; a horse cart(tanga); when a dog wants you to take him to the latrine, and finally, when at first the dog tries to show he is brave but is not.
Nailed.
I Don’t Even Know Who You Are Any More
The Mimic Octopus is the Zelig of all cephalopods. It can, at the drop of a tentacle, disguise itself as any one of 15 lethal species.
“Having studied many octopus species in the wild, I am never surprised by the color and shape change capacities of these animals,” said Mark Norman of the Melbourne Museum in Australia. “However, this animal stood out as it was the only one we’ve encountered that goes beyond camouflage to take on the guise of dangerous animals.”
It’s even more impressive than the Transformer Owl.
And the Transformer Owl is very impressive.
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