This starling's mimicry is incredible 🤯

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  • @michaellyczak9337
    @michaellyczak9337 Рік тому +32218

    Imagine sitting under a tree and suddenly hearing what sounds like a flock of R2D2's overhead.

    • @Kazza_8240
      @Kazza_8240 Рік тому +614

      Have you ever seen a load of starlings flying together? It's worth looking up if you haven't, it's mesmerising, imagine them doing that while all sounding like R2D2 🤣

    • @silverbloodwolf98
      @silverbloodwolf98 Рік тому +334

      I heard starlings songs. They mimic city sounds, frogs and jackdaws. It's a pretty exotic sounds without R2D2 already I must say 😂

    • @MonsterMacLLC
      @MonsterMacLLC Рік тому +90

      LMAO!!!😂🤣😂🤣😇

    • @crayonburry
      @crayonburry Рік тому +158

      The grackles in Austin have already incorporated car alarms into their vocabulary.

    • @stupididiot4034
      @stupididiot4034 Рік тому +10

      "THE FLAT EARTHERS WERE RIGHT! BIRDS AREN'T REAL!"

  • @DaveYognaut
    @DaveYognaut 2 місяці тому +11928

    the fact that the bird didn't fully mimic the whistle but still stayed in key and with a fitting rhythm is amazing

    • @orbatos
      @orbatos 2 місяці тому +249

      For complex things they always sound like a battery powered AM radio to me.

    • @rajidahae4220
      @rajidahae4220 2 місяці тому +158

      Yes, it was actually a response that evolved the theme! I loved that too ❤

    • @vanessativa2418
      @vanessativa2418 2 місяці тому +32

      He improving

    • @Amaend8
      @Amaend8 2 місяці тому +40

      Yh it's like they sing for living 😂

    • @hazeld8016
      @hazeld8016 Місяць тому +29

      ​@@Amaend8 you've got a point there mate, though I don't think they're usually singing with intentions of creating new melodies

  • @kristiaunalee7987
    @kristiaunalee7987 Рік тому +25002

    Growing up, we had a pet starling. She mimicked the AOL dial up sounds, rang like the phone, answered it and carried on her own conversation like she was talking on the phone.

    • @ThisIsJ.Nicole
      @ThisIsJ.Nicole Рік тому +874

      This sounds hilarious. I want one now🥺

    • @kristiaunalee7987
      @kristiaunalee7987 Рік тому +689

      @Jasmine Bischof We found her out of her nest and she had a long life. This video is the first I've seen of someone else having one as a pet. You will get big personality in a small bird, that's for sure.

    • @andythompson2009
      @andythompson2009 Рік тому +530

      No! you put the phone down first...!
      No! you put the phone down first...!
      No! you put the phone down first...!
      No! you put the phone down first...!

    • @fastertrackcreative
      @fastertrackcreative Рік тому +36

      Guessing there's no video of this?

    • @kristiaunalee7987
      @kristiaunalee7987 Рік тому +410

      @Fastertrack Wishing there was, now. Never realizing in 1999 that the AOL dial-up sounds would become merely ancient tales of the prehistoric days before smart phones and tik tok 🤦‍♀️😁

  • @pamavery9352
    @pamavery9352 День тому +13

    Birds memory and tone accuracy is astounding!!!!!!!!

  • @accurrent
    @accurrent Рік тому +21545

    Starlings arrange themselves in MASSIVE flocks… imagine they all just say “who’s my precious Jabby bird?” in an uncanny human voice

    • @missj2045
      @missj2045 Рік тому +623

      Hahaha 🤣🤣 I'd be running

    • @sarahcoletti6946
      @sarahcoletti6946 Рік тому +382

      It's called a murmuration and is quite beautiful! 💖

    • @day4162
      @day4162 Рік тому +172

      I can't stop laughing 🤣🤣🤣

    • @day4162
      @day4162 Рік тому +215

      ​@@sarahcoletti6946 no, a murmuration is when giant flocks of Starlings FLY as a flock. It has nothing to do with them talking, and is NOT simply them gathering

    • @day4162
      @day4162 Рік тому +137

      ​@@sarahcoletti6946 but you're right that murmurations are STUNNING

  • @crabcake5373
    @crabcake5373 Рік тому +12367

    Sounds like the bird had a mf playback recorder in his throat. That’s incredible

    • @FokkerBoombass
      @FokkerBoombass Рік тому +230

      And now for something completely different. A bird with a tape recorder up its nose.

    • @FokkerBoombass
      @FokkerBoombass Рік тому

      @𓆏 Basically imagine having two sets of lips but in your throat.

    • @smilinacha
      @smilinacha Рік тому +5

      That’s exactly what I said.

    • @sierrarose5652
      @sierrarose5652 Рік тому +9

      More like creepy

    • @admaanhason7410
      @admaanhason7410 Рік тому +14

      ​@Embassy_of_Jupitershadow banned?

  • @TheLastArbiter
    @TheLastArbiter Рік тому +43455

    That R2-D2 noise was scary accurate and sounded technical

    • @lisaanndavis3289
      @lisaanndavis3289 Рік тому +1016

      Almost a little creepy!

    • @sp34277
      @sp34277 Рік тому +526

      and this bird knows why i love dubstep so much or it definitely would’ve wanted to learn the easier tune way ahead of time

    • @fitz2523
      @fitz2523 Рік тому +397

      Birds aren’t real 😅😂

    • @TheLastArbiter
      @TheLastArbiter Рік тому

      @@fitz2523 everyone knows birds are government spy devices lol

    • @Tg-MAGNITTIK
      @Tg-MAGNITTIK Рік тому +95

      Бляя это очень круто! Р2-Д2

  • @laniakeas92
    @laniakeas92 Місяць тому +39

    Speaking tiny dinosaurs is one of the best things on this planet.

  • @obersheimerkevin
    @obersheimerkevin Рік тому +3349

    "Who's my precious..." *What was it again? Nevermind I'm doing the R2D2 instead* 😂

  • @hoozukigetsu
    @hoozukigetsu Рік тому +7107

    It's amazing how this skilled bird is able to teach this human to mimic it. Absolutely brilliant.

  • @that_one_goose2003
    @that_one_goose2003 Рік тому +6530

    We can agree it would be terrifying to just be walking in the forest one day and you hear, "I'm gonna give him a kiss"

    • @mizzprezli
      @mizzprezli Рік тому +334

      Not as much as hearing "My sweet turd bird"!

    • @Seriouslydave
      @Seriouslydave Рік тому +262

      Or "my precious" like gollum

    • @AnnaH4R
      @AnnaH4R Рік тому

      ​@@Seriouslydave smeegs...yuck 😬

    • @moss3370
      @moss3370 Рік тому +113

      Or R2-D2 sounds

    • @clarkstone439
      @clarkstone439 Рік тому +21

      Omg, now I have that stuck in my head, how could you!

  • @cortlandsimmons6241
    @cortlandsimmons6241 3 дні тому +7

    Absolutely incredible!! The R2D2 mimic is unbelievable!! There is nothing more AMAZING than Nature!!

  • @blueblade455
    @blueblade455 2 місяці тому +4858

    I still can't comprehend how a bird can accurately pronounce words and mimic sound effects so perfectly without having any lips. Mind still blown till this day!

    • @laurensa.1803
      @laurensa.1803 2 місяці тому +285

      Vocal cords are more relevant. Lips are just a part of it and only applicable to specific languages...?

    • @nychris2258
      @nychris2258 2 місяці тому +412

      Think about how a human can whistle a birds tune using our lips. The birds have parts inside that do the job of our lips.

    • @gremlinman9724
      @gremlinman9724 2 місяці тому +278

      Birds have parts in their throats that basically do the same stuff as teeth, a tongue, and lips.

    • @dustenekoes28
      @dustenekoes28 2 місяці тому +246

      Yup, and birds have two larynxes, one atop each lung. They can sing two notes at once!

