Bird Feathers "Sing"

[N2TYK]

WOLF @Bloomberg + @CNN the freakin free birds are better than the fucked up locked once

[JLuvie123]

Omg at least let us listen to the bird better

[JackHyaku]

@JLuvie123 I can hear the Manakin perfectly fine. We're not looking at it's beak in this video, as the title inscribed "Bird Feathers Sing"

[codeagent47]

hahaha horny bird.

[shanil789]

nature is beautiful

birds singing

plants asexual, sexual reproduction

insects

animals

everything looks so, complicated and beautiful if you discover it for the first time

asexual

[ToffeeChips19]

Birds are amazing! 

[Kisebara]

sounds like a boat horn when slowed down.

[WhiteAndBlueCrown]

thats awesome :P

[AustinxRodriguez]

Thats cool as fuhk

[wildlife011803]

at 1st i thought that bird just farted XD

[ChloeSanctuary]

Birds never cease to amaze me.

[yutzwagon2]

it's one hell of a dancer too.

[TielProductions]

It was kind of cute right after the narrator said "...more studies should be done..:

The manakin made the sound with it's wings in confirmation :)

[TielProductions]

BEEP BEEP!

The new era in annoying noises..:P

It's cute, but if your little brother makes you watch it every hour 24/7(like me) It gets pretty annoying.

[yoco90]

Nature rules!

[meetredmeat]

It's so cute! I want one! :D

[jerramy]

I would love to know how they vibrate their wings that fast! Are they using their muscles and nerves? It's truly amazing! I'm afraid that for Scientists to "study" how these birds work they will have to put them in cages to live out their lives in labratories, stuck all over with electrodes, or dissected, then their little carcasses stuffed and put into the Smithsonian Institute labelled "New Rare Species".

[fornax519]

@jerramy You would be surprised by how we scientists 'study' birds these days. We hardly want to see them in cages and definitely are not in the business of killing them.

[jerramy]

We are still discovering new unique species deep in forests that are fast being logged and destroyed.  How many amazing animals (and plants) have we lost without ever having known of their unique existance?

[M0onBeauty]

That's very good idea for my presentation. I want to use this video but I wish I can see a video with the singing bird only without that woman voice. ANY ONE KNOW HOW?

[patto2k]

can it play other pitches

[jesterosin]

Too cool

[tuckerdudetv]

that little bird is cute!

[BigTymerPimp]

R2-D2 must be behind the bird.

[vonijoe]

That little dinosaur is very talented.

[34muggsy34]

I love that comment!!!!

[demoniclordwizard]

@vonijoe Only a complete retard would think birds are evolved dinosaurs , ROTFLMFAO. In the future , the scientists themselves will refute this claim , I hope then you will remember this comment and remember what a gullible mongoloid you are.

[domnas]

@demoniclordwizard

Really? I suppose they are descended from wizards?

[WhiteAndBlueCrown]

@demoniclordwizard who knows maybe they were i just know two things im not retarded and your not god ....

[tevans714]

@vonijoe lol :)

[krrrruptidsoless]

It is actually picking up signals from space and reflecting it using a new technology only found in this species of bird. Fascinating.

[DjColvin1]

i rode an article today which concludes Manakin birds now i checked Utube and holy crap i found an video of this crazy birds cO

[alleison]

looks like it farted

[CassiRox28]

with there wings? that is so cool.

[earthalien77]

***Another piece of the 'intelligent design' puzzle...fits in perfectly! So cool.

[restlesspride666]

holy crap that is amazing!

[ohshitmanda]

LOL

the bird looks funneh.

this made meh laugh :PP

[BrooklynFilmLover]

That bird is a robot

[chakazul]

WTF... the ad shown under my video is some product of edible bird nest.... X( what a sarcasm

[cannoir]

that bird was actually singing one of those Lady Gaga songs .

[DAiBEEZiE]

reaally?! Which one?

[ShadowedWilds]

i'm proud to go to cornell

[651Bo1]

LOL! awsome

[Bear5177]

Wow! Cool!

[RantingTrent]

Fascinating

[punkhayhay88]

well when it opens its wings it bends over...so how do we know its not just farting??

[muffinsforkanami]

that is so out there. crazy..amazing

[jpsilli]

This is nothing new!!! Have a look at Gallinago gallinago -species...

