How to make a German bird sing the Ghetto Gospel

According to German ornithologists, birds have learnt to imitate the ring tones they hear. Richard Schneider of the NABU bird conservation centre near the university city of Tuebingen stated “The birds have an uncanny ability to mimic these ring tones. This has picked up in tandem with the boom in mobile phone ownership???. The best mimics are jackdaws, starlings and jays. The ornithologists also claim that the birds are merely adapting to the environment which includes these annoying ring tones. So if you hear a bird mimicking Turn me on (by Kevin Lytle), don’t panic, it’s just their new mating call.
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6 Responses to “How to make a German bird sing the Ghetto Gospel”

  1. Gambl0r
    21. July 2005 um 10:25

    My God,

    That has to be some sort of “sign of the apocalypse”.

  2. Dumas
    21. July 2005 um 12:09

    “it’s for the birds!”

  3. GrandPooOfAwesome
    21. July 2005 um 12:21

    My phone would have them singing Moby and the Beatles.

    Thanks for the comment. You’ve been added. :)

  4. Valerie
    21. July 2005 um 19:44

    not kidding. one time i heard a bird whistling a part of the theme to SOUTH PARK.

  5. Valerie
    21. July 2005 um 20:58

    Thanks for visiting GenXMis. I’m adding you to my blogroll.

  6. One Helping
    22. July 2005 um 03:39

    thought its a natural tendency to start mimicing the oft heard tunes. well, i’ve found myself on a few occasions humming tunes completely involuntarily..!! :)

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