it is commonly known ( among birders) that crows can "speak" far more words and phases than any other bird (yes more than Parrots). You don't see it much because they don't live very well in captivity, and for complex words they must have their tongue split (ouch!).
@mx568 The slipping of crow tongues to talk is actually an urban legend. Crows don't use their tongue to vocalize like parrots do, but rather manipulate the sound in the throat via the voice box. They can speak perfectly fine without mutilation. 83
this crow might be trying to produce sound "hello", but is not greeting anyone. he doesn't know what that means! imagine you're in a foreign country and someone is saying something to you - you're trying to repeat but you don't know what and why you are saying
I have no problem believing this video--corvids (crows, ravens, jays, and magpies) are great mimics and learn to talk in captivity. My neighbor and I saw and heard a wild crow say "hello" also.
They would not pick on an animal that wasn't already sick. They basically are carrion birds; they eat dead things. Occasionally they will snatch baby birds from nests, and that sucks, but they don't attack healthy animals for the hell of it.
yes they do! you ignorant twat. when a sheep is lambing and cant get up, they peck their eyes out and start eating round their arse. and new born lambs also get eaten. you shouldnt comment on what you obviously know fuck all about. good bye!
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This is a typical example of a layperson anthropomorphosising this wonderfully intelligent bird. It sounded nothing like 'hello'. Forgive my candour, but you are a fool for thinking so and for projecting your mind onto that of the bird.You obviously have no experience of prolonged contact with such birds, for if you had you would know that this is just one of its many various calls. I put it down to a 'moment of marvel' from which you cannot, sadly, extricate yourself from your own specious ego.
That's your opinion, but you cannot prove it. It is a mere argument by assertion. Numerous people have agreed that crows do imitate human speech, and I don't know who you think you are to refute this view without more concrete arguments.
Well, their speech abilities aren't as well documented as parrots. One thing is for sure though; when they DO speaking, they can sound human to an extent that is downright creepy.
No, this is definitely "hello." See other videos of talking crows, starlings and ravens. I agree, this crow was probably in captivity for part or most of its life.
What you hear as "hello" may be (with all due respect) you brain wanting to hear just that. A friend of mine has been feeding + photographing Hooded Crows in Berlin (where there are ca. 2000 of them) for years, and that "purring" is one of their many sounds. Seems to be a generic "Hi there" they make when they recognize/like someone (they do remember people :). So he seems to express sympathy, but I do not think he is imitating your daughter in a parrot-like fashion. Anyway: Amazing birds.
Nope, "Hello" isn't at all a natural call of a crow. Wild birds, including starlings and crows imitate sounds around them. There's plenty of humans walking by and he adopted that word.
dear middleofnowhere101. I am afraid you are wrong to dismiss this bird talking. if you go to Knaresborough ravens video on you tube you will see what members of the crow family are capable of. Three of our six ravens use human speech and I can assure you it is not my brain wanting them to talk they do.
It's possible it could have escaped from captivity as it seems very tame around humans. In studying them myself I've always found the "hoodies" to be considerably less sociable than say rooks or jackdaws.
Nevertheless an excellent video. Thanks for sharing. =)
Don't know about rooks, but corvus cornix are *very* sociable (see comment above). My friend is feeding them, and they literally talk to her, come very close (20 cm), call their buddies when she has peanuts for them etc. There are obvious hierarchies, small "gangs" of four that stick together all summer long; aggressive, friendly, curious, shy birds ... I have been watching this for years, and they are fascinating.
i have a hooded crow its about 3 months old i place it in a parrots cage and i feed it every day some mince it doesnt scare with me and it no want to escape from my house.any ideas for training?it understeant the<<come here>>and likes to touch the head the chest and the space under the wings
I envy you, I always wanted a crow. I hope someone with experience will give you more detail, but one thing I know, that intelligent birds like company.
Great video usenetposts! Thanks for directing me to it =) Corvids are amazing creatures! I think we always tend to underestimate animals, so its great when we can share moments like these with them
The ability (if not the inclination) to imitate is thought to be possessed by all corvids.. so if you think you hear a jay or a crow talking to you, you may just be right.
There are dozens of crows everywhere where I am, and they tend to mimic the sound of traffic alot. It's freakily accurate. Sometimes I actually think there's a car coming.
I've seen a caged raven in London zoo talk and say a huge repertoire of words, and of course parrots and mynahs which are tame or caged and forced to interact with humans regularly do so, but this was a wild bird. I see a lot of this species, and even this morning I tried to repeat the experiment with another wild one by my office, but it had no interest at all in reacting to me, and barely even looked at me.
