This makes me wonder if ravens aren't the source of some ghost stories. Imagine, especially a few hundred years ago, a raven perched outside some poor soul's window muttering strange things

@LordKosmos

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting thought and very possible.

@FernandoTorrera

4 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the many reasons.

@ogrelogre8429

4 жыл бұрын

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

@Michaelonyoutub

4 жыл бұрын

I was once told that if there is ever a sound you hear in the woods that you don't recognize it is probably a raven

@alexandercove1194

4 жыл бұрын

You're so right

There is a Raven in my yard that does a perfect phone ringing. I can't imagine how many times she got me to run into the house to grab the phone. When I return outside she laughs histarically!

@FoxDren

4 жыл бұрын

She knows exactly what she's doing

@ANSELNaamehRahab

4 жыл бұрын

That when you realize your keys are missing hahahaha 😜

@thesleepydot

4 жыл бұрын

Big Mama Fitzgerald omg 😂😂 What amazing animals ravens are

@CMSiegel1979

4 жыл бұрын

Omg that’s hilarious...animals are amazing

@JoseGranny

4 жыл бұрын

Change your ring tone? I guess if it’sa land line, you can’t.

Imagine you do a cartwheel in the middle of a forest and nobody's there to see it, but you hear "Wow!!"

@C.C.369

8 ай бұрын

Imagine you hear some raven say "hi ya" while alone in the forest 😂🤯💯

@horuslupercalaurelian1569

8 ай бұрын

@@C.C.369 "Oh, thank God, I thought I was alone!"

@tatzja8074

7 ай бұрын

Once, when my daughter and I were gathering Douglas Fir tips, a crow landed on a branch overhead and very clearly said, “Hello.”

@C.C.369

7 ай бұрын

@@horuslupercalaurelian1569 😂👍

@C.C.369

7 ай бұрын

@@tatzja8074 Wow! Your guys experience sounds like the beginning of a magic tale! ❤️ ..Did it feel like the crow had consciousnesses? Did you say greetings back to it?^^ Or was it just super spooky?

I remember being a little girl, and going into a pet shop. The parrot at the door immediately said. "Hi, pretty girl! How are you?" As a kid who didn't get noticed or talked to a lot....I was hooked. LOL Yes, parrots are special. I plan on timing my retirement to adopt an older rescue parrot. (Yes I know they live longer than people, hence the timing) They take a LOT of care, patience and constant interaction. They are worth it. Taught a chicken to play scales on a piano and do card tricks. I'm READY!

@LOVEEEVEEY

9 ай бұрын

I hope you do so many need good homes especially the older ones ❤❤❤

@mrEofPlanetEarth

9 ай бұрын

Good luck to you and your plan. Hope you get a good one that really needs the help. 🙂

@CuttySobz

8 ай бұрын

Whoever trained that parrot was a creeper who knew damn well what he was doing lol

@Lily-2019

8 ай бұрын

@@LOVEEEVEEY 🐦 I also was thinking of adopting an older parrot. I'm 65 yrs old. - I lost my lovebird a while back. He was my best friend! I miss him SO much. - Now, I go for walks, just to see the pigeons and crows etc. I love them all. I buy bags of good bird seeds for them. They see me coming. :)) They love chopped veggies too. ☺ I better stop yack'n and get off the phone. Hee hee Bye bye.

@rhondabowlin1883

8 ай бұрын

You'll be great. I think that's a sweet plan. ❤

The stick is actually a wand and she's been trying to turn herself back into a human.

@tanishabanks7857

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha...The world has missed this comment, love.

@brig1327

4 жыл бұрын

😂!!!

@MajICReiki

4 жыл бұрын

Use the Stick Willow!!

@noblevictory2200

4 жыл бұрын

🤣👍 Excellent comment!

@infernum4466

4 жыл бұрын

Omfg lol

She's clearly making fun of your accent behind your back, you'll need to address this before she starts talking to your friends about you.

@FalconryAndMe

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@strawbrryfld1

4 жыл бұрын

Johnny TopGun 🤣😂😂🤣😜

@billyost1479

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. What an epic bird.

@noenn9895

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@SevCaswell

4 жыл бұрын

@@FalconryAndMe a lot of the 'nonsense' sounds like 'what's that say'...

There’s a crow in my neighborhood that can perfectly imitate a cat. I was outside in the hammock one day reading. Heard a cat, looked around and saw nothing. After another time or two, spotted the crow in one of the trees making the sounds. I have indoor cats that are always at the windows or sliding doors. Felt like the crow was messing with me. 😂

@d.d.d.a.a.a.n.n.n

9 ай бұрын

There was a magpie in my neighborhood when I was a kid that would make meowing sounds

@GypsyGirl317

8 ай бұрын

Lol 😂 that's hilarious! 😍

@NathanRidings

7 ай бұрын

I was about to comment this same thing. I heard a cat meowing up high one day while walking down the street just to realize it was a crow sitting on a rooftop.

@m12652

7 ай бұрын

Maybe they learn to impersonate cats so they can frighten away other birds when they find something to eat that they don’t want to share…

This bird is showing two very impressive capabilities, memory and vocalisation. She obviously remembers the sound of the human noises very well, and is trying to reproduce them. Wow!

