@@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
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.
@@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.
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.
@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.
@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 🤦♀️😁
"A syrinx is the vocal organ of birds, located at the base of the trachea. It is responsible for producing the vocalizations of birds, including songs, calls, and other sounds. The syrinx is capable of producing a wide range of sounds, and it can do so with great accuracy and precision. This is because the syrinx is a highly specialized organ that has evolved specifically for the purpose of producing vocalizations. It has a number of unique features that allow it to produce a wide range of sounds with great accuracy. One of the main features that allows the syrinx to produce sounds more accurately than humans is the presence of two sets of vocal folds, one in each bronchus. This allows birds to produce two streams of sound simultaneously, which can be used to create a wide range of complex and harmonically rich vocalizations. In contrast, humans only have one set of vocal folds, which limits the range of sounds that we can produce. Another feature that allows the syrinx to produce sounds more accurately is the presence of a number of small muscles that control the position and shape of the vocal folds and other structures within the syrinx. These muscles allow birds to fine-tune the sounds that they produce, making it possible for them to produce a wide range of different vocalizations with great precision. Overall, the syrinx is a highly specialized and efficient organ that has evolved to enable birds to produce a wide range of vocalizations with great accuracy and precision. This allows them to communicate effectively with one another and to attract mates, among other things."
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 😶😶😶😶😶😶
@@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 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.
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 🤣
To be able to remember ALL OF THAT, including every single R2-D2 note perfectly is just so astonishing to me. How tf? They're nature's own sound recorders with a playback feature.
These are some of the most intelligent birds. Back in the 90s I believe 97 we lived in a two-story townhouse with full basement. Out from the sliding glass door a starling had had babies in the eve of the building. It had fallen down slightly and the babies fell out onto the ground. My husband cut a plastic milk jug as a makeshift nest. In 1999 husband and I separated. He went to Florida I moved to a studio and the birds followed me there within 3 days of my leaving. Then it was time for me to move to Georgia 3 months after I moved here the starlings were here. There's so much more to the story. As the mother raised the little ones and taught them how to fly I watch them through the sliding glass door that was out from my dining room. She taught me some of their whistles. They never forget if you do anything for them.
Beautiful story. I am in a similar uk garden with many birds. I video on slo mo sometimes and their song is dame right creepy, other worldly. I still love them. The other birds don’t have a problem with them on feed table eventhough they are greediest and many.
we seriously need to train a bunch of birds to talk like this and set them free 😂 imagine random cool birds just coming up and having a conversation with you . fkin epic
Yes, the birds are a wonderful gift from God. And we could appreciate them and care for their habitat. God asks that we be good stewards of the earth, for the creatures' sake, not just ours.
A priest's bird would be funny. Screaming Latin and excorcisms is something I would really like to see a starling bird do at people. Would scare a lot of people.
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 👍
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.
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.
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 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.
@@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.
@@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❣
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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
@@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.
@@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
@@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.
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 ive heard birds around where I live (probably not starlings) mimic car horns and kids screaming from being outside playing, so probably!!
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!
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 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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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. 😅
Oh how I loathe the A**hole who introduced this incredibly destructive invasive species into the USA from Europe. Cool vid but it's still hate these birds although admittedly my distain for them is the result of irresponsible people.
This really has me torn becuase unfortunately here in America these euro starlings are a serious problem. Have witnessed there aggressive pirate like behavior pillaging other birds nests eating their young and even killing the parents with there Deadly razor sharp beaks. On the other hand seeing what they are capable of on the nicer end of their spectrum again just has me torn on what to do with them!? 😢....
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
@@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.
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. 😂
The R2D2 was amazing. I rescued a baby starling from a cat. I had to bring it to a bird rescue so I could gurantee it got the proper care. I was very thankful to find a great bird sanctuary in my state and gave them a donation with the baby bird. I remember reading that they can talk when kept in captivity. Very smart birds.
@@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.
@@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".
@@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 ☺
@@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
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.
A remarkable amount of the bird's brain must be dedicated to hearing and mimicry... it is incredible how fast and how well this bird was able to hear, process and repeat the melody of the tune whistled.
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.
