Pet European Starling Talking

Alexa, play violin music - here's a station, for violin music.
I'm sorry. Sorry.
Alexa, stop.

[@xientau9028]

You think its cute now, but just you wait until he learns to say "Alexa, buy birdseed". ;)

[@kennedysouza1939]

LoL

[@sherrieoneillthompson7061]

Or the more expensive mealworms!

[@unleasheth]

Dat 'Lexa order 4 female starlings, overnight shipping.....

[@TomBot22]

My Alexa came on while I was watching and started playing 'violin music as requested' !!!

[@huntermiller2845]

Or pulled pork

[@Kiribbean]

I love how the Alexa voice even has the electronic/robotic tones in it. I actually didn't know starlings could have such metallic cries!

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

me to, vary suppressing. if it's all imitative where do bird songs come from?

[@ThomasSawyers]

Probably because there's no such thing as metallic cries lol... it's frequencies, nothing fancy

[@Kiribbean]

@@ThomasSawyers Their bodies need the correct physical composition to produce these noises AND they have to practice, I'd say that's pretty fancy! :P And by "metallic" I mean it as a descriptive adjective, not that it's literally made of metal lol

[@joostdriesens3984]

I think back to the olden computer days at the dawn of pc's the metallic/computer voice have to do with the ability of mixing noise into the sound. So pure frequencies will give you tones/whistles, but mixing noise into it, you can create 'voices'. That's how the primitive sound chips did it, and I think the birds do a variation of it. :-)

[@Kiribbean]

@@joostdriesens3984 step aside, chiptune, we got BIRDTUNE technology!

[@krunkle5136]

These animals are literal living audio editors.

[@_________-__________-_______]

Cassette tapes

[@SturgGaeming]

@@_________-__________-_______ Are you implying cassette tapes are alive?

[@stellyb1035]

Samplers

[@sausagepeels428]

Fairlight CMI

[@_bubblefart_]

meh I can do better

[@55robloxmaster]

That's an impressive Alexa impression.

[@flower713]

Immage if in automated alexa's house this starling remain alone...

[@palebluedot7435]

Omg i thought that was Alexa Impressive

[@obamajoker7166]

I like how the part of the sentence where the starling says ''violin'' is distorted

[@cursetea49]

i thought it was it replying back and im like...wheres the music?

[@RagbagMcShag]

I love how he keeps the pause between "Alexa" and "stop" since the damn thing wont understand you if you dont leave a second between the two words lol

[@funnyperson4027]

My brain melted and I read this as “my pet European started talking” and I laughed

[@MadiLikesPie]

LMAOO ME TOO

[@outofahat9363]

dyslexia moment

[@CanalTremocos]

-Au secours! Au secours! -Oh! Jean-Luc is talking again! We should clean his cage.

[@bloblovlalalulu3422]

Same ,I was so confused

[@karsten600]

tfw born a ペット :(

[@Ireallymissmymind]

We had Starlings nesting in the roof above my daughter's bedroom when she was a toddler. The male Starling would sit on the neighbour's chimney to sing and his repertoire included a perfect rendering of my daughter screaming whilst she was having her hair brushed (which she hated).

[@Demidar665]

That must be incredibly creepy at 3am walking by lol

[@nevenasterikova3335]

They are excellent imitators, but this one sure had bad taste in music.

[@smittywerbenjaegermanjensen]

That is terrifying

[@Careonovam]

@@Demidar665 Ah yes. nightly stroll through the woods - baby crying in a tree. Perfectly normal, as all things should be.

[@anima6035]

As someone who used to scream whilst having my hair brushed... This is hilarious 😂

[@RagbagMcShag]

I love how he keeps the pause between "Alexa" and "stop" since the damn thing wont understand you if you dont leave a second between the two words lol

[@momouwu1937]

This is uncanny. It sounds like a broken record, but it's also a living organism that's not a human.

[@JMRabil675]

God is real.

[@darrellbeets7758]

@@JMRabil675 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@AnarchicMakoto]

@@JMRabil675 No, your imaginary friend in the sky is not infact real.