@sushanart

8 ай бұрын

Oden's ravens Hugin and Munin. 😇🩵

@p_revere

8 ай бұрын

Yes definitely imitating humans

@dianescardace3687

8 ай бұрын

I think that she's also repeating the sound of a lawnmower.

@vlrissolo

8 ай бұрын

​@@dianescardace3687or some outside sounds

@gerarderloper

4 ай бұрын

Oh Oh Oh OH OH oh OH.... hmmm, how very strange, wonder where it heard that..... :)

Amy: it's really hard to film her and I have been trying to make her say "wow" for two months now. Fable alone: "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow" "wow". Birds are assholes too sometimes. 😂

@catfeatherss

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, so true!! Maybe change "sometimes" to "frequently" though, lol. It's because they're so damn smart they love to play cause and effect games to see how WE react. All the while we are thinking it's US testing and observing THEM, but it's actually 100% a two way street.

@graciep.6984

4 жыл бұрын

@@catfeatherss That's fascinating. I knew they're very responsive to people's tone of voice and body language, proper little scholars when studying us. I never knew that they test us too!

@staticshockboxing

4 жыл бұрын

She's just been practicing so when she whips it out it'll be perfect.

@MikhalisBramouell

4 жыл бұрын

@@graciep.6984 You think it's an accident when a bird shits on you?

@ArmoredChocoboLPs

4 жыл бұрын

Major issues with the fact we were supposed to take over but some crazy monkeys found fire and went a bit bonkers with it.

I used to talk to the magpies and ravens in alaska as a little kid and they talked back to me. No one ever believed me though. Good to know 20 years later I'm not actually insane.. But had some very clever birb friends.

@kskess

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome to know you've been acknowledged.

@pinkspeeder

4 жыл бұрын

Best saddest story with a happy ending ever!!

@manipumaster

4 жыл бұрын

I believe‼

@tlafleur8433

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, you're still insane. 🤪

@rhabdob3895

4 жыл бұрын

Hi. I’m a medical professional. You are insane.

Honestly, she's so good at doing speech, I'm actually conflicted about watching her on a hidden camera without her consent.

@kadijaesther1808

Жыл бұрын

Omg me too! I'm sitting here thinking ... Wait, would Raven be ok with me seeing this??! What if she feels self conscious?? 😆

@laxxiipatris4543

10 ай бұрын

Maybe we can let her C the Lense

@ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting. She is so amazing.

@michiganmymichigan

9 ай бұрын

This video will keep Fable in our hearts and minds forever.

@ms.sherlock

9 ай бұрын

Me,too! 😂

Literally practicing how sarcastically she can say “wow” lmao I adore herrrr!!! Birds are so cool, man!

This is why scandinavians believed that ravens are the informants who tells odin about everything they saw.😂😂

@valkaerie8715

3 жыл бұрын

Well they're probably telling him some really weird shit. "So I heard you say a bus today. Anything neat about that?" "Boop boop"

@LAdmin_-lk7nk

3 жыл бұрын

@@valkaerie8715 😂😂😂

@LAdmin_-lk7nk

3 жыл бұрын

A.C. Valhalla

@winterwar9123

3 жыл бұрын

Raven: Hey I saw loki Cross dressing do you think your son going to prank thor again? 😆

@warriorprincess1846

3 жыл бұрын

Still do man 🤣

When an introvert is trying to practice how to say hi to people and then would react wow and oh.

@Crystal-rv5ys

3 жыл бұрын

This ! 👍😂

@user-xm1ip3sq7s

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahhahahhahahahahaha

@user-vc5rp7nf8f

3 жыл бұрын

this is me before i go out

@zimora4422

3 жыл бұрын

ME

@dulcineadeltoboso3748

3 жыл бұрын

*gasp* you can talk to people?

My favorite thing about crow's mimicry isn't necessarily just the fact that they can learn to repeat words from humans, but on top of it they also do their best to imitate the voice of the person they learnt it from, and also when they learn like... artificial/mechanical sounds instead of words/voices. It's just so impressive the depth of detail they can reach

7:58 that "boop boop" and the lil singing is SO ADORABLEEE

Sure, when a raven is talking to itself it's cute & interesting but when I do it, it's creepy & weird.

@mahjabeenchoudhury9849

4 жыл бұрын

😄

@carole.ronning9318

3 жыл бұрын

Gods creature

@kaseyfullofjoy

3 жыл бұрын

Which oddly enough ravens are supposed to be XD

@hairyputter5363

3 жыл бұрын

You don't fly john, that's why

@blakethefairy6442

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, I can relate

It amazes me how clear and accurate birds can imitate human language and sounds despite not having teeth or lips.

@elkins4406

4 жыл бұрын

I know! Those 'b' and 'p' sounds when she went right up to the microphone to 'boop boop' at it, were just amazing. From the sound of it, you'd swear she had big ole soft rubbery mammal lips. It's amazing she could make those sounds without them.

@Hilliam66

4 жыл бұрын

DeShaun Wilson Fun fact, while humans have their voice box, the larynx, at the top of their throats, birds have their voice box, the syrinx, at the junction where their trachea splits into the two bronchi that each lead to a lung.