[Kratosmustdie]

Singing? That's what it wants you to think.........It's actually mooning the world when he does that....

[Drenn23]

Man, I love birds

[memerox09]

again CUTEEEEE

[wellgtsil]

w.t.f.!!!!

Man, couldn't it just sing like the others?

Why the fuck with the feathers?

[TheKv87]

thats really neat!!!!

[rockawearbadboy]

that's od...even slowed down its still too fast to see

[latias2latios]

Holy shit... Wow thats amazing.

[jiggly229]

Fuck you. ;)

[theronstance]

how cool is that!

[MarjieGirl33]

thats kinda cool how the birds can use their wings to produce sound

[Apathygrrl]

CUTE!!

[oceandrivejr]

Incredible!!

[toppenn]

Wow.... It's so amazing..!!

[AppA]

When in slo-mo the bird looks like it farts hard.

[dalihendrix]

handsome guy

[Aznkhangsta]

my plasma TV only has 850 hertz but that is amazing 1500 hertz?

[Akillian1]

whoah thats so cool

[MissSexyLilAngel]

LOL birdies

[JOELchannel7]

awesome!

[OceanFoam]

NATURE IS SO COOL

[0nePrincess]

wow

[ironman711]

take that humming birds! :P haha!

[mavaddat]

At 0:25 the narrator says bird vibrates its wings at more than 100 cycles per second (100Hz), but then at 0:37, she says the feathers vibrate at 1500Hz.

How is this possible?

How can the wings vibrate so "slowly" (100Hz) but create such a high pitch sound (1500Hz)?

[psyckojoe]

prob has something to do with the feathers' stabiliy or lack of it. when you jump into the water, you dont get a 1Hz sound either (<-what a bad formulation). theres probably a lot of factors that youll have to include.

[mavaddat]

Actually, there's lots of sound when you jump in water... but I'm not sure what that has to do with anything.

At this point, I'm assuming it's because of the the distance from the wing base to the feather tips. It's like waving a bamboo: You can get a high pitch sound if you shake the stick at the base.

[psyckojoe]

thats pretty much where i was getting at, but i chose to play it safe to avoid people like jlambertstl.

about the water thing, i dont even know how i made a connexion between those two... see, i have the swine flu, so my brain is severely fucked up at the moment...

[chuckymobb]

u've got swine flu?

omg.hope u get better soon.=)

[psyckojoe]

thanks^^

im getting at it :P ive had it for like 5 days and im feeling better. itll be gone by tomorrow i think :)

[chuckymobb]

i've been in hosp for dengue fever..

n it sucks just laying there with nothing to do..

hope u get out of hosp soon.!=)

[psyckojoe]

actually, i just said fuck the hospital and stayed home...

did manage to spread the plague before the symptoms showed, so i feel kinda bad... shouldve checked or taken teh vaccine when my brother had it.

[jlambertstl]

Yes, note "more than" 100Hz. 1500Hz IS more than 100Hz.

[mavaddat]

@jlambertstl, wow, true. I assume you're a physics professor?

[jlambertstl]

Haha Yeah, that's pretty high level stuff there.

[mavaddat]

No, sorry... I was being sarcastic. Your answer was, in fact, completely inane.

No professional narrator (much less a narrator for a science show) would arbitrarily say "more than 100Hz" when they meant upwards of 1500Hz.

Nice try though.

[jlambertstl]

Yes, and I don't actually think that it's "high level stuff." That was also sarcasm.

[jlambertstl]

The confusion seems to come from the fact that feathers vibrating (1500Hz) is not the same as a wing cycle. A cycle is one flap up and one flap down. The feathers vibrate throughout each cycle, which 100 times per second.

[fauxman]

f# for those who are curious

[Green4321]

I have a profound respect for researchers who discover facts like this!

[deathtoy101]

@Green4321 you mean you should respect God who design this???

[vonijoe]

@Green4321 Likewise.

[zomgitsangie]

it's adorable (: i want to squeeze it

[superextremelaser]

extremely awesome

[dianaincanada]

that's crazy!

[MadamFoogie]

What about pigeons?

[desertdumitran]

sweet

[2001ALS2008]

a birds wings faster than a hummingbird!?

WICKED!