Our daughters had colds and our starlings learned to cough and sneeze and were every bit as spot on with the sounds as your starling shows. They are indeed amazing mimics! Thank you for a really fun video!
That R2-D2 noise was scary accurate and sounded technical
Almost a little creepy!
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
Birds aren’t real 😅😂
@@fitz2523 everyone knows birds are government spy devices lol
Бляя это очень круто! Р2-Д2
Starlings arrange themselves in MASSIVE flocks… imagine they all just say “who’s my precious Jabby bird?” in an uncanny human voice
Hahaha 🤣🤣 I'd be running
It's called a murmuration and is quite beautiful! 💖
I can't stop laughing 🤣🤣🤣
@@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
@@sarahcoletti6946 but you're right that murmurations are STUNNING
The R2D2 was incredibly spot on
All starlings make that sound - the r2d2 sound is literally the sound of a wild starling.
@@forg0ttenreally? I did not know that.
@@DemoNinja79No it’s not like that lol. This bird is impersonating R2D2. If they always sounded like that, people would notice lol
@@Jet_Threat Well I'm glad then. That was amazing.
Finally I was 1k I can sleep easy now😉
Until now, I had no idea that Starlings could mimick sounds so accurately! Such an adorable little burb!
The moment it did R2D2 I lost it
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.
@@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.
it's "bird" you dummy smdh
They're related to crows and ravens, who are also mimics :)
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.
This sounds hilarious. I want one now🥺
@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.
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...!
Guessing there's no video of this?
@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 🤦♀️😁
Sounds like the bird had a mf playback recorder in his throat. That’s incredible
And now for something completely different. A bird with a tape recorder up its nose.
"A syrinx is the vocal organ of birds, located at the base of the trachea. It is responsible for producing the vocalizations of birds, including songs, calls, and other sounds. The syrinx is capable of producing a wide range of sounds, and it can do so with great accuracy and precision. This is because the syrinx is a highly specialized organ that has evolved specifically for the purpose of producing vocalizations. It has a number of unique features that allow it to produce a wide range of sounds with great accuracy.
One of the main features that allows the syrinx to produce sounds more accurately than humans is the presence of two sets of vocal folds, one in each bronchus. This allows birds to produce two streams of sound simultaneously, which can be used to create a wide range of complex and harmonically rich vocalizations. In contrast, humans only have one set of vocal folds, which limits the range of sounds that we can produce.
Another feature that allows the syrinx to produce sounds more accurately is the presence of a number of small muscles that control the position and shape of the vocal folds and other structures within the syrinx. These muscles allow birds to fine-tune the sounds that they produce, making it possible for them to produce a wide range of different vocalizations with great precision.
Overall, the syrinx is a highly specialized and efficient organ that has evolved to enable birds to produce a wide range of vocalizations with great accuracy and precision. This allows them to communicate effectively with one another and to attract mates, among other things."
@@Embassy_of_Jupiter Basically imagine having two sets of lips but in your throat.
@@FokkerBoombass No idea, I just let AI write that, I didn't even read it lmao.
Also it's pretty funny that your comment got shadow banned.
That’s exactly what I said.
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 😶😶😶😶😶😶
It's crazy that the voice kinda sounds like an old recording or a landline telephone
And then the perfect R2D2 happens
The r2d2 thing is unbelievable.
Maybe it’s fake
@@OpiatesAndTits I don’t know. The sounds match really well with its movements of the throat and beak.
@@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.
@@OpiatesAndTits Honey, it's all fake. Life is an illusion. All matter is gravity between non-particles of dark energy. Nothing really matters.
@@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.
Imagine sitting under a tree and suddenly hearing what sounds like a flock of R2D2's overhead.
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 🤣
I heard starlings songs. They mimic city sounds, frogs and jackdaws. It's a pretty exotic sounds without R2D2 already I must say 😂
LMAO!!!😂🤣😂🤣😇
The grackles in Austin have already incorporated car alarms into their vocabulary.
"THE FLAT EARTHERS WERE RIGHT! BIRDS AREN'T REAL!"
Incredible. Animals are smarter than we realize. Bless all creatures.
Amen 🙏❤️
And we eat them..
@@foolish415 Just ate one. Delicious.