[@chad9166]

@@AnarchicMakoto your singing is terrible lmao

[@hulkkkhogan]

>tips fedora >splooches underwear >"Carl Sagan I fucking love dopamine"

[@veronikapalikova2714]

They can imitate really well. Over here london starlings imitate the green parakeets, even swifts. In December we were buying a christmas tree and I could swear I heard a swift call. I looked up and there he was - starling sitting on a chimney, making a fool of me :D

[@camo2156]

So interesting, I often hear them imitating car alarms

[@Serkanbah]

my father told me story about a starling and a train station in Turkey, in the past there was telegram at train stations,starlings sitting on wire near railroad, one station sending telegram to other about coming train with information,one day a telegram comes about incoming train with number and information,but there was no train,this continues for a long time,finally they understand starling sending that telegram from wire,all day starlings listening telegram from wire and sending same messages after days.

[@willyboi8915]

I walk a lot and pay careful attention to the Starlings because every now and then I'll hear one mimic a red tailed hawk or canadian goose, or even the mewlng call the catbird makes. Funny enough the catbirds I see sometimes mimic seagulls.

[@kaycee1076]

We had 3 starlings I called the 3 caballeros at my grandparents house who imitated all sorts of stuff. For a while when my grandad and I were waiting for my school bus to pick me up, we'd hear the phone go off and my grandad would go back in the house to answer it to find it hadn't gone off: turned out the starlings had learned how to imitate the sound almost perfectly. They were able to copy car alarms, phones, seagulls, buzzards, basically every garden bird we had and even people whistling.

[@matthewlarson738]

I'm from a small town and the local starlings imitate bald eagles. It's quite funny to hear a miniature bald eagle calling from a light pole

[@memoryrinehart]

I actually love the bird's own whistles, etc. at the end the most!

[@axelbauron155]

But is it even its own or did it get from another bird? ;) I never heard a starling talking but in my city, they spend their time imitating other birds.

[@darrellbeets7758]

How do u know those are its whistles?

[@darrellbeets7758]

@@axelbauron155 wait a year passes and then us 2 idiot show up 2 hours in between to ask the same question...wtf KZbin.

[@memoryrinehart]

@@darrellbeets7758 ok, I don't know but I like them, and theyre coming from its mouth. 😊

[@memoryrinehart]

Acts 2:38 Acts 22:16 Mark 16:16 Hebrews 9:17* gospel 1 Corinthians 11 (headship/veil)

[@TzSik]

alexa play violent music

[@Alantheguy2024]

here's a station for violent music

[@dylanmeyer2105]

That's not a bird that's a government spy drone😳

[@maybe6536]

Birds arent real

[@pengusplayz5756]

@@maybe6536 bro what

[@terrarian7910]

@@pengusplayz5756 its true

[@schadenfroh9809]

@@pengusplayz5756 have you ever seen a baby pigeon before? Of course not, bc birds are spy drones

[@connormacleod4922]

@@schadenfroh9809 SCP-1678-B Role: Surveillance AKA: Eyes in the Sky

[@hunterpage4655]

Alexa Stop.. OMGGGG ahahah

[@raymondcoventry1221]

There's one of these chilling by my place, it comes out and signs a multitude of different songs. It meows at my cats, It screams like an eagle. It's really, really strange! Thank you for this, I finally know what crazy bird is hanging out!

[@anima6035]

😂 that's funny

[@raymondcoventry1221]

@@anima6035 Next time I see it I'll post a video.

[@iwatchtechtutorials5236]

@@raymondcoventry1221 cool!

[@corbeaudejugement]

eagles sound like drunk gulls, so if it was screaming, it was probably a hawk it was imitating. the eagle call you hear in movies is actually a red-tailed hawk

[@alasdairdouglas7485]

I think you mean sing not sign

[@Ridlay_]

Their imitation abilities are scary.

[@adamthtguy9098]

Like freaky realistic to humans voice. Sounds like a radio station.

[@leafboy3967]

Am i the only one who thinks this is incredibly uncanny?

[@yungmartin7621]

dystopian

[@leafboy3967]

@@yungmartin7621 Ah yes this bird is a surveillance device that reports any illegal actions tp the state.

[@brittanydavisghiblieaglesfan]

What are y’all talking about? It’s just a bird talking!

[@greatcoldemptiness]

@@brittanydavisghiblieaglesfan birds don't exist.

[@GodpraisethePALANTINE]

It's A Skinwalker in disguise.

[@PlanetRockJesus]

I love starlings. Right now I have a "pet" crow (in Wisconsin). Found him on the road on May 13, 2022. He was so little and helpless. Had to teach him to eat on his own, but sure didn't need to teach him to fly! Now he lives outside (it's been 5 and half weeks. He was here all day yesterday. We played fetch, and played get the food from under the plastic containers. He's so smart. Haven't seen him at all today. He's hanging with other crows. They adopt any other crow they find, from what I've read. I love this bird, and if he eventually never returns, I'll be happy that I was able to return him to the wild. But still I hope he keeps visiting. It's so much fun.