    • @utley
      @utley 2 місяці тому +89

      its not so much lip as it is tongue. Ive found that the more dexterous the tongue is, the better your accent can be when speaking different languages. I can whistle at 122db just using my tongue. its not just people either, birds have incredible tongues as well as they can shape the sound that comes out any way they want.

  • @EYZ-GD
    @EYZ-GD 2 місяці тому +2629

    Plot twist. There were 2 birds talking with each other, and she just stood there

    • @Mona_Lisa8181
      @Mona_Lisa8181 2 місяці тому +25

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Firesignnaildesign
      @Firesignnaildesign 2 місяці тому +6

      This might be my favorite comment on a video ever 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Chalamaha
      @Chalamaha 2 місяці тому

      😂😂✌️

    • @only-ren
      @only-ren 2 місяці тому +8

      even sillier plot twist, she IS a bird with big human glove on

    • @nyxie2877
      @nyxie2877 2 місяці тому +1

      @@only-renThat’s really just terrifying

  • @theebikeguy3852
    @theebikeguy3852 Рік тому +10852

    It was nice of that bird to teach that lady how to talk

  • @hermestrismegistus3417
    @hermestrismegistus3417 7 днів тому +2

    The way it mimics your vocal timbre and accent too oh good heavens

  • @uggamugga9159
    @uggamugga9159 2 місяці тому +2147

    It's amazing that the bird reproduced just part of the whistled melody and finished it in a way that makes musical sense.

    • @acedragonxd5517
      @acedragonxd5517 2 місяці тому +65

      He was singing the melody from Queen of the night by Mozart

    • @Tuubasd
      @Tuubasd 2 місяці тому +3

      It's not.

    • @CrizzyEyes
      @CrizzyEyes 2 місяці тому +11

      @@Tuubasd ok

    • @yeetube-ghostedMoose
      @yeetube-ghostedMoose 2 місяці тому +6

      ... Lead vocalist
      - fer the Byrrds!

    • @Coolramvishnu
      @Coolramvishnu 2 місяці тому +26

      Hahahah! She improvised on it! How intelligent😅😀😊🥹

  • @madmatt707
    @madmatt707 Рік тому +5221

    Everybody’s gangster until the birds start talking in Latin

  • @tncorgi92
    @tncorgi92 Рік тому +3525

    Keep him nearby in case telemarketers call.

    • @kerirobicheaux1804
      @kerirobicheaux1804 Рік тому +75

      LOL!!!!!

    • @Charlotte-ul8pq
      @Charlotte-ul8pq Рік тому +87

      Bad scammers would be a good one immitating the police talking or something like that! Talking to them like Arnold swartenhager on terminator.

    • @merrysalas8880
      @merrysalas8880 Рік тому +21

      🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

    • @jeannettealfonsi6975
      @jeannettealfonsi6975 Рік тому +38

      Ya, teach it to say ,I have a gun and I know how to use it, so beware, stay off my property. lol

    • @dawnfuller8495
      @dawnfuller8495 Рік тому +11

      😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

  • @chrissummers2420
    @chrissummers2420 Місяць тому +166

    The R2D2 sounds are amazing. Birds that can talk are truly amazing.

    • @dalehill6127
      @dalehill6127 13 днів тому +1

      Quite a few birds are fantastic mimics. It's rare to have a pet starling but cockatiels are just as good at imitation, make excellent pets, have gorgeous gaudy plumage and are long-lived. Recommended!😊

    • @Cheeseybacun
      @Cheeseybacun 12 днів тому +2

      Seriously, that thing absolutely nailed R2D2.

    • @dalehill6127
      @dalehill6127 12 днів тому +2

      @@Cheeseybacun We can only guess at how many times it's sat through those films...😀

  • @beancheese3148
    @beancheese3148 2 місяці тому +3798

    The more seamless the mimic, the more trust, love and time was put into that bird’s quality of life. Bless this woman too

    • @qm6286
      @qm6286 2 місяці тому +21

      Wow no shortage of intelligence to think this deeply... 😅🙌

    • @allrequiredfields
      @allrequiredfields 2 місяці тому +12

      Please, no pseudoscience, you're just feeding the stereotype that bird people are unhinged 😂

    • @liber2350
      @liber2350 2 місяці тому +76

      @@allrequiredfields for what, caring about their pet?

    • @AriesSlagv
      @AriesSlagv 2 місяці тому +1

      Absolutely! Know what you mean!

    • @eternallustformedusa4844
      @eternallustformedusa4844 2 місяці тому +36

      @@allrequiredfieldswhat would be unhinged would be neglecting such an intelligent pet

  • @lolguy776
    @lolguy776 Рік тому +2667

    I love how birds are just innately capable of musical improvisation

    • @kennythawsh
      @kennythawsh Рік тому +60

      Lol it’s kinda wild really

    • @MensHominis
      @MensHominis Рік тому +73

      It’s actually insane. Even such “standard” birds as blackbirds are amongst the most versatile birds at least of Europe when in comes to the actual number of different tunes they create and remember.

    • @mimi-fk6dp
      @mimi-fk6dp Рік тому +27

      I had thought that it wasn't able to mimic the aria properly but I wonder if you're on to something! Human speech must be as difficult if not more to imitate for birds than a song, so I wonder if the bird was really consciously improvising. Would be fascinating if so.

    • @peterwillson878
      @peterwillson878 Рік тому +7

      @@mimi-fk6dp I recognised the aria from Marriage of Figaro (Queen of the Night) by Mozart being 'whistled'.

    • @tessalexander4569
      @tessalexander4569 Рік тому +9

      @@peterwillson878 it’s from magic flute lol but yes

  • @malachiarmas
    @malachiarmas Рік тому +1878

    “Who’s my sweet Jabby angel?”
    Bird: 🤖⚙️📠

  • @jomariacebuche5996
    @jomariacebuche5996 Місяць тому +20

    God's creations are truly magnificent

    • @scratchd0g
      @scratchd0g 2 дні тому +1

      Cool story, I can fly.

    • @MaaniGoldleaf
      @MaaniGoldleaf 2 дні тому

      @scratchd0g 😒

    • @scratchd0g
      @scratchd0g 2 дні тому

      @@MaaniGoldleaf you don't believe me!?! Where's your FAITH?! 🙀

    • @MaaniGoldleaf
      @MaaniGoldleaf 2 дні тому

      @scratchd0g Know I do but the way u said it was kinda meh, I thought u were kidding, my bad

  • @_Solaris
    @_Solaris Рік тому +13390

    The r2d2 thing is unbelievable.

    • @OpiatesAndTits
      @OpiatesAndTits Рік тому +92

      Maybe it’s fake

    • @antonialoos546
      @antonialoos546 Рік тому +485

      @@OpiatesAndTits I don’t know. The sounds match really well with its movements of the throat and beak.

    • @potato9709
      @potato9709 Рік тому +517

      @@OpiatesAndTits R2D2 already sounds bird like, and birds are able to mimic sounds they hear after a while to use as calls for mates, or communication, some wild birds were known to mimic construction site noises after hearing it for 2-3 days.

    • @ibeetellingya5683
      @ibeetellingya5683 Рік тому +131

      ​@@OpiatesAndTits Honey, it's all fake. Life is an illusion. All matter is gravity between non-particles of dark energy. Nothing really matters.

    • @theanimeman97
      @theanimeman97 Рік тому +415

      @@ibeetellingya5683 If nothing matters, then why was it so important to you to make this comment? People act nihilist to seem woke and gain clout, and it's just weird.

  • @connorcaldwell588
    @connorcaldwell588 2 місяці тому +2028

    My brain broke when he made the R2-D2 noises! That’s incredible!

    • @garderork339
      @garderork339 2 місяці тому +27

      The birds brain broke too, that's why he had to reboot. 😅

    • @Nefylym
      @Nefylym 2 місяці тому +12

      @@garderork339 ahem... you mean... re-bird! ... i'll just see my way out now then

  • @wendersonbarros1900
    @wendersonbarros1900 Місяць тому +2862

    That R2-D2 was insane!!!