I didn't know this species actually mimicked, as I never saw one trying to do this before. In the main they give humans quite a wide berth other than the fact they live in cities. At 1:03 it gives its best shot at "hello".
it is commonly known ( among birders) that crows can "speak" far more words and phases than any other bird (yes more than Parrots). You don't see it much because they don't live very well in captivity, and for complex words they must have their tongue split (ouch!).
mx568 1 year ago
@mx568 I can well understand it. I'm learning Czech, and if I say "Strc prst krz krk" I feel like someone's split my tongue too.
usenetposts 1 year ago
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@mx568 It is well known that this is not true.
natemrice 1 year ago
@mx568 The slipping of crow tongues to talk is actually an urban legend. Crows don't use their tongue to vocalize like parrots do, but rather manipulate the sound in the throat via the voice box. They can speak perfectly fine without mutilation. 83
Raditzwyvern 1 month ago
I love these birds so much but yeah. Even if they can mimic human speach its pretty limited.
RedMalice25 1 year ago
My brother used to have a pet crow that said, "Hello and Play ball!" This one could have been someone's escaped pet.
erra404 2 years ago
fascinating :)
Jernespand 2 years ago
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Hello sound my arse!....The only sound you would hear is THWACK if i had my way.....My AIR ARMS would take good care of him!
JODIMAR45 2 years ago
this crow might be trying to produce sound "hello", but is not greeting anyone. he doesn't know what that means! imagine you're in a foreign country and someone is saying something to you - you're trying to repeat but you don't know what and why you are saying
anyway, great documentation of corvids mimics :)
Bernikla 2 years ago
I have no problem believing this video--corvids (crows, ravens, jays, and magpies) are great mimics and learn to talk in captivity. My neighbor and I saw and heard a wild crow say "hello" also.
scrubjay93 2 years ago
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all these horrible bloody hoodie crows should be shot with a ball of their own dung. even if they speak fluently
rockscoop 2 years ago
You suck.
euromerc 2 years ago
you should see what they do to sheep and lambs.... horrid bastards! peck out there eyes first so they cant see, then eat them alive
rockscoop 2 years ago
They would not pick on an animal that wasn't already sick. They basically are carrion birds; they eat dead things. Occasionally they will snatch baby birds from nests, and that sucks, but they don't attack healthy animals for the hell of it.
euromerc 2 years ago
yes they do! you ignorant twat. when a sheep is lambing and cant get up, they peck their eyes out and start eating round their arse. and new born lambs also get eaten. you shouldnt comment on what you obviously know fuck all about. good bye!
rockscoop 2 years ago
I'll look into that. I don't want to be uneducated.
euromerc 2 years ago
You know, there's plenty of crow-hunting videos for you to visit, instead of parking your sorry-ass here and being negative.
euromerc 2 years ago 5
i like this one *****
031doolittle 2 years ago
get a livestock guardian dog
scrubjay93 2 years ago
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This is a typical example of a layperson anthropomorphosising this wonderfully intelligent bird. It sounded nothing like 'hello'. Forgive my candour, but you are a fool for thinking so and for projecting your mind onto that of the bird.You obviously have no experience of prolonged contact with such birds, for if you had you would know that this is just one of its many various calls. I put it down to a 'moment of marvel' from which you cannot, sadly, extricate yourself from your own specious ego.
weemikey70 3 years ago
That's your opinion, but you cannot prove it. It is a mere argument by assertion. Numerous people have agreed that crows do imitate human speech, and I don't know who you think you are to refute this view without more concrete arguments.
usenetposts 3 years ago 3
This crow may well be trying to imitate him, but it's impossible to tell.
FWIW tame crows are able to learn to speak, but they're not able to learn as big vocabularies as parrots.
ruzaruzaruza 2 years ago
Well, their speech abilities aren't as well documented as parrots. One thing is for sure though; when they DO speaking, they can sound human to an extent that is downright creepy.
BitVyper 2 years ago 7
I have prolonged contact with crows, and ravens, and they do talk, and this one is saying "hello". See my videos.
euromerc 2 years ago
That is cool. I kinda wish I could see it in person.
fogdragon23 3 years ago
No, this is definitely "hello." See other videos of talking crows, starlings and ravens. I agree, this crow was probably in captivity for part or most of its life.
