Echo the lyrebird appears to have learned how to perfectly replicate the sound of a wailing baby. The bird, who lives in a Sydney zoo, can also mimic a fire alarm and power drill, a zoo official said.

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The bone belonged to an ancient ancestor of Australia's native lyrebird - a bird known to mimic any sound it hears.

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