  • @Orpilorp
    @Orpilorp 3 дні тому +2

    What a sweet jabby bird! That is an amazing relationship!

  • @BierBart12
    @BierBart12 11 місяців тому +2948

    It's crazy that the voice kinda sounds like an old recording or a landline telephone
    And then the perfect R2D2 happens. It's COMPLETELY on-point.

  • @stylz1962
    @stylz1962 2 місяці тому +2323

    I had NO IDEA Starlings have this kind of capabilities. My goodness, I'm absolutely floored! Simply magnificent

    • @spspspspspso
      @spspspspspso Місяць тому +23

      it's like you stole my words!!
      I thought the same 😂!
      so true

    • @Jennifer-wq7bj
      @Jennifer-wq7bj Місяць тому +10

      Ditto❕

    • @Moorefamily4510
      @Moorefamily4510 Місяць тому +6

      Same!

    • @Malmstrom87
      @Malmstrom87 Місяць тому +16

      Lyrebirds are also great at mimicry,
      there's a video on YT of a lyrebird mimicking a camera with a shutter and a chainsaw!

    • @nuthinbutlove
      @nuthinbutlove Місяць тому +15

      They can mimick almost any sound... Animals, cars, horns, drills, etc.
      They're such a phenomenon.

  • @hotteacocoa
    @hotteacocoa Рік тому +45459

    What if this bird escapes and some passerby just hears R2-D2 sounds coming from a tree

  • @brianlefevre7699
    @brianlefevre7699 Місяць тому +454

    It's crazy because they don't whistle, that's just how high their vocal chords can go, so awesome.

  • @jonathancapps624
    @jonathancapps624 Рік тому +3382

    The R2-D2 part was incredible!

    • @safronthinks
      @safronthinks Рік тому +11

      Yea

    • @Lee-One
      @Lee-One Рік тому +26

      I wonder how the can make such inhuman sounds, it’s crazy.

    • @marztar
      @marztar Рік тому +9

      ​@@Lee-One because spacetime is the constant sympathy of energy waves in reverberation. human and bird are demonstrating newton's cradle

    • @chrissyyork8646
      @chrissyyork8646 Рік тому +3

      It sure was. He is so cool and amazing too!

    • @markhungerford3182
      @markhungerford3182 Рік тому +6

      I agree, it seems impossible, but this little bird does it flawlessly, including the right speed.

  • @LUCKYSOB
    @LUCKYSOB Рік тому +2954

    The R2D2 was incredibly spot on

    • @forg0tten
      @forg0tten Рік тому +44

      All starlings make that sound - the r2d2 sound is literally the sound of a wild starling.

    • @DemoNinja79
      @DemoNinja79 Рік тому +1

      ​@@forg0ttenreally? I did not know that.

    • @Jet_Threat
      @Jet_Threat Рік тому +64

      @@DemoNinja79No it’s not like that lol. This bird is impersonating R2D2. If they always sounded like that, people would notice lol

    • @DemoNinja79
      @DemoNinja79 Рік тому +4

      @@Jet_Threat Well I'm glad then. That was amazing.

    • @omflyer1535
      @omflyer1535 8 місяців тому +1

      Finally I was 1k I can sleep easy now😉

  • @longfastfuse
    @longfastfuse Рік тому +3839

    Plot twist: The bird was the one who taught her to speak

  • @JennBX1
    @JennBX1 4 дні тому +4

    Wow! That is incredible! Love the r2-d2❤❤❤ What a beautiful creature🙏🏻💯

  • @floraspond666
    @floraspond666 Рік тому +7676

    I once saw a parrot, he then looked me dead in the eye and said “f*ck you”. I’ve never felt so hurt in my life

    • @Islandtime23
      @Islandtime23 Рік тому +555

      Sorry, but this made me laugh
      I’d feel bad too if it was me
      But it is funny

    • @randeephantom355
      @randeephantom355 Рік тому +229

      ❤❤LMFAO!!!❤❤❤😂😂😂 THAT'S FUNNY! SORRY.😅

    • @Gigga101
      @Gigga101 Рік тому +103

      😂 broo

    • @floraspond666
      @floraspond666 Рік тому +188

      @@Islandtime23 it’s ok. I laugh whenever I remember

    • @kameronadams6702
      @kameronadams6702 Рік тому +152

      Omg same my friends parrot only knew fuck you and bitch and it would hurt a lil everytime

  • @HeyyBrey
    @HeyyBrey Рік тому +1604

    That r2-d2 impression is so good, Disney is going to sue that bird with copyright infringement. 😂😂😂😂

    • @LeonSKennedy7777
      @LeonSKennedy7777 Рік тому +33

      I can imagine this sweet jabby bird on the stand 😂

    • @bethtarter5480
      @bethtarter5480 Рік тому +9

      Now that's 😁 😂 😀 🤣 😁 😂 😀 🤣 😁 😂

    • @heatherbrewer2144
      @heatherbrewer2144 Рік тому +14

      There was a lyrebird video that Disney actually sent the poster of video a cease and desist for mimicking Star Wars sounds!

    • @rogerrendzak8055
      @rogerrendzak8055 Рік тому +3

      What's Disney got to do, with 'Star Wars'??? That IS NOT, a dumb Disney production!!!

    • @D413373R
      @D413373R Рік тому +8

      Yea, the R2D2 impression blew me away ngl.

  • @Elite02k
    @Elite02k Рік тому +3597

    this bird has more proper english speaking skills than most humans i know.

  • @carolrebers6998
    @carolrebers6998 4 дні тому +1

    He's beautiful, what a talented bird to mimic words😊

  • @BonziBUDDY
    @BonziBUDDY Рік тому +6368

    "Birds are not government drones"
    The birds in question:

    • @dashzag
      @dashzag Рік тому +73

      Ya beat me to it 😆

    • @aestevalis0
      @aestevalis0 Рік тому +75

      #BirdsArentReal

    • @laulau5356
      @laulau5356 Рік тому +49

      Birds aren’t real! 😂

    • @theperfectbotsteve4916
      @theperfectbotsteve4916 Рік тому +1

      this is do to an organ called the serynx witch unlike mammals larynx is at the start of the connection of the two lungs witch allows them to produce many complex calls even without lips the serynx or lack thereof is also why large therapod Dinosaurs likely couldn't roar
      also if you find yourself wondering whether birds are govorment drones or not you can almost always catch one and when you do you just need to grab the wings and slowly start to
      T W I S T ignore the crunching and blood curtailing screems because that could just be programed what you really need to pay attention to is the very prominent blood muscle and bone witch can be easily found by simply
      C R U S H I N G the bird into a fine mushy paste under your shoe just really get it in there smoosh smoosh and it should become a fluid witch computer parts generally don't do but if you want to be absolutely sure that it's not a robot you can put the S M A S H E D
      T W I S T E D paste that's left and carefully place it under a metal detector and an exray machine in order to remain 100% sure that they aren't robots 👍

    • @24KinfO
      @24KinfO Рік тому +26

      ​@@laulau5356someone told me that before and then said the moon was fake and those are not falling stars.

  • @jmarino715
    @jmarino715 2 місяці тому +751

    Not only did this bird just "mimic" almost everything it's heard, it even displayed a comprehension of music theory and improvised a variation that was on scale and perfectly in-tune. I'm freaking amazed!

    • @2and26
      @2and26 2 місяці тому +44

      ....all while using a brain the size of a tiny marble

    • @sco9616
      @sco9616 2 місяці тому +39

      yea I wondered if he could remember the whole tune but he improvised and sang the arpeggio of the right chord instead at the end.. almost more impressive!

    • @dwylie83
      @dwylie83 2 місяці тому +1

      You do know this video is fake right? Without lips it's speaking very normally and not throaty like normal birds

    • @jmarino715
      @jmarino715 2 місяці тому +9

      @@dwylie83 Sorry, but I would need harder evidence than just your word to accuse someone of doing something like that.
      I know that it's possible, but I just don't believe that to be the case here.