MDKE114 3 years ago
What you hear as "hello" may be (with all due respect) you brain wanting to hear just that. A friend of mine has been feeding + photographing Hooded Crows in Berlin (where there are ca. 2000 of them) for years, and that "purring" is one of their many sounds. Seems to be a generic "Hi there" they make when they recognize/like someone (they do remember people :). So he seems to express sympathy, but I do not think he is imitating your daughter in a parrot-like fashion. Anyway: Amazing birds.
MiddleOfNowhere101 4 years ago
dude, your so wrong.
raymisty 3 years ago
prove it
MADMANIACMUHAHA 3 years ago
Nope, "Hello" isn't at all a natural call of a crow. Wild birds, including starlings and crows imitate sounds around them. There's plenty of humans walking by and he adopted that word.
dingoprairie 3 years ago 3
dear middleofnowhere101. I am afraid you are wrong to dismiss this bird talking. if you go to Knaresborough ravens video on you tube you will see what members of the crow family are capable of. Three of our six ravens use human speech and I can assure you it is not my brain wanting them to talk they do.
ravenelf2000 3 years ago
It's possible it could have escaped from captivity as it seems very tame around humans. In studying them myself I've always found the "hoodies" to be considerably less sociable than say rooks or jackdaws.
Nevertheless an excellent video. Thanks for sharing. =)
Manceinion 4 years ago
It is possible, but only licensed zoos are able, under Polish law, to retain native species in captivity.
usenetposts 4 years ago
Don't know about rooks, but corvus cornix are *very* sociable (see comment above). My friend is feeding them, and they literally talk to her, come very close (20 cm), call their buddies when she has peanuts for them etc. There are obvious hierarchies, small "gangs" of four that stick together all summer long; aggressive, friendly, curious, shy birds ... I have been watching this for years, and they are fascinating.
MiddleOfNowhere101 4 years ago
i have a hooded crow its about 3 months old i place it in a parrots cage and i feed it every day some mince it doesnt scare with me and it no want to escape from my house.any ideas for training?it understeant the<<come here>>and likes to touch the head the chest and the space under the wings
SAXGR25 4 years ago
I envy you, I always wanted a crow. I hope someone with experience will give you more detail, but one thing I know, that intelligent birds like company.
usenetposts 4 years ago
birdy num num
lordmoggy 4 years ago
Great video usenetposts! Thanks for directing me to it =) Corvids are amazing creatures! I think we always tend to underestimate animals, so its great when we can share moments like these with them
TheRavenOfPoe 4 years ago
100%. I have always liked corvids as particular favorites among birds because of their intelligent nature.
usenetposts 4 years ago
The ability (if not the inclination) to imitate is thought to be possessed by all corvids.. so if you think you hear a jay or a crow talking to you, you may just be right.
LandHawkJr 4 years ago
I was well "choughed" to have this corvid conversation, I can tell you!
usenetposts 4 years ago
You're as mad as me! I said that when I saw my first pair of Choughs. =D
Manceinion 4 years ago
I haven't seen any choughs in Warsaw. I'd be well chuffed if I did, though...
usenetposts 3 years ago
There are dozens of crows everywhere where I am, and they tend to mimic the sound of traffic alot. It's freakily accurate. Sometimes I actually think there's a car coming.
SadinaSaphrite 4 years ago
Heheehe... you guys are crazy. Talking to birds!
bunnycatch3r 4 years ago
It's all part of life's rich parrot, er pageant.
usenetposts 4 years ago
My wild birds don't talk, but they really squack if I don't have their peanuts outside by 8am!
ennui406 4 years ago
there was a caged crow at our zoo that said "hello charlie".i thought i was losing it, but it definately was the crow talking. (his name was charlie)
ennui406 5 years ago
I've seen a caged raven in London zoo talk and say a huge repertoire of words, and of course parrots and mynahs which are tame or caged and forced to interact with humans regularly do so, but this was a wild bird. I see a lot of this species, and even this morning I tried to repeat the experiment with another wild one by my office, but it had no interest at all in reacting to me, and barely even looked at me.
usenetposts 4 years ago
I talk to the crows that come itno my yard.. Not to get them to say 'Hello' .. but that I try to speak 'crow' lingo.
I like birds.
*sheri*
kennewicksheri 5 years ago
I didn't know this species actually mimicked, as I never saw one trying to do this before. In the main they give humans quite a wide berth other than the fact they live in cities. At 1:03 it gives its best shot at "hello".
usenetposts 5 years ago