Starling's Stunning Skills with Sound || ViralHog

Occurred on June 4, 2021 / Newark, Ohio, USA

Jabber is a 4-year-old human imprinted European Starling. Starlings are eerie mimics of human speech, as well as other sounds.

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[Jimera]

The R2-D2 noises really caught me off guard the first time I saw this. I find it amusing how she keeps trying to prompt specific responses from the bird but half the time it responds with something completely random instead. Cute little feathery brat.

[PhoenixPrime]

I have NEVER heard a bird mimic R2-D2 like that. That's INCREDIBLE!!!

[hellodoggo]

Imagine hearing this in the middle of a forest 🤣 the bird's like a recorder!

[damagedvixen]

I knew they could talk, but I didn’t know they could talk THAT well.

[bepsi]

“Who’s my precious-“ *R2D2 noises intensify*

[NewTypeDilemma]

Friend: "Don't be ridiculous. Birds are organic beings, not government drones."
Bird (government drone): 0:33

[raydunakin]

Oh my gosh, this is so adorable! And he imitated R2D2 as well!

[karendettman]

My starlings would copy the sound the toilet made. I thought my little grandson was needlessly flushing.

[alimohammedabd]

R2D2 was absolutely spot on. Beautiful bird.

[JustMitchyNo.]

I love how it perfectly nails the R2-D2 sound but can't quite mimic the song 😂 absolutely amazing! And now I finally realise why I was always told I wasn't allowed parrots or birds that mimic. If I had one we'd just say star wars quotes to eachother all day long 🤷‍♂️

[dclaet]

I had one as a pet years ago. My cat was about to eat him on my porch. He was just a tiny baby, practically no feathers. I had feed him a very specialized diet and he thrived. He had many phrases that he loved to repeat, and would give my mother the wolf whistle when she bent over to load the dishwasher, lol. He could even whistle the French National Anthem. I named him Mr. Longnecker, as his neck would stretch out so long during feeding time as a baby. He was the smartest, tamest bird that I ever had and lived to be over 10 years old.

[DepecheGuy]

I love how cute and scary is this, at the same time.

[Voxen]

0:19 woman: slightly changes sentence
bird: who's my precious-- *confused robot noises*

[GnosticAtheist]

And this is why some birds have been used as evidence in a court of law.

[dstill]

I keep coming back to this and it still blows my mind.

I’ve got a family of starlings living in my roof and I’m trying to train them to say things.

[sonailee]

something about "whos my sweet jabby angel" lives in my mind rent free 24/7 like the ringneck parakeet with the "thank you baby! you be a good baby! OH MY GOODNESS!" god i love birds

[RC-bvpz]

I love how digital this bird sounds (and to a small extent, looks)

[amberkatanimations]

It's so eerie hearing the almost-human speech coming from a bird. It sounds almost like an ai trying to talk but not quite getting it, landing the sounds of this bird DEEP into the uncanny valley, but still somehow beautiful to listen to.

[agquad]

While I find the actual mimicking to be amazing enough on its own, what I'm most interested in, especially after hearing that R2-D2, is how it is able to store those specific sound patterns so accurately in its memory! I mean, the bird managed to reproduce a very specific series of chirps and beeps, as well as capture the metallic quality of the sound! I guess birds evolved to detect and reproduce patterns of sounds as perfectly as possible, but it's still so stunning!

[Pumpkin_Lie]

Imagine walking in the woods alone, and the next thing you hear is R2-D2.