    • @dwylie83
      @dwylie83 2 місяці тому +3

      @@jmarino715 go Google birds talking and you can hear the difference the sound comes from their throat and isn't perfect bc you need lips for perfect speech not only is this thing mimicking her words perfectly it's also doing her voice flawlessly. Work on your critical thinking skills

  • @lizzymint6705
    @lizzymint6705 8 днів тому +1

    This is eerie beyond belief. Nature is amazing

  • @joewilson3393
    @joewilson3393 Рік тому +1890

    I remember the TV series "The World after people" saying that these types of birds will be the last remnants of live human speech on the planet because they teach this to their children.

    • @SakuraMoonflower
      @SakuraMoonflower Рік тому +73

      The same goes for Lyre birds

    • @cottoncandyperfume
      @cottoncandyperfume Рік тому +109

      That's... bizarre

    • @lincolnparc8897
      @lincolnparc8897 Рік тому +44

      oh yeah you just brought me back! called Life After People (in USA)

    • @julianbrelsford
      @julianbrelsford Рік тому

      Fun fact, birds are the survivors of the mass extinction that killed (most of) the dinosaurs. The only living members of the clade Dinosauria, dinosaurs, are avians (birds).
      They might survive the next mass extinction, too, but who knows.
      Avians are descendants of the theropod group that also gave rise to huge killers like T. Rex

    • @prismatic9804
      @prismatic9804 Рік тому +20

      I've yet to hear one of these make human noise where I'm at! Wish they would, they're everywhere lol

  • @annegaynor9627
    @annegaynor9627 Рік тому +2486

    When I found out starlings could talk in the 1990s I was doing volunteer work for a woman who rescued birds and she had a lot of them in cages rehabilitating them. When I was passing its cage to go outside it said hey beautiful! It really made my day 😊

    • @Hemigoblin
      @Hemigoblin Рік тому +5

      I hope this was in Europe?

    • @annegaynor9627
      @annegaynor9627 Рік тому +30

      @@Hemigoblin Blacksburg VA I saw some in FL imitating car alarms too and in Dallas so many would fill certain trees while chattering loudly. Then fly off as a black cloud somewhere else.

    • @Hemigoblin
      @Hemigoblin Рік тому

      @@annegaynor9627 Okay. Anyone who is “rehabilitating” starlings in the US is misguided. I don’t fault the birds themselves, but they are horribly invasive here. They kill native species, especially songbirds, and they’re especially bad in urban environments and on farms.
      I hate being the bringer of bad news, but the best thing anyone can do with starlings in the US is to humanely euthanized them.

    • @alissahanson5451
      @alissahanson5451 Рік тому +59

      Omg, my heart would just be full forever if a bird ever called me beautiful in passing!! 😍😅

    • @n0n4m3y3t
      @n0n4m3y3t Рік тому +10

      Their invasive and quite destructive to local us bird populations...

  • @kevincrady2831
    @kevincrady2831 Рік тому +1062

    Not only is the mimicry flawless, the neck feathers work as a visualizer.

    • @triggerhappydad65
      @triggerhappydad65 Рік тому +8

      Ain't God cool!?

    • @TheSd1cko
      @TheSd1cko Рік тому +6

      ​@@triggerhappydad65 What about witch craft? The bird could be a witches familiar and hence why it talks. Oh hang on, we stopped believing in that kind of stuff a long time ago (or at least sensible folk did).
      Let's just go with "isn't the bird cool".

    • @BlackJack-lh7kt
      @BlackJack-lh7kt Рік тому

      ​@@TheSd1cko You are into some intense drug, and I want some of what you taking.

    • @vcommandarv5916
      @vcommandarv5916 Рік тому +2

      ​​@@TheSd1ckolind faith is incorrect, people have gone through experiences that's why they believe in witches etc, and let's continue talking about the cool bird now ☺

    • @Herperof1000derps
      @Herperof1000derps Рік тому +2

      @@triggerhappydad65 nah.

  • @shreejitpahari
    @shreejitpahari 8 днів тому +7

    Queen of the night aria 👼🏻

  • @KycenPetersen
    @KycenPetersen Рік тому +1409

    This bird is a better sound engineer than I could ever be 😂

  • @hoviksmail
    @hoviksmail Рік тому +2627

    We had an African Gray parrot at a store I managed. The little guy would make phone ringing noises. I swear it sounded like the phone was ringing and I'd pick up and nothing. Then, one day, I hear the phone ringing noise, but the Parrot also "answered" the phone and had a little conversation to himself. I laughed so hard.

    • @colors_of_the_wind
      @colors_of_the_wind Рік тому +88

      Dude that is hilarious!!!!!!

    • @OliveWeitzel
      @OliveWeitzel Рік тому +5

      This is NOT a parrot! These birds do NOT SPEAK!

    • @LaraLinx
      @LaraLinx Рік тому +45

      That's so fricking hilarious. A bird with a snarky sense of humor, too!

    • @thanatos8618
      @thanatos8618 Рік тому

      ​@@OliveWeitzel ​Are you stupid? He didn't say at all this bird (the Sterling) is a Parrot.
      He said he HAD a Parrot.
      Also...some Parrots DO imitate sounds and human talking.

    • @hamzerpanzer
      @hamzerpanzer Рік тому +104

      ​@@OliveWeitzel Ok but...he's talking about HIS parrot

  • @TheWilderCat
    @TheWilderCat Рік тому +892

    I love how his neck feathers move when he makes a noise.

    • @franko8572
      @franko8572 Рік тому +14

      Oh, is that what’s going on down there? I thought he had another mouth down there or something that he was talking out of.

    • @TheWilderCat
      @TheWilderCat Рік тому +27

      @@franko8572 I think it’s just that the texture of the feathers make it super prominent when they fluff up.
      As an example, you can see a similar thing with ravens when they mimic speech but not really with crows. Ravens have fluffier coats whereas crows have smooth coats so it’s more prominent. Starlings have spiky little feathers so this dude looks like his neck is made of ferrofluid.

    • @jeremyluke8022
      @jeremyluke8022 Рік тому +8

      Exactly right makes it more real so we know for sure the birds doing it’s incredible

    • @ShinFahima
      @ShinFahima Рік тому +1

      ​@@jeremyluke8022 Their programming is impeccable!

    • @loganstratholme
      @loganstratholme Рік тому

      It’s the same for us except we shape our mouths and tongues to create different sounds 👍🏼

  • @valenciaj.linder8287
    @valenciaj.linder8287 4 дні тому +2

    Oh, what a beautiful, precious, intelligent bird!! Imitating R2-D2 blew ... my ... mind! 🤯🥰

  • @gavingavin1049
    @gavingavin1049 Рік тому +1229

    We have 3 starlings that we've rescued and they are such twerps when they know treats are involved. And their mimicry is always so fun to hear.

    • @songsthatarecatchy
      @songsthatarecatchy Рік тому +8

      So this is real?

    • @tehfuqizg0inon588
      @tehfuqizg0inon588 Рік тому +12

      ​@@songsthatarecatchy no, birds aren't real. Duh

    • @songsthatarecatchy
      @songsthatarecatchy Рік тому

      @@tehfuqizg0inon588 of course they are. I thought maybe someone put the audio over it DUH
      People fake videos ALL THE TIME
      DUH
      DURRRKA DURRRRR
      DEEE DA DEEEEE

    • @smokeywilly4364
      @smokeywilly4364 Рік тому +1

      “Is this forever?”

    • @gavingavin1049
      @gavingavin1049 Рік тому +15

      @@songsthatarecatchy Oh yeah it's real. Ours can mimic basic phrases like "How are you? Whatcha doing?" And they are very good at sound effects.

