1. Mockingbirds are badass.

2. Mockingbirds -- that's Mimus polyglottos -- are the emcees of the animal kingdom.

3. Different islands within sight of each other have different mockingbirds with slightly different feather and like the finches slightly different beaks

4. Additionally, they have no vocal cords, but they have a syrinx out of which come melodious songs like those of the nightingales and mockingbirds.