Clapping in front of the Mayan Temple of Kukulcan in the ruins of Chichen Itza echoes back with a sound that mimics the colorful native quetzal bird.
Kukulkan was a feathered serpent similar to the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl. Here's a resplendent quetzal call for comparison:
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