  • @deathwishtommy9773
    @deathwishtommy9773 2 місяці тому +1157

    That bird just stopped halfway in its thought to sing a portion of “Der Holle Rache” from the magic flute. Incredible.

    • @jtischCB
      @jtischCB 2 місяці тому +51

      Nothing like a bird that can imitate a human whistling Mozart!! I'm astonished.

    • @Lucius1958
      @Lucius1958 2 місяці тому +33

      @@jtischCB I read somewhere that Mozart had a pet starling, and its attempts at imitating music inspired him to write his 'Musical Joke'. Certainly the last cacophonous chords of that composition sound rather like a starling squawking...

    • @clickpause8732
      @clickpause8732 2 місяці тому +12

      Not just mimic, but seemingly improv off the melody?

    • @commontater8630
      @commontater8630 2 місяці тому +9

      @@clickpause8732 Copied the first couple of bars, then performed a variation on the following arpeggio.

    • @commontater8630
      @commontater8630 2 місяці тому

      @@Suctex Suc what?

  • @GodsBlessingPS91
    @GodsBlessingPS91 Рік тому +2147

    We had a pet starling for years. He said "chirping bird", "come here", "cricket", barked, cried like a baby, and other sounds. He was a pretty amazing bird!

    • @NiSiochainGanSaoirse
      @NiSiochainGanSaoirse Рік тому +17

      that's crazy!
      I'm intrigued. how do you make friends with a wild bird?
      do you just feed them untim they become used to you and they befriend you too?

    • @GodsBlessingPS91
      @GodsBlessingPS91 Рік тому +15

      @@NiSiochainGanSaoirse My aunt's dog attack him in the tall grass behind her house and broke his wing. No one was willing to treat it and since they are considered a "pest" because they arent a natural species in the US, a rescue would not take him in either. So I healed him the best I could but he could no longer fly. We had him for about 5 years before he passed away...no idea how old he was when he came to us. I bribe him with canned dog food and meal worms. As soon as he figured out I was the food source, we became friends of sorts. I would never consider him a "tame" bird but we sure enjoy his company.

    • @173jaSon371
      @173jaSon371 Рік тому +10

      I raised(or tried, who knows if it lived) to raise a starling about 10 years ago when I was 18, kept getting nudged out of its nest at maybe 1 week old over and over and over and it started downpouring. After a little bit I thought, "damn, I wonder if that little bird is ok" and went outside to find it dying in the bushes shivering to death.
      Took it inside and wrapped it in my hand in a dish towel for a couple hours and it started to relax. Like you, no one would take it so I raised it til 6-8+ weeks old, feeding it with a straw full of mushy pet food and leaving it free in my parents master bathroom.. I'd occasionally take it outside to get real flying practice and would need to recover it from the trees occasionally lol. Once it was a little older I would bring it live inchworms and ants til I released it in my backyard. It did about a dozen super rapid circles over my head and soared off. Hopefully she made it, but who knows if I did enough for it!

    • @EdgyShooter
      @EdgyShooter Рік тому

      The crying like a baby seems incredibly ominous 😅

    • @lordofnaps
      @lordofnaps Рік тому +1

      If I had a pet starling I'd teach em' a bunch of pokemon crys and MH roars

  • @zxs7170
    @zxs7170 2 дні тому

    How incredible! It takes a very special human to have this kind of connection with birds…this happy bird is just awesome! 💫💜🥰

  • @tredjesongen
    @tredjesongen Рік тому +858

    Starlings are unbelievable,they have endless talents,especially musical/rythm

    • @frankrosemeck9898
      @frankrosemeck9898 Рік тому

      Starlings are murderous, nuisance pests. They should be killed at every opportunity.

    • @tredjesongen
      @tredjesongen Рік тому +2

      @@frankrosemeck9898 😂 seriously?!
      I think You may have Your real enemies mixed up here. Crappy childhood or something. Place Your anger where it belongs,and start healing❣

    • @frankrosemeck9898
      @frankrosemeck9898 Рік тому +3

      @@tredjesongen
      You've obviously never watched a starling kill an entire family of native woodpeckers and take over their home...

    • @tomlongworth5387
      @tomlongworth5387 Рік тому +1

      No, their a invasive pest that takes over local birds nests and parasites their eggs. Just because they "sound pretty" doesn't mean they arnt a absolute menace to other wildlife and destroy ecosystems where they do not even belong.

    • @alexwitzke2585
      @alexwitzke2585 Рік тому

      ​@@tredjesongen l

  • @human_kittenz
    @human_kittenz 2 місяці тому +392

    I think it's absolutely nuts that an animal can mimic and "talk " when you think about it

    • @MildlyAutisticApe
      @MildlyAutisticApe 2 місяці тому

      Why? Humans are just hairless apes and we talk nonstop. Clearly speech is something that's evolved in multiple lineages. Even if its the most complex in ours

    • @Mossy179
      @Mossy179 2 місяці тому

      Right out of Howl's moving castle

  • @Kingspridechillll
    @Kingspridechillll Місяць тому +265

    It's all fun and jokes till you hear who's my precious at 3am💀

    • @raeve7468
      @raeve7468 Місяць тому +5

      and that whistling song 💀💀💀

  • @cattywitch7786
    @cattywitch7786 21 день тому +1

    Wow I had no idea that starlings were such a fabulous bird. This is amazing and it’s so enjoyable. I just love watching these videos that you share with the world thank you very much.

  • @percyvolnar8010
    @percyvolnar8010 4 місяці тому +530

    that R2D2 was outstanding

    • @alecdorval
      @alecdorval 2 місяці тому +7

      I was at work and I almost screamed haha it was nuts

    • @S-CB-SL-Animations
      @S-CB-SL-Animations 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@alecdorval THAT IS SO INSANE! IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE R2-D2! 🤯🤯🤯

  • @gussetblaster6786
    @gussetblaster6786 Місяць тому +2596

    This is just absolutely mind blowing!
    The R2D2 mimic is like something straight out of a high-end electronic synthesizer! Incredible!

    • @rietzhu
      @rietzhu Місяць тому +2

      You mean “movie”. 😅

    • @Biface
      @Biface Місяць тому +20

      @@rietzhu they get the sounds in the movie with foley and other sound designers/musicians

    • @jean-louispech4921
      @jean-louispech4921 Місяць тому +10

      R2D2 comes from the high end synthesizer of 70's, the ARP2600.

    • @FireflyGirl68
      @FireflyGirl68 Місяць тому +5

      R2D2's sound was made by a person speaking actual words into a mic and through a synthesizer, so yeah, pretty darn close!

    • @vendetta1429
      @vendetta1429 Місяць тому

      In the future, we will have organic synthesizers, made of genetically engineered bio-mechanical horrors.

  • @marshalljarnagin9370
    @marshalljarnagin9370 Рік тому +1131

    Vietnamese is one thing, but if the trees are full of singing r2d2s, I'm running for my life! 🤣

    • @nicefoto
      @nicefoto Рік тому +7

      Me too....😂👍

    • @TTalksVA
      @TTalksVA Рік тому +22

      Just respond in C3-PO and they'll know what's up

    • @nicefoto
      @nicefoto Рік тому +4

      @@TTalksVA right,or maybe,they can sing"Wind of Change" Skorpions...i'll will answers"don't worry,be Happy"😂

    • @PAKallman
      @PAKallman Рік тому +3

      Lmao i was like when did it speak vietna.... ohhhhh

    • @nicefoto
      @nicefoto Рік тому

      @@PAKallman sorry,but my first language is german,then english....what do you mean,i don't understand...🤭is that comment for me?🥴

  • @tasparks8284
    @tasparks8284 20 днів тому

    I had no idea that they can actually sound like the person they are mimicking. That is insane!

