“Effing mockingbirds, man” is the title of a short Yelp thread about the San Francisco area. “Don’t they realize this ain’t the countryside?” goes the top comment. “What are they doing yelling outside ...

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What do the remarkably complex songs of the mockingbird have in common with Tuvan throat singing, Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony,” the song “Show Yourself” from Frozen 2, and Kendrick Lamar‘s “Duckworth” ...