Hmm..that's more likely what they say about humans😂
Unreal. No matter how many times I watch a bird do this, I'm still astounded
What if this bird escapes and some passerby just hears R2-D2 sounds coming from a tree
😆
Imagine they were on psychedelics
Followed by "gonna give em a kiss"
Then the Empire will destroy that tree.
@@Imslowasfboi DMT
It was nice of that bird to teach that lady how to talk
Lol good one
😂too funny!
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Lol haha
LOL!
that R2D2 was outstanding
To be able to remember ALL OF THAT, including every single R2-D2 note perfectly is just so astonishing to me. How tf? They're nature's own sound recorders with a playback feature.
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"
Not as much as hearing "My sweet turd bird"!
Or "my precious" like gollum
@@davidvickers8425 smeegs...yuck 😬
Or R2-D2 sounds
Omg, now I have that stuck in my head, how could you!
It's amazing how this skilled bird is able to teach this human to mimic it. Absolutely brilliant.
😂
Absolutely I noticed it too😊😂
😂
"Who's my precious jabby bird " now repeat humon
😂😂😂😂
These are some of the most intelligent birds. Back in the 90s I believe 97 we lived in a two-story townhouse with full basement. Out from the sliding glass door a starling had had babies in the eve of the building. It had fallen down slightly and the babies fell out onto the ground. My husband cut a plastic milk jug as a makeshift nest. In 1999 husband and I separated. He went to Florida I moved to a studio and the birds followed me there within 3 days of my leaving. Then it was time for me to move to Georgia 3 months after I moved here the starlings were here. There's so much more to the story. As the mother raised the little ones and taught them how to fly I watch them through the sliding glass door that was out from my dining room. She taught me some of their whistles. They never forget if you do anything for them.
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Beautiful story. I am in a similar uk garden with many birds. I video on slo mo sometimes and their song is dame right creepy, other worldly. I still love them. The other birds don’t have a problem with them on feed table eventhough they are greediest and many.
we seriously need to train a bunch of birds to talk like this and set them free 😂 imagine random cool birds just coming up and having a conversation with you . fkin epic
They just imitate noises in contrast to grey parrots who can learn to talk like a child.
you should check out the Lyrebird
Or...... now they can communicate very well and start to plan human downfall 😮 !!!!!
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
Sorry, but this made me laugh
I’d feel bad too if it was me
But it is funny
❤❤LMFAO!!!❤❤❤😂😂😂 THAT'S FUNNY! SORRY.😅
😂 broo
@@Islandtime23 it’s ok. I laugh whenever I remember
Omg same my friends parrot only knew fuck you and bitch and it would hurt a lil everytime
The R2-D2 part was incredible!
Yea
I wonder how the can make such inhuman sounds, it’s crazy.
@@Lee-One because spacetime is the constant sympathy of energy waves in reverberation. human and bird are demonstrating newton's cradle
It sure was. He is so cool and amazing too!
I agree, it seems impossible, but this little bird does it flawlessly, including the right speed.
I had no idea these birds could do that!
That's a tier-S beatboxer right there
I didn't know starlings had this ability. That's amazing
I don't think they even have their own song, in my country they usually mimic other birds songs with the occasional car alarm and dog barks added in.
They're related to mynah birds.
@@dalekcat get out! Who knew! Thats amazing. I see thousands near my home. What country, if you don't mind my asking?
@@elyzsabethahne2116 how interesting. My grandmother had one that sang opera.
Yes! Read the true story "Arnie the Darling Starling" It's about a starling a woman rescued as a hatchling who could talk
"Who's my precious..." *What was it again? Nevermind I'm doing the R2D2 instead* 😂
😂😂😂😂
Well anyway this is Wonderwall
Me with my ADHD when I'm reincarnated as a bird
I was searching for this comment 😄
Error code lmao
What's freaking me out isn't the fact that he is talking... it's that he mimics her Voice 100%!!!
I did not know starlings had such amazing talents? God really gave us a gift when He made birds!😮
Yes
You probably didn't know the starling is an evasive specie that's driving the woodpecker out.
@@realisrealite5554 that’s not the birds fault. Humans destroy ecosystems.