  • @ChickenFerLei
    @ChickenFerLei Місяць тому +753

    Makes me wonder how many times throughout history did people think there was someone stalking them in the woods but really it was just a little bird mimicking them 😂

    • @UgetTheMemo
      @UgetTheMemo Місяць тому +31

      Right?? I would have immediately thought CRYPTID

    • @Farfromhere001
      @Farfromhere001 Місяць тому +54

      this happened to my grandpa in ww2, a bird was yelling "Hey sailor!" and he thought it was a person at first

    • @kawaiiemolga
      @kawaiiemolga Місяць тому +13

      I'm sure most stories about "finding a creature in the woods" were caused by these mimicking birds

    • @jwolfe1209
      @jwolfe1209 Місяць тому +14

      There's a video going around of a guy exploring the woods at night and a little voice, very much like this one's, calls out "I see you!"

    • @jalalazizi1069
      @jalalazizi1069 Місяць тому +4

      @@jwolfe1209 that one was creepy af

  • @carljohnston7527
    @carljohnston7527 Рік тому +1773

    Until now, I had no idea that Starlings could mimick sounds so accurately! Such an adorable little burb!

    • @Celestial_Reach
      @Celestial_Reach 7 місяців тому +17

      The moment it did R2D2 I lost it

    • @erwinj9697
      @erwinj9697 7 місяців тому +26

      The starlings on the farm I work at sometimes whistle exactly like we do when we whistle to the cows. They often fool me thinking I hear a colleague I'm looking for. It's uncanny how similar they sound to the real whistles.

    • @alexandermckay9521
      @alexandermckay9521 5 місяців тому +24

      @@erwinj9697I wonder how many creepy situations in the woods and whatnot can be explained away by these birds just mimicking things and making people think there’s someone stalking them.

    •  4 місяці тому

      it's "bird" you dummy smdh

    • @shadycatz85
      @shadycatz85 4 місяці тому +14

      They're related to crows and ravens, who are also mimics :)

  • @ravensrealm1170
    @ravensrealm1170 Рік тому +820

    The craziest thing to me is how they can mimic our language without lips, and i SCREAMED at the R2D2

    • @heytheyby
      @heytheyby Рік тому +50

      No doubt! I wish this was reddit, because there's inevitably be some person who specialized in studying starlings for a decade to explain, in detail and typically some hilarious wordplay, exactly how and why they do it.

    • @stonethemason12
      @stonethemason12 Рік тому +10

      They're mimicking sounds...not language...

    • @ericeasley7633
      @ericeasley7633 Рік тому +24

      Sure, but a lot of the sounds in our language are very difficult to make without lips

    • @evandromagalhaes9903
      @evandromagalhaes9903 Рік тому +27

      The syrinx (from the Greek word "σύριγξ" for pan pipes) is the vocal organ of birds. Located at the base of a bird's trachea, it produces sounds without the vocal folds of mammals.[1] The sound is produced by vibrations of some or all of the membrana tympaniformis (the walls of the syrinx) and the pessulus, caused by air flowing through the syrinx. This sets up a self-oscillating system that modulates the airflow creating the sound. The muscles modulate the sound shape by changing the tension of the membranes and the bronchial openings.[2] The syrinx enables some species of birds (such as parrots, crows, and mynas) to mimic human speech.

    • @evandromagalhaes9903
      @evandromagalhaes9903 Рік тому +3

      By Wikipedia

  • @johngraves6878
    @johngraves6878 22 дні тому +2

    Won't soon forget this one .

  • @dontask6863
    @dontask6863 Рік тому +956

    The R2D2 is just INCREDIBLE. Especially how it was not encouraged. The bird was just like “Say that again?! Naw check this out.”

    • @idiotentalk346
      @idiotentalk346 Рік тому +1

      It’s obviously fake wtf

    • @z0ivy
      @z0ivy Рік тому +1

      @@idiotentalk346 damn, I didn’t know
      👌

    • @dona2985
      @dona2985 Рік тому +3

      It's real lmao

    • @notyours5780
      @notyours5780 Рік тому +18

      ​@@idiotentalk346I hope one day you get to meet a mimicking bird and have your mind blown. Many different birds can replicate r2d2, it's a very common sound to have birds learn

    • @jackiemack8653
      @jackiemack8653 2 місяці тому

      ​@@idiotentalk346Oh yeah obviously thats why parrots and other birds do it smh

  • @nahicorua
    @nahicorua 2 місяці тому +472

    Birds are terrifyingly fascinating creatures and we don't give them enough credit omg

    • @Zagrakhen
      @Zagrakhen 2 місяці тому +4

      Dinosaurs who survived 65M years ago had to be smaller but also more cunning than their bigger homologues.

    • @kimulm0619
      @kimulm0619 2 місяці тому +2

      I know,,we have taken them for granted and not me,,not anymore.❤❤

    • @MakeAsylumsGre4tAgain
      @MakeAsylumsGre4tAgain 2 місяці тому

      The truth is we don’t give the Creator of this incredible creature enough credit

    • @vibrantgleam
      @vibrantgleam 2 місяці тому

      exactly..

    • @jamesprice1574
      @jamesprice1574 2 місяці тому

      Lol I'm amazed and creepped out at the same time

  • @JaneDoe-rj4jn
    @JaneDoe-rj4jn Рік тому +633

    You often hear starlings mimic other birds. (Often hawk type noises ). I Also hear them make weird metallic sounds as well when I’m out for walks in suburbia. People just don’t stop and realize how talented they are!

    • @anatoliagolden-hall4553
      @anatoliagolden-hall4553 Рік тому +10

      Do you think the weird metallic noises could be the sounds of dumpster trucks as they go through your neighborhood?

    • @leaf6356
      @leaf6356 Рік тому +7

      @@anatoliagolden-hall4553 ive heard birds around where I live (probably not starlings) mimic car horns and kids screaming from being outside playing, so probably!!

    • @captainahab5522
      @captainahab5522 Рік тому +8

      A starling in my local area mimics “ *beep* please Stand clear vehicle reversing *beep*”

    • @MinstrelSentFromAnotherLand
      @MinstrelSentFromAnotherLand Рік тому +1

      When starlings migrate here to south Texas, they will often group up with another spectacular bird, the grackle. These birds make almost indescribable sounds that are somewhat metallic in ways. Likely the starlings are just picking up on that!

  • @brpadington
    @brpadington Місяць тому +3

    He speaks better than most parrots. Ravens and crows are very good at speaking too.

  • @sarjidmohammed
    @sarjidmohammed 2 місяці тому +455

    If that bird landed on my ledge and starting speaking i would think i need to talk to a psychiatric dr.

    • @sarjidmohammed
      @sarjidmohammed Місяць тому

      They need to get down with birdies and try to coax an acknowledgement of your male beauty. Just to see what species has what kind of speech mimicking abilities. Errrm can crows tell me to f off?

    • @damienjeremyweir4543
      @damienjeremyweir4543 Місяць тому +5

      LMAO this actually happend to me, I was in Tottenham Hale retail park and there's hundreds of those starlings and from the window of my car whlie waiting for people to cross in fron of the car in the parking lot I looked up at a starling on the floodlights and it started talking to me with a robot voice, I swear people dont really believe me when I talk about that

    • @sarjidmohammed
      @sarjidmohammed Місяць тому +3

      Wildlife and ornithology need to press birdies to see if they acknowledge good-looking young males. I swear a crow told me to f off once .

    • @evxl-
      @evxl- Місяць тому +1

      Skinwalker

    • @sarjidmohammed
      @sarjidmohammed Місяць тому

      @@evxl- Polymorph that became my gf.

  • @badgerdino
    @badgerdino Рік тому +672

    That whistling was honestly pretty impressive on both sides!
    I can't whistle in the slightest 💀

    • @CharlieApples
      @CharlieApples Рік тому +13

      Same lol 😭

    • @lorimiller4301
      @lorimiller4301 Рік тому +13

      Just put your lips together and blow. Actually if you practice for only a couple of hours you'll get it. It's just like riding a bike. You just gotta try.