[@jloomy]

Continued luck with your crow friend. I have read they are very intelligent.

[@scarletfox7080]

If I heard that at 12am, I would immediately die of a heart attack

[@emeliad522]

Glad I'm not the only one who things this 😂

[@Ruiluth]

Don't worry, most birds sleep and are completely silent at night for their own safety.

[@Wockes]

Don't worry, violin music can't hurt you

[@scarletfox7080]

@@Wockes Violin Music: 0-0 hello friend

[@pand3mic942]

This is absolutely incredible mimicry, how do videos of pets doing mildly entertaining things blow up while this doesn't?

[@Leukefilms]

That bird is probably using drugs. My laughing chimney does that too.

[@disguisedcat1750]

This is terrifying, thats why. I wonder how blind people would learn to identify these bird sounds, instead of thinking there is a real r2d2 in their backyard.

[@paulaburnette9976]

Your starling talks better than mine! Mine is still young though.

[@jloomy]

Our Starling will be 3 years old in June. We saved him from a fallen nest three nest mates did not survive. :(

[@o0julek0o]

I’m gonna tell my kids this is how we listened to music when I was a kid.

[@banjobill8420]

Took me a solid 10 seconds to realize he was doing both an impression of the man AND Alexa.

[@austinsmith8027]

I laughed so hard at this video, I just rescued a starling with a broken wing hopefully I can teach them something similar if he survives

[@SteackMega]

Is he doing well?

[@austinsmith8027]

@@SteackMega He never did learn how to say anything but he definitely lived

[@tweetersthetalkingstarling5147]

My Starling Tweeters will be 4 @May 1. He has a huge vocabulary. They are amazing little birds. They love to mimic. (Sometimes too much!😉🤣)

[@philemonsameh3958]

Can he speak now ?

[@diracflux]

Did he survive?

[@sam-elisan1083]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm dead. So funny and cute. What a gorgeous bird 😍😍😍😍

[@JohnDoe-dv6zb]

Never knew Starlings could do this. 😮

[@rogerwilco2]

We once had a nest under our roof. During the summer all the birds in the neighbourhood were singing the sounds of DOOM, as my computer was in the attic.

[@mustacheboyo]

Nice

[@nevenasterikova3335]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@debbiefox6846]

So cute. This is every conversation when calling my mom on the phone. Alexa stop! Alexa Stop. Alexa shut up LMBO hahaha😂

[@TQM]

It's fascinating how the bird doesn't seem to cut off any sounds mid-word. Like, some may be incomplete sentences, but they all consist of complete words. They seem to have a knack for picking up the start and end of words. Incredible

[@chartreusemaiden604]

Yeah, people forget alot (not all, but more than you think) of birds pick up human speech. It can even effect their song. And I'm talking about wild birds. They watch us like we're T.V especially those in the corvinae species

[@stephanginther9051]

Adorable. I didn't know Starlings were a talking bird. Starlings exist where I live though they're a non-native bird. I've seen one once or twice in the summer time.

[@aliceh9186]

Not native in Canada,either. I've seen hundreds in flock clouds.

[@lemurianchick]

I'm blown away. So many starlings in the Chicago area. Very loud birds but I had no idea they could talk! 😳

[@cottonsheep2367]

they can imitate, they mostly imitate other birds so you never suspect them to speak. many birds are talking birds, bullfinches for example also can imitate human speech when in captivity

[@SilverMusicAndGaming]

@@lemurianchick crows and ravens can too theres lotsa birds that do we just tend to only keep the pretty ones and thats when you hear them mimic humans, they mimic us because they see us as flock members

[@TheSapphireLeo]

Same! 5%, 02:44!

[@dtiydr]

Jesus crist that is accurate! "Here's the station" sound better than most ppl.

[@the4thindustrialrevolution225]

I see these birds everyday. I didn't know they could mimic sounds

[@lindalogan2688]

I have a European Starling. They are very cute and clever birds 😊

[@MacPNW]

Someday someone should make a post apocalyptic movie where the generations of survivors travel the wastelands and the birds talk and repeat the sounds their ancestors learned and passed down from before the event.