Yes, the birds are a wonderful gift from God. And we could appreciate them and care for their habitat. God asks that we be good stewards of the earth, for the creatures' sake, not just ours.
Keep him nearby in case telemarketers call.
LOL!!!!!
Bad scammers would be a good one immitating the police talking or something like that! Talking to them like Arnold swartenhager on terminator.
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
Ya, teach it to say ,I have a gun and I know how to use it, so beware, stay off my property. lol
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Everybody’s gangster until the birds start talking in Latin
OMG I need this now!
😋😂😂👌
A priest's bird would be funny. Screaming Latin and excorcisms is something I would really like to see a starling bird do at people. Would scare a lot of people.
For the glory of Rome
"Et tu Brute?"
I’d love a bird like that it’s human robotish vocals are amazing I mostly love how it’s also got a male voice to bring its character to life
Once you mentioned Angel the little buddy explained more than humans can decipher 🦉🐺🔥
"Birds are not government drones"
The birds in question:
Ya beat me to it 😆
#BirdsArentReal
Birds aren’t real! 😂
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 👍
@@laulau5356someone told me that before and then said the moon was fake and those are not falling stars.
My mind can’t wrap around the fact that this bird doesn’t even have any lips, and still speaks better English than me.
LOL- correction, “better English than I” 😂
@@taladurso Lmao 💀
@@taladurso no, "me" is also correct: english is not your native language?😮😅😊
@extradepresstrial it's "me" when used as an object and "I" when used as a subject, so "better English than me" is correct 👀
your speakers don't have lips either
He said, "This is not the sweet jabby angel you are looking for" 🎉😂
He didn't just imitate her words but her voice as well. Absolutely fascinating
Plot twist: The bird was the one who taught her to speak
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think they do more than mimic. Starlings are very intelligent.
Haha!
I need the rest if this story..
Yes that human is learning well 😆
F*ck your plot twist
That r2-d2 impression is so good, Disney is going to sue that bird with copyright infringement. 😂😂😂😂
I can imagine this sweet jabby bird on the stand 😂
Now that's 😁 😂 😀 🤣 😁 😂 😀 🤣 😁 😂
There was a lyrebird video that Disney actually sent the poster of video a cease and desist for mimicking Star Wars sounds!
What's Disney got to do, with 'Star Wars'??? That IS NOT, a dumb Disney production!!!
Yea, the R2D2 impression blew me away ngl.
The level of precision in imitating R2 is mind blowing.
This lil bird is like a Bumblebee in transformers. So amazing ❣️
“Who’s my sweet Jabby angel?”
Bird: 🤖⚙️📠
Ew
@@yourmotherheaux what
@@shadowingot3578 ruclips.net/video/zp6x2rlnNXA/видео.html
@@yourmotherheaux what on earth
@@shadowingot3578 🥹🤏🏾
I love how birds are just innately capable of musical improvisation
Lol it’s kinda wild really
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.
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.
@@mimi-fk6dp I recognised the aria from Marriage of Figaro (Queen of the Night) by Mozart being 'whistled'.
@@peterwillson878 it’s from magic flute lol but yes
I love the fact it has an American accent as well lol...as a Brit I can tell easily..what an amazing bird ❤
Like my great grandpappy always used to say, "when in doubt, make R2-D2 noises."
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 😊
I hope this was in Europe?
@@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.
@@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.
Omg, my heart would just be full forever if a bird ever called me beautiful in passing!! 😍😅
Their invasive and quite destructive to local us bird populations...
this bird has more proper english speaking skills than most humans i know.
😂ikr
😂
:Dhhaha
chimps you mean ?
Haha h lol for real right
wow this bird is teaching this human to talk.
That R2-D2 is spot on!!!
Starlings are unbelievable,they have endless talents,especially musical/rythm
Starlings are murderous, nuisance pests. They should be killed at every opportunity.
@@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❣
@@tredjesongen
You've obviously never watched a starling kill an entire family of native woodpeckers and take over their home...
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.
@@tredjesongen l
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.
Dude that is hilarious!!!!!!
This is NOT a parrot! These birds do NOT SPEAK!
That's so fricking hilarious. A bird with a snarky sense of humor, too!