    • @Amira_Phoenix
      @Amira_Phoenix Рік тому +16

      It was Mozart by the way, the Queen of Night aria

    • @jfm14
      @jfm14 Рік тому +9

      ​@@lorimiller4301 Nah. I could do it for my whole life and then one day I tried and couldn't, not exhaling anyway. I've practiced and practiced for years since then to no avail. It's not a skill everyone can acquire through practice. I agree everyone should put in a good effort though, as it's a fun and useful skill. As for me, I learned to wookie call instead. 😅

    • @shrimpymuscles8413
      @shrimpymuscles8413 Рік тому +8

      ​@@jfm14 I can't whistle either. It's bc of my tongue and a genetic recessive gene that doesn't allow me to make my tongue take the proper shape.

  • @Susan-u7y
    @Susan-u7y 3 дні тому

    That’s a smart bird you have a gift and a lot of patience too he’s cool❤️

  • @mediamannaman
    @mediamannaman 2 місяці тому +243

    She whistled such a long sequence of notes, and the bird remembered it. IIncredible mimcry!

    • @derrickforeal
      @derrickforeal 2 місяці тому +24

      I'd say the r2d2 sound was way more technical and amazing he can remember it the timing and all the proper wave signals.

    • @temperances320
      @temperances320 2 місяці тому +8

      Not exactly, but the bird was close

  • @henvisch
    @henvisch 3 місяці тому +549

    He didn't just imitate her words but her voice as well. Absolutely fascinating

    • @jpj7087
      @jpj7087 2 місяці тому +2

      i mean they dont know what words are, they only imitate sounds

    • @_voidkitten
      @_voidkitten 2 місяці тому

      @@jpj7087 Not trying to be that person, but imitating sounds (and then giving them meaning) is how words and languages were formed. Some animals do know the meaning of certain words when taught, and these birds are incredibly intelligent.

  • @niesson9456
    @niesson9456 Рік тому +366

    Props to the bird for spreading awareness of classical music - that it's not just for "elites" - - woo for Queen of the Night whistle!

    • @lorddampnut5275
      @lorddampnut5275 Рік тому +7

      Hit those high notes too

    • @N9TheNoob
      @N9TheNoob Рік тому

      the "elites" in quotes

    • @niesson9456
      @niesson9456 Рік тому +6

      @@N9TheNoob In the old days, people would save up for yeaaaars to actually afford even a single performance ticket to a single performance during the times of classical composers. Today, we have access to it on the Internet, we have better tech to enjoy it we have planes to travel with instead of ships for months. Yet people still think classical music is "elitist." Old cartoons would use it more than these days. Memes do as well. Yet people never get past the first few seconds of specific pieces. It's almost like when the people around me sing misheard lyrics of popular top 100 for the sake of a fad, but never googled the lyrics. So it is now 2023. There's a channel called TwoSetViolin that spreads awareness for it classical music and the love for playing instruments. The fact this bird heard it to copy it is probably from tiktok usage or their hoomans listened to the opera itself at home. Music is more available for everyone. Even famous kpop idols took inspiration from classical pieces.

    • @19gregske55
      @19gregske55 Рік тому

      Even WAM would love it!

    • @michaelsullivan9342
      @michaelsullivan9342 Рік тому +1

      ​@@niesson9456 Listening to classical music makes you more intelligent and will boost your IQ level as well !!!

  • @anitadeclerck6000
    @anitadeclerck6000 2 місяці тому +582

    First time I hear a starling talk! I never knew they could mimic...just mind blowing!

    • @kristahathaway9308
      @kristahathaway9308 2 місяці тому +10

      Oh yes they are very good they can mimic anything there's been known to colonies out in the wilderness to mimic just about anything they hear and they don't have to be taught it really well either like they hear it a couple times and they learn it most birds that talk they don't talk and do stuff out in the wilderness but the starlings they do they learn from people they hear them and they learn to speak Ravens or just as good to they are really good at on talking starlings are the best

    • @ec1222
      @ec1222 Місяць тому +1

      @@kristahathaway9308awesome to have the extra knowledge, thank you!

  • @juliehancock1565
    @juliehancock1565 2 місяці тому +276

    He's adorable, I didn't realise that starlings will mimic voices. That R2D2 was really precious

  • @starkiller4557
    @starkiller4557 Рік тому +1191

    My jaw literally dropped at the R2-D2 sounds, that’s on another level

    • @MrAvocadoMan
      @MrAvocadoMan Рік тому +26

      Some of these birds are like audio recorders. I recommend looking up "bird imitates camera shutter" then clicking the video titled Attenborough: the amazing Lyre Bird sings like a chainsaw.

    • @MsMesem
      @MsMesem Рік тому

      Sounds like an Australian Magpie.

    • @denisevillada
      @denisevillada Рік тому

      Muy digital ese sonido..

    • @wingedinfinity6715
      @wingedinfinity6715 Рік тому +2

      That's what I'm saying. And some of the statememts came from the bird FIRST !?? 🤷🏼‍♀️😯

    • @cecilevans9247
      @cecilevans9247 Рік тому +1

      Not the part where it was speaking English?

  • @elainemanseau3431
    @elainemanseau3431 21 день тому +1

    I just had to say something. Magnificent. I have had budgies and all talked. But this starling takes the cake. Charmed my heart.

  • @klinnc8910
    @klinnc8910 Рік тому +352

    And bird owner knows the trick isn’t getting birds to talk. It’s getting them to shut up.

    • @jeffjeffries8924
      @jeffjeffries8924 Рік тому +8

      thanks shrek

    • @vicmorrison8128
      @vicmorrison8128 Рік тому +2

      Spot on for sure.

    • @klinnc8910
      @klinnc8910 Рік тому +2

      @@jeffjeffries8924 You’re welcome ma’am.

    • @shorelined1
      @shorelined1 Рік тому +3

      Naaa. These guys, all blackbirds make lovely sounds. Its most parrots that get loud and screech.

    • @shorelined1
      @shorelined1 Рік тому

      @@jeffjeffries8924 lol

  • @Lachesi
    @Lachesi Рік тому +438

    The sudden R2D2 is *chef's kiss*

  • @lirey9768
    @lirey9768 Рік тому +761

    When my dad was growing up, my grandmother had an African Gray who could also do the R2-D2 sound really well, but also, could mimic my grandmother's voice extremely well. There were multiple times where it would call to my dad in her voice, he'd go to see what she wanted, and they'd both be super confused until the bird started laughing at them

    • @randallkruse5012
      @randallkruse5012 Рік тому +13

      😂

    • @danielhubley3335
      @danielhubley3335 Рік тому +21

      Birds are evilly smart 😂😂

    • @RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217
      @RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 Рік тому

      You are anthropomorphising an animal.

    • @spacelinx
      @spacelinx Рік тому +33

      @@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 Not entirely. In my own experiences with animals, I’ve learned they do have a sometimes evil sense of humor. They often know what they’re doing more than we give them credit for.

    • @spacelinx
      @spacelinx Рік тому +33

      When I was a child, there was a mockingbird that nested near my house. It learned the whistle my dad would make when he’d call our dog to the back door to come inside. That mockingbird drove my dog insane whistling like my dad, just to watch him run to the door and get confused when my dad wasn’t there. 😂

  • @ScreamingChino
    @ScreamingChino Місяць тому +35

    That's freaking amazing.

  • @HughLlewellyn
    @HughLlewellyn Рік тому +1546

    I used to have a momma starling who nested under the the corner of my roof near my art studio back in the 90s on my farm in southern Wisconsin. She did an amazing repertoire of bird songs, many of which I was able to identify as not native to the region. Took me a few days to realize it was all coming from her. Then she had her babies. When they were old enough to sit on the corner of the roof with her, she started teaching them her songs. The next year, she came back to have her babies there again. And several adult birds hung out with her, all doing her beautiful songs. I moved away the following year before she came back. I like to think, 2 decades later, my old farm is populated every spring by her descendents, all singing exotic bird songs around the farm for the new residents.