[beardeddragon95]

bep BEEP! lol

[simusingh12345]

so damn cool!

[sobernmagaly]

Beutifull, Just Beautifull!

[DAiBEEZiE]

Thats fucken Dope.

[bluebird1494]

cool! :D

[TaxEvasion]

that is incredible. females must be attracted to the male that can produce the loudest vibrations.  but what kind of evolutionary pressures would make such behavior valued by this species? awesome stuff.

[fezan84]

dayyymmmm!

[Heartshapedbox0888]

that's quite something.

[SpaceMountain]

it looks like its farting

[vdubmerc3]

man that is really cool. I wonder how that feature developed over time.

[overlordzexes]

COOL!

[khaoticwarchild]

wow thats cool

[Deagra940]

wierd but kool

[ed3396296]

thats what my brother sounds like

[KarraTasi]

I wish I had wings too ^.^

[gilraen789]

Wow! I learned something totally new today.

[mmdghr]

wow

[JRONII]

I wonder how many species use frequencies that we can not hear

[Deagra940]

thats true huh what if the sound waves are just wizzing by our heads all the time and we r just oblivious.

[xoxninaxox20]

amazing...

[17darsh]

so cute

[RgZspotA]

I bet that lil cute birds carries gnarly disease.

[catzcool2323]

It's so cute!

[chordsandcolour]

wow. that's really interesting.

[PARADOGGZz]

hahahahaha

[shigal07]

i want 1 for christmas XD

[KrazyRawb]

Thats cool hahaha

[GuppyPal]

damn! That's one helluva vibrator!

[TheTrueMetal9]

wow that thing is somwhat realated to insects

[ProtagonistNonTheist]

Thats so cool.

[FatGuyWithAKatana]

sounds like a fog horn in slo mo.

[FalconfromRF]

Very beautiful bird.

[ObsessedXP]

Omg.. So.. tasty...

OH WAIT.

I MEAN BEAUTIFUL...

Aww its so adorable xD

[wolnylopez]

Have you try to watch the movie from NG list called "The messiah before Jesus?"? I think there's a kind of censorship....

[josehernandez16]

cool.

[7go8]

wow

gg nature

[aboodmatar]

Beutiful Bird

[BellowingBeaver]

gnarly!

[tina33ful]

good film

[danichaos666]

that is so cool

[mohammedsiksek22]

nice

[KR69JS]

xD I love how mother nature has to keep giving humanity, and our need to classify and 'know' everything, a big middle finger.

[anamarie8]

haha. but in a nice way, : )

could not agree MORE

[MegaPMetal]

i'd rather call it noise making than singing

[BrellK]

Well the definition of "noise" is based on opinion so while we all disagree, your point is valid :D

[BigBrotherMateyka]

Nature never ceases to amaze me with something new. Just when you thought science covered it all. :)

[MtnGirl26]

Manakins are some of the most unique little birds in the world.

[WildlifeDen]

Thats really cool.

Nature can do some miraculous things

[kyuteh]

cool!

[MidwestMex]

impressive little fucker

[djdecker543]

sooo cool!!!sooo awesome!!!i want that bird!!

[Kaico01]

Damn, they must fly like a lightning

[playmate659]

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[0729051]

wow! impressive.. imagine the muscle use

[etac12]

Nature is wonderful in all its nuances

[Computersam]

Fantastic!!!

[pikachu3120]

love it , great

[Jonkata89]

this bird can slap u like 1000 times in a minute lol

[Nicholas4174]

we get to this rare birds now but if humans continuous to pollute the world and destroy primary jungles ......THINK AGAIN......

[tinyraskalG]

need more birds like this in my neighborhood. tired of crows -_-

[freeeelibyan]

me too i have this crow over my roof top for over a year now and he is driving me crazy .i tried to shoot but he is very smart

[cookiehead2]

Wow, I'm impressed.

[samuraispacemonkey]

Very cool! NatGeo is the best!

[kid1992monkey]

cool

[w1949]

Great instruction and Education to know .

Thank you for sharing .

Tom

[MarianaOsorioSilva]

Awesom! :)

I love it :)

[netsoj]

wow cool

[trkempton]

cool....oh ya and FIRSTto spell first in all caps

[jobapi01]

Wow this is cool!

[Skandar0007]

Awesome

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