@@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.
@@OliveWeitzel Ok but...he's talking about HIS parrot
He is not just adorable-hes amazing !!
When I heard the Starling say;
"Who's my precious?"
I thought he was gonna straight up channel
Gollum from LOTR 💀
This bird is a better sound engineer than I could ever be 😂
:Dhahha
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.
So this is real?
@@songsthatarecatchy no, birds aren't real. Duh
@@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
“Is this forever?”
@@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.
Birds sure love mimicking R2D2. It’s wild how accurate they do it.
That bird actually speaks very natural than most of the narrated shorts here in youtube!
His precise pronunciation of every word is mind-blowing!!! ❤😂
It's fake😂
Turd bird. Lol thats sweet
@@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.
@@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
@@residentJokeBiden "My sweet turd bird", yep!
I love how his neck feathers move when he makes a noise.
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.
@@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.
Exactly right makes it more real so we know for sure the birds doing it’s incredible
@@jeremyluke8022 Their programming is impeccable!
It’s the same for us except we shape our mouths and tongues to create different sounds 👍🏼
When he said "🤖🤖🤖👾👾🤖🤖🤖👾🤖" I knew he was skilled
Smarter than most people.
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!
Do you think the weird metallic noises could be the sounds of dumpster trucks as they go through your neighborhood?
@@anatoliagolden-hall4553 ive heard birds around where I live (probably not starlings) mimic car horns and kids screaming from being outside playing, so probably!!
A starling in my local area mimics “ *beep* please Stand clear vehicle reversing *beep*”
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!
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!
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?
@@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.
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!
The crying like a baby seems incredibly ominous 😅
If I had a pet starling I'd teach em' a bunch of pokemon crys and MH roars
I am so surprised. I didn’t know starlings could talk and mimic sounds. Amazing!
Props to the human who taught him the queen of the night whistle
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.
The same goes for Lyre birds
That's... bizarre
oh yeah you just brought me back! called Life After People (in USA)
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
I've yet to hear one of these make human noise where I'm at! Wish they would, they're everywhere lol
Vietnamese is one thing, but if the trees are full of singing r2d2s, I'm running for my life! 🤣
Me too....😂👍
Just respond in C3-PO and they'll know what's up
@@TTalksVA right,or maybe,they can sing"Wind of Change" Skorpions...i'll will answers"don't worry,be Happy"😂
Lmao i was like when did it speak vietna.... ohhhhh
@@PAKallman sorry,but my first language is german,then english....what do you mean,i don't understand...🤭is that comment for me?🥴
I think that has got to the be coolest bird I've ever heard! I would so love to have the pleasure of taking care of such an amazingly talented bird!
Magic Flute.
The craziest thing to me is how they can mimic our language without lips, and i SCREAMED at the R2D2
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.
They're mimicking sounds...not language...
Sure, but a lot of the sounds in our language are very difficult to make without lips
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.
By Wikipedia
That whistling was honestly pretty impressive on both sides!
I can't whistle in the slightest 💀
Same lol 😭
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.
It was Mozart by the way, the Queen of Night aria
@@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. 😅
@@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.
That is the power of what kind of intelligence GOD plants inside His creation.It’s a sweetheart bird!!
Говорящий скворец, какая лапочка! 😊❤❤❤
My grandad found an injured starling that he nursed back to health. The starling would never leave him after. They are wonderful
How beautiful!!
He did a wonderful humane thing!!
👍🏼♥️🥰
Too bad they’re an invasive species
upvote #700
What do I win?
Oh how I loathe the A**hole who introduced this incredibly destructive invasive species into the USA from Europe. Cool vid but it's still hate these birds although admittedly my distain for them is the result of irresponsible people.
This really has me torn becuase unfortunately here in America these euro starlings are a serious problem. Have witnessed there aggressive pirate like behavior pillaging other birds nests eating their young and even killing the parents with there Deadly razor sharp beaks. On the other hand seeing what they are capable of on the nicer end of their spectrum again just has me torn on what to do with them!? 😢....
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
😂
Birds are evilly smart 😂😂
You are anthropomorphising an animal.
@@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.