[@ChadGardenSinLA]

Why hasn't Hollywood made a movie about this yet?!

[@footfault1941]

Marvelous! Reminds me of lyrebird.

[@thecatfather857]

I didn’t know Starlings could do this!

[@nevenasterikova3335]

How he imitates the "choose a station" voice blows me. I can't believe it's him.

[@sampopel]

That's remarkable, but it's also funny watching its "beard" puff up when it talks, like a bad ventriloquist.

[@ti2218]

Imagine being in the woods at night, like camping or something, and you here a flock of birds just saying this shit to you xD

[@Knappa22]

In Welsh myth Branwen tames a starling and teaches it to speak! I always thought that was farfetched… till I saw this!

[@AngrySeagullBoi]

This bird just impressed me greatly 😳

[@dragonfang3408]

So absolutely fascinating

[@flannelpillowcase6475]

can you imagine finding one of these in the wild with words from ancient humans passed down from generation to generation in its family? you'd be hearing pieces of conversation from hundreds of years ago.

[@halogeek6]

There is a reason you don't wander around alone in the European wilderness. Starlings can travel thru time via portals to the past. You hear things not ment for human ears then turn into a starling yourself.

[@DemonPrinceofHell]

@@halogeek6 First time I've heard of this.

[@halogeek6]

@@DemonPrinceofHell one of those things we just collectively decided its better to just not speak of. Worse fates then being turned into a time traveling mocking bird. Like being turned into a literal tree becuase you just so happened to find a white hamster in your garden and didn't immediately drop to your hands and knees screaming in fake agony. Which offends some eldrich horror so you always get turned into a tree on the spot. The wilderness is fucking wild.

[@thedoublek4816]

In Berlin, the starlings living at the Friedrichstraße and Alexanderplatz railway stations have now learned to imitate the commuter trains' door closing warning melody and repeat them all day, there was even a new article about that. Also, they encircle everybody who might have food, always looking up, directly into one's face :D

[@mylittlehouseofrescues8797]

Aww so cute! I have three starlings, but none of them talks. :)

[@smartdoge4626]

I want a time machine… Just to teach these birds some voice lines, send them into the pass and witness what happens. For the Dark ages? I wanna send one that spouts nonesense about the air speed velcoity of an african swallow. The time where jesus was alive, I need one to say “god sent me to bring him his lunch.” Revolutionary war, just random quips like “the british are coming.” And “tea is underrated.” But my favorite one would be civil war. Send one to the confederates and have it just play the nothern dixie on loop.

[@daughterofdemeter]

He activated my Alexa haha

[@maitlandlowe8897]

This sounds like a skinwalker practicing in the woods.

[@retrochristmas7329]

Now release him into the wild and make all the starlings learn how to say Alexa play jazz. The world will be filled with jazz!!!

[@sirfirebrand1529]

These birds would make for an excellent horror monster

[@Snipedcream]

It sounds so creepy, yet so impressive at the same time. That settles it. Next time I see these kinda birds, I will teach em to speak.

[@parakeetbudgie]

because the bird is trying mimic an object that talks

[@LeshyyUwU]

"alexa play violin music, heres a station" is not what i expected

[@jamesgoulding9941]

Absolutely hilarious

[@birko985]

The level of intelligence is extraordinary

[@daphneraven9439]

Lol. No secrets in that household! :D

[@solarflare1008]

Another tape recorder with feathers.

[@p.s.6021]

😅 so Beautiful 🤗💖🙏

[@nickpeck4561]

0:14 It sounds almost like a Starly at this point

[@reginahudzik5533]

Chwila czy on przemówił.😓😓😓😳😳😳.

[@micahbarbee8636]

What the?! Eastern Starlings can imitate human speech?

[@zech_]

I love how their beard fluffs while talking

[@donaldpetersen2382]

Wow the chest feathers moving as it speaks. Beautiful

[@h2ojr1]

It took me too long to realize that WASNT alexa responding to him.....

[@okzoomer5728]

I'm just going to call them flying ham radios from now on

[@tardwrangler]

Who the fuck in europe uses alexa

[@meadowdancerwow]

I read "Arnie the Darling Starling" in Readers' Digest as a girl and it helped me rescue 2 baby sparrows at different times. Lovely story and bird!

[@DamonNomad82]

I read that book, too! That was how I found out starlings could learn to mimic human speech.