  • @Sparkitto
    @Sparkitto Рік тому +637

    It’s honestly insane how birds can mimic so perfectly when they don’t even have lips!

    • @unsatisfiedcustomer1792
      @unsatisfiedcustomer1792 Рік тому +24

      ​@Josh El science is something I don't comprehend

    • @nelly5954
      @nelly5954 Рік тому +46

      ​@@unsatisfiedcustomer1792 flesh flaps go weewoo

    • @unsatisfiedcustomer1792
      @unsatisfiedcustomer1792 Рік тому +7

      @@nelly5954 ong

    • @LoLErMan13
      @LoLErMan13 Рік тому +4

      ​@Josh El wouldn't they need to know english?

    • @ok0_0
      @ok0_0 Рік тому +7

      @@LoLErMan13 no. Its like you saying a word after hearing it without knowing the meaning.

  • @caravanlifenz
    @caravanlifenz Рік тому +846

    In New Zealand, the native tui songbirds can imitate human voices and they have that exact metallic sound that your starling has. It gives their mimicry a robotic quality.

  • @OddWeird461
    @OddWeird461 11 днів тому +1

    I learned something new today! This is amazing.

  • @stevenkaskus6173
    @stevenkaskus6173 Рік тому +693

    Bird speaks, enunciates better than alot of people and when the bird did a picture perfect R2-D2 I was blown away.

    • @gmar7836
      @gmar7836 Рік тому

      Yes it’s astonishing how so many people cannot speak correctly

    • @shorelined1
      @shorelined1 Рік тому +16

      Those are actually natural sounds for starlings. Cowbirds are even more mechanical. I call them jack-in-the-box birds

    • @IvyMyki
      @IvyMyki Рік тому +3

      Its pitch perfect

  • @MooseShower
    @MooseShower Рік тому +91

    “Who’s my sweet Jabby Angel?”
    Jabby: _intense R2D2 noises_

  • @badnewsbruner
    @badnewsbruner Рік тому +726

    The fact that this bird just did a 1:1 R2D2 impression is amazing.
    It even nailed the vibrato.... I gotta look into their voice box and how they mimick sound, this is amazing.

    • @BeatBoxBrian
      @BeatBoxBrian Рік тому +33

      There’s a UA-cam video explaining how birds do it. Very interesting!

    • @badnewsbruner
      @badnewsbruner Рік тому +16

      @@BeatBoxBrian could you link it to me please?
      I would love to learn more.

    • @BeatBoxBrian
      @BeatBoxBrian Рік тому +54

      @@badnewsbruner I think it was from scishow. If I remember correctly, they have similar lungs and trachea as us, but rather than the vocal folds being up in the trachea, there are two sets of folds down above both lungs. And for whatever reason, that allows for some insane sound-making. They also have more densely packed neurons in their brain than mammals, reptiles, or amphibians. Makes em really smart for their mass. I’m a beatboxer, so I make lots of fun sounds and am so facilitated by these talented little guys!

    • @badnewsbruner
      @badnewsbruner Рік тому +18

      @@BeatBoxBrian Very awesome!!
      Thanks for the info!!

    • @cryssyyxx
      @cryssyyxx Рік тому +8

      I wonder if the kenku race gets inspiration from this bird because the mimicry is amazing

  • @Elsalover
    @Elsalover 4 місяці тому +3269

    WHAT AMAZES THE FRICK OUTTA ME, IS HOW IT CAN NOT ONLY IMMITATE SOUND FREQUENCY, BUT ALSO, ROUGH SOUNDS SUCH AS METAL, CHAINSAW, HITTING OF SOLID SURFACES, IPHONE SHUTTER SOUND EFFECT AND SO MUCH MORE 😶😶😶😶😶😶

    • @Thewhiteandorange
      @Thewhiteandorange 2 місяці тому +73

      me, when it's nice out: "man, the birds are realllly going at it out there."
      birds going at it out there: *one single starling trying to get laid*

    • @danifoxx7469
      @danifoxx7469 2 місяці тому +68

      I live in a town full of magpies and often going for walks is terrifying when you hear various alarm sounds echoing from the trees or the sounds of idling cars in the air😂

    • @bbrian2
      @bbrian2 2 місяці тому +20

      That's a lyrebird that BBC featured making those sounds, but just as impressive!

    • @RavenPeake
      @RavenPeake 2 місяці тому +6

      AND MOZART let's not ignore that.

    • @toesalotboys3378
      @toesalotboys3378 2 місяці тому

      THE ULTIMATE VOICE ACTOR

  • @rheam3920
    @rheam3920 Рік тому +211

    My mind just cannot process how birds mimic human voices so accurately. Nothing short of magic

    • @pseudotasuki
      @pseudotasuki Рік тому +7

      And droid voices.

    • @_Just_Another_Guy
      @_Just_Another_Guy Рік тому +9

      I'm just amazed it can pronounce "j" and "s" sounds without having lips.

    • @johnhildenbrand2642
      @johnhildenbrand2642 Рік тому +5

      ​@@_Just_Another_Guy So can you...

    • @jefflastnam8566
      @jefflastnam8566 Рік тому +8

      ​@@_Just_Another_Guy those are both non labial sounds?? And relevant sound would be be b,m,p,w,f,v

    • @pjtyra2106
      @pjtyra2106 Рік тому +2

      @@_Just_Another_Guy lips don’t have to touch to make a J and S sound

  • @dogsrulecatsdrool5635
    @dogsrulecatsdrool5635 Рік тому +963

    His precise pronunciation of every word is mind-blowing!!! ❤😂

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Рік тому +2

      It's fake😂

    • @ladyinsect6444
      @ladyinsect6444 Рік тому +13

      @@dieseldabz7104maybe but probably not, wait till you see one of these guys in person lol. Those are all sounds that mimicking birds could easily make.

    • @rosameijering5161
      @rosameijering5161 Рік тому +22

      ​@@dieseldabz7104 no its not. I live in the netherlands and we have a lot of these birds. But people domt pay attention, that is why they dont believe they can do such a things. We live close to primary school so you always hear them mimicking playing children and also the police and other sounds they make. They probably just like to mimic

    • @stpfs9281
      @stpfs9281 Рік тому +1

      @residentboejiden5796 "My sweet turd bird", yep!

    • @stpfs9281
      @stpfs9281 Рік тому +4

      @@dieseldabz7104 You obviously haven't met any Starlings!

  • @MichaelDavis-x5i
    @MichaelDavis-x5i Місяць тому +16

    Birds are extremely intelligent and full of love. They will trust humans if they show them love.

  • @ASHEXXED
    @ASHEXXED Рік тому +616

    “So sweet”
    “Ma I think I’m gonna need a minute to process these positive emotions” 🕊🕊🕊

  • @stancexpunks
    @stancexpunks Рік тому +310

    When he said that entire sentence “who’s my precious jabby bird?” I was shocked

    • @TokeStorm024
      @TokeStorm024 Рік тому +20

      Same here. To be able to pronounce the B’s, the M, and the P, with its trippy tone is freakin’ nuts!

    • @FioreCiliegia
      @FioreCiliegia Рік тому +3

      I lost it at turd bird XD

  • @anaheimterrazas6854
    @anaheimterrazas6854 Рік тому +791

    Protect him at all costs

    • @klashnacovak47
      @klashnacovak47 Рік тому +11

      That’s a bit transphobic. What if he identifies as female bus driver.

    • @call_me_glacier
      @call_me_glacier Рік тому

      ​@@klashnacovak47 bruh shut up

    • @tuduluoo7408
      @tuduluoo7408 Рік тому

      Sit on him

    • @Iead
      @Iead Рік тому +7

      @@klashnacovak47 Least unhinged YT commenter

    • @klashnacovak47
      @klashnacovak47 Рік тому +1

      It’s called virtue sarcasming.

  • @charmaineramsden2188
    @charmaineramsden2188 8 днів тому

    Omg...This has to be the cutest thing ever, who knew that starlings were so clever...💜 💛 💜