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. 😂
The R2D2 was amazing. I rescued a baby starling from a cat. I had to bring it to a bird rescue so I could gurantee it got the proper care. I was very thankful to find a great bird sanctuary in my state and gave them a donation with the baby bird. I remember reading that they can talk when kept in captivity. Very smart birds.
I'd teach this bird to fly from one fast food drive in speaker to another ordering food.
Props to the bird for spreading awareness of classical music - that it's not just for "elites" - - woo for Queen of the Night whistle!
Hit those high notes too
the "elites" in quotes
@@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.
Even WAM would love it!
@@niesson9456 Listening to classical music makes you more intelligent and will boost your IQ level as well !!!
The sudden R2D2 is *chef's kiss*
All I know is that the next Jurassic Park should have talking raptors at this point.
How the freak can a bird sound exactly like a flippin robot from a movie?
Not only is the mimicry flawless, the neck feathers work as a visualizer.
Ain't God cool!?
@@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".
@@TheSd1cko You are into some intense drug, and I want some of what you taking.
@@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 ☺
@@triggerhappydad65 nah.
The R2D2 is just INCREDIBLE. Especially how it was not encouraged. The bird was just like “Say that again?! Naw check this out.”
It’s obviously fake wtf
@@idiotentalk346 damn, I didn’t know
👌
It's real lmao
@@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
So smart so clever so adorable 🥰 ❤❤❤❤
The bird amazed me
That R2D2 impression really knocked my socks off.
Oh,, scrolling down I see that just about all the comments are about R2D2,
Same wtf
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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.
... ♥️ ...
Amazing!❤
This is a gorgeous memory. Thank you for sharing it 🕊️🥰
I love this🤗💜
This is precious ❤
A remarkable amount of the bird's brain must be dedicated to hearing and mimicry... it is incredible how fast and how well this bird was able to hear, process and repeat the melody of the tune whistled.
I know this is such a cute starling angel but some starlings used to raid other bird nests
My God I have never heard anything like this before. I am impressed! That bird sounds just like her. And the R2D2 is perfect!
**Whispers** "We're gonna evolve, get bigger, smarter and eat every last human being on this planet"
I didn't know they were so smart and talkative! Like them a lot❤😅
The starling just imitates sounds, doesn't speak unlike grey parrots
The ability of the bird to make those electronic R2D2 noises is just.. I can't wrap my head around how it can do that!! lol amazing little birdy!
the R2D2 sounds are a lot easier for it than the human voice, as those are in its main vocal register.
Here we go again ...
Can you let your f***** god out of something for one second ?
@drew michael this thing also wipes out other bird species by the way it's gotten so bad that our countries have decided if we find one to kill it
@drew michael a shame really if it wasn't so violent I have it nearby other birds they would become friends
Wow R2-D2 that really blows my mind !
My jaw literally dropped at the R2-D2 sounds, that’s on another level
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.
Sounds like an Australian Magpie.
Muy digital ese sonido..
That's what I'm saying. And some of the statememts came from the bird FIRST !?? 🤷🏼♀️😯
Not the part where it was speaking English?
Idk what's more insane. This or the Australian Lyre
It's trippy to see them talk
My mind just cannot process how birds mimic human voices so accurately. Nothing short of magic
And droid voices.
I'm just amazed it can pronounce "j" and "s" sounds without having lips.
@@_Just_Another_Guy So can you...
@@_Just_Another_Guy those are both non labial sounds?? And relevant sound would be be b,m,p,w,f,v
@@_Just_Another_Guy lips don’t have to touch to make a J and S sound
Our daughters had colds and our starlings learned to cough and sneeze and were every bit as spot on with the sounds as your starling shows. They are indeed amazing mimics! Thank you for a really fun video!
That sounds adorably funny! 🥰🥰🥰
My African grey mimics coughing and sneezing too
This is absolutely AWESOME
Bird speaks, enunciates better than alot of people and when the bird did a picture perfect R2-D2 I was blown away.
Yes it’s astonishing how so many people cannot speak correctly
Those are actually natural sounds for starlings. Cowbirds are even more mechanical. I call them jack-in-the-box birds
Its pitch perfect
even he whisteling without open his mouth