[@acorreira1915]

Starlings are also very adept at wiping out native songbirds in the United States. And consuming natural winter forage thereby starving out all native birds. Eradicate them.

[@oldmanbucksaw]

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[@johnvega2528]

He’s mimicking the owner telling him to stop 😭😭 so precious

[@baitedlol6972]

Return that Alexa... it's playing Techno instead of Violin music

[@mrossi9475]

Starlings amaze me, not only the rad voice abilities but the fact their flocks number in the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 🤟

[@alicewoodard2373]

Yes,! When in a flock, they are talented ariel artists..

[@lauragarcia2380]

" Alexa Stop 😡 "

[@havadatequila]

Everyone is like, "Omg, I wish I could see a t rex," and it's clear that bird mimicry is orders of magnitude cooler than giant predatory dinos.

[@Kneegrowpleez00]

Sounds like he asked Alexa to play violin music so he would imitate that but he ended up imitating him actually asking Alexa to play it lmao

[@Shero1337]

It sounds terrifying lol. It sounds like one of those impersonator aliens that sits outside of your door and tries to draw you outside.

[@macdaniel6029]

Exactly lol

[@maniacram]

EURPOREAaaa!!!! Everything's better here!!

[@sang3Eta]

Wow, I didn't realise Starlings could talk! My gardens full of them, need to catch me a free parrot!

[@CrescentUmbreon]

Okay, I knew they made amazing sounds, I didn't know they mimicked speech!

[@linziland8894]

I have a couple nesting above my bedroom window and i thought i was going crazy when i heard someone talking anf making cool nosies

[@cheapshotninja]

"Alexa... stop!..." Porbably the most relatable thing one can hear.

[@johnmartin8733]

I love this little bird, chatty as heck haha

[@GlennDavey]

A Google engineer got fooled by the computerized human speech in text version of this

[@mjremy2605]

Astonishing! I thought there was a radio station playing in the background - but it was the starling. What a darling starling!

[@Shnarfbird]

Why do you think there is nothing playing in the background?

[@sunsunsunh]

😂

[@Gundamguy-py3ir]

That was so fucking weird. Sounded like something out of a horror movie. Terrifying.

[@eschwarz1003]

Amazing bird!; 138 likes is just wrong

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

Just INCREDIBLE creatures!!! ❤❤❤

[@gutz323]

I never knew starlings can imitate human voices like parrots can. I knew they can imitate the calls of other birds, but this is amazing.

[@anima6035]

My aunt used to have them nesting in her chimney and they would imitate her phone ringing lol. I always remember her complaining that they would make her think it was her real phone and she would walk all the way to get it and there was no one on the other end 😂

[@iwatchtechtutorials5236]

@@anima6035 🤣🤣

[@Starvaze]

Starling: *mimics sound* Lire bird: oh my word I've been outmatched

[@donm-tv8cm]

Fascinating! I had no idea a starling could be taught to talk like parrots and ravens can.

[@PanAugusto83]

"Birds aint the goverment drones" The birds:

[@OldHouseOnTheCorner]

Interesting... We didn't know Starlings could mimic sounds and talking like this. We have tons of them in our area and often all around our house and yard.

[@lupinnoney7480]

Imagine having a bird and it just constantly makes your Alexa play violin music

[@amandacastle7209]

Birds learning to talk to Alexa is one of my favorite things about em 😂

[@ritzysky6413]

“Pet European starts talking” Me: *stares* My dumb asf eyes: “ignore that typo”

[@lukewood2662]

This dude is a sound designer, damn. It gets it just right

[@chris77777777ify]

Pet because you don’t open the window. Amazing voice over

[@hupe5836]

This bird knows, what's good.

[@thecatfather857]

I understood that reference.

[@hupe5836]

@@thecatfather857 damn hello, I don't even remember ever watching this video or commenting XD

[@ArtByKarenEHaley]

Burazza

[@LikaLaruku]

I've got a European Starling freeloading in the eaves of our roof, & one of them is basically Patrick Star going "WEE WOO! WEE WOO! WEE WOO!"

[@Th3Mavr1ck]

I THINK HIS TUNING KNOB IS BROKEN

[@ILoveMyselPH-D]

"I KEEP THINKING JAKE WILL SHOW UP AND SAY HELLO. BUT HE NEVER DOES." #BROOKS

[@ernst_junger]

I saw these birds by the dozens at the airport I worked at and heard them sing their crazy sounding songs all the time. Had no clue they could imitate like that. Really cool