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One particularly early, groggy morning I was walking into work and there were a few crows pecking around the grass by the sidewalk. Lost in my thoughts I hear a
by Damorian 6y ago
One particularly early, groggy morning I was walking into work and there were a few crows pecking around the grass by the sidewalk. Lost in my thoughts I hear a raspy old man say, "good morning". I look around and don't see anyone, then I look at one of the crows and it looks me right in the eye and repeats, "good morning". I doubted my sanity for a few days before confiding in my wife what happened and was surprised and very much relieved when I learned crows could talk.
I didn't read the article or have anything to add, I just wanted to share this.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoA whale 'speaking'. Perhaps whales are a kind of crow. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/oct/23/talking-whale-named-noc-revealed https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/oct/23/talking-...
- EvanAnderson 6y agoThere is an American crow at a local wildlife rescue that will periodically say "American crow." I feel fortunate that I got to make a recording of it.
- crehn 6y agoSo you're just going to mention the recording without sharing it?
- EvanAnderson 6y agoHeh heh... Was going to bed. Now that I've had some time to dig it out, here it is: https://drive.google.com/file/d/109wzdIsVW7hZwX1-8M3IioUMr49jWxqb/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/109wzdIsVW7hZwX1-8M3IioUMr49... That's one of the American crows at Brukner Nature Center, Troy, OH US in 2019.
- rtkaratekid 6y agoThat sounds like the start to a horror story! I’d be terrified if that happened to me.
- jungans 6y agoI'll just leave this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ISE6R_-b3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ISE6R_-b3A
- bagels 6y agoA less vulgar bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfsnHVaScjg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfsnHVaScjg
- warent 6y agoI'm so blown away by the clarity of speech! After hearing him talk like that, hearing the normal bird noises almost sounds strange, like a human mimicking a bird, or like he's gotten impatient and wants us to understand his native language.
- oooooooooooow 6y agoOr maybe he decided, out of desperation, to drop the circus act for a second and try to beg the human to get that leash off of him.
- Hamuko 6y agoI doubt the bird is that desperate considering it's being constantly fed.
- axaxs 6y agoIf you haven't watched it already, you should check out 'Dancing With The Birds' on Netflix. Maybe I'm biased being a huge bird lover, but man that movie left me in awe. This scene in particular... https://youtu.be/Eg0iSIHIK34 https://youtu.be/Eg0iSIHIK34
- sensanaty 6y agoOn a slight tangent, but is it just me or is this video weirdly HD for 1080p on Youtube? It's incredibly crisp
- mcswell 6y agoSo can ravens, but all they know how to say is "Nevermore."
- bigiain 6y agoQuoth the Raven, "Eat my shorts!"
- taneq 6y agoQuoth the raven, "mornin' bud".
- soonoutoftime 6y agoWow. I thought this was a joke or tv show reference, and wondered why it wasn't downvoted like most jokes on YT. Then I saw the videos.