Just saw some of this on a great program about birdsong (and why they sing) on BBC4. It may be possible that some birds, zebra finches for example, actually sing for pleasure (as well as the more obvious reasons such as mating and fending off rivals).
Aaa haaaa haa! I saw the Guardian Article showing how this was done, so glad to find this video of different examples! Laughing so hard! It's also funny to hear them sing at normal speed... they just sound like silly humans!
I was wondering if you could help, someone did an experiment a few years ago where they did the same as you have done but they played in back to birds and it really freaked them..
It's been bugging me for months as I can't seem to find the article on it again!
I love this. Thanks so much for sharing.
moedigs 1 month ago
Fooled my cats.
DavidGaluska 2 months ago
Fascinating stuff. Just goes to show that in nature, speech is all relative.
RedBryn 5 months ago
I love the old pheasant guy at the end!
sjbrightwell 1 year ago
wow that's awesome!
linodila 1 year ago
Just saw some of this on a great program about birdsong (and why they sing) on BBC4. It may be possible that some birds, zebra finches for example, actually sing for pleasure (as well as the more obvious reasons such as mating and fending off rivals).
dannyspangle 1 year ago
I saw at Espai 13 - the Foundation Miro in Barcelona. I loved it! But could not explain what I saw - glad i found this. :-)
parisj3taime 1 year ago
Aaa haaaa haa! I saw the Guardian Article showing how this was done, so glad to find this video of different examples! Laughing so hard! It's also funny to hear them sing at normal speed... they just sound like silly humans!
DoctorNociceptor 1 year ago
Hey there,
I was wondering if you could help, someone did an experiment a few years ago where they did the same as you have done but they played in back to birds and it really freaked them..
It's been bugging me for months as I can't seem to find the article on it again!
Have you heard of anyone else doing this?
Thanks
emeliUK 1 year ago
not really funny, because much too obvious...
Fabricium123 1 year ago
wonderful!
annprincelover 1 year ago
heard about this on Jarvis Cocker's sunday service
Oscar301 1 year ago
Fantastic :)
keefchap 1 year ago