Not just a pretty tail: The lyrebird is a superb firefighter

By Darren Gray
Updated March 4 2015 - 4:19pm, first published 3:57pm
Superb lyrebirds reduced forest litter by 1.66 tonnes per hectare over a nine-month period.
Superb lyrebirds reduced forest litter by 1.66 tonnes per hectare over a nine-month period.

VICTORIA'S forests have an unlikely fire warden: the superb lyrebird.

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