@theoptimisticmetalhead7787

4 жыл бұрын

There's a not an insignificant number of humans who can quite accurately imitate lots of different birdsong despite not having a syrinx too. BOTH things never cease to amaze me. Birds and humans both have very impressive vocal tracts.

@HorribleSonofa

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely. Yet I’m glad they don’t have lips or teeth, because that would be extremely freaky.

@leahmpalzer

4 жыл бұрын

If you listen to Mongolian throat singing for example it's amazing the sound and range they are able to achieve. It almost sounds like they are imitating certain musical instruments. Just popped in my head while watching this.

I remember hearing once that speaking when no one is around to hear is actually a significant marker of intellectual develipment in children. It shows a deliberate atempt to understand and explore language without anykind of immediate reward or feedback.

I can also hear her ask "oh What's that then?" " whats this?" "Fine" "Fable" "Mwah, Kiss?" and more....but how she pronounces some of the letters like W, T, F and P for instances is definitely a mystery. Beautiful creature.

@pyronuke4768

8 ай бұрын

Ooh, I actually know this one! So human speech is formed from complex "compound-sounds" when your larynx (vocal chords) gets the sound started, your mouth and nasal cavities then amplify it, and finally your tongue and lips finish shaping the sound. Birds have what is called a syrinx, which structurally resembles a larynx but is located far deeper in the windpipe about where it branches into the two lungs, which effectively gives them two sets of vocal chords. Some bird families like Corvidae (crows, ravens, jays, ect) and Psittaciformes (parrots, parakeets, cockatiels, ect) have enough control over their syrinx that they can create a separate sound with each set of chords and make an imitation compound-sound which then gets amplified by their nasal cavity. I'm kind of oversimplifing here, but I hope you understand it a little better now.

@lisasternenkind6467

7 ай бұрын

​@@pyronuke4768thank you for this information

Me: gets annoyed when the kids repeat mom mom mom three or four times. Also me: watches a raven say wow wow wow dozens of times for several minutes

@MikkoSimila

3 жыл бұрын

@@Venom-uw4nv please. Don't get kids. Human hater.

@kajlove1

3 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@peachyevren5789

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikkoSimila bro chill, not everyone wants or likes kids. That doesn't mean they would hurt them or tell them hurtful things it just means: kids aren't for everyone.

@Callen157

3 жыл бұрын

@@peachyevren5789 exactly, some people

@slippyy6742

3 жыл бұрын

thats cause the bird is more fascinating and so much cuter

I can't help but imagine how ancient people would have reacted to hearing ravens mimicking human voices. No doubt it contributed to many a superstition.

@peytonfryer5700

3 жыл бұрын

You are correct. They are prominent in norse mythology.

@philsidock

3 жыл бұрын

They are also known as tricksters and catalysts of change in some Indigenous cultures (e.g. Haida).

@orzechov

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, you are trying to say, it it not making an impression on you? xD I have full knowledge of that bird being domesticated and trained to make some human sounds, but her own songs are still quite awe inspiring and it doesn't take away from it !

@afqwa423

3 жыл бұрын

@@orzechov Ravens don't domesticate. Most animals don't.

@orzechov

3 жыл бұрын

@@afqwa423 Let's settle for "being tamed" if we want to be precise. That wasn't the most important part of my point, but thanks for the correction

She is showing an amazing range of inflection in each series of words she practices. She is saying something slightly different with each repetition of the word, and it seems deliberate. This is fascinating to watch and hear.

I used to have a blackbird in my area who heard me whistling to my music over and gradually we would whistle at eachother with me making my call similar to his. For 3 ish years this happened. Hed come and jump about on the grass or trees and get whistling with me. He brought his chicks and mrs when he could and theyd all whistle with their dad whistling with me. So cute. I adore birds. This ones a trip!

Ravens in horrors stories: harbingers of death and dark magic. Ravens in real life: wow, wow, wow Edit: The number of likes gives me hope. Thanks guys. I never thought I'd ever get this many.

@cecilyerker

4 жыл бұрын

It do be like that

@ourson66

4 жыл бұрын

Like Kate Bush

@ARTSIEBECCA

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@DC88_

4 жыл бұрын

Boop boop

@andrewfurusawa4609

4 жыл бұрын

Wah!

I really just watched 18 minutes of a talking raven. Time well spent.

@skeeterburke

4 жыл бұрын

Lol I figured ok I'll click and watch a couple of minutes ... its almost over! Fable needs her own channel ❤

@kskess

4 жыл бұрын

@@skeeterburke Lol!

@RedcoatsReturn

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, best 20 minutes of this month 😉😊

This is amazing - some of your subtitles say “nonsense” but I am actually hearing her say colloquialisms like “Wots that there” and “wot you got there” and even “your a lil’bit sill-eh” in an almost cockneyed tone lol She does the “muah” air kiss sound and says “Kith!Kith?” I imagine the letter S is a challenge for her.

@starfire8593

8 ай бұрын

That's what I heard her say too lol

@GypsyGirl317

8 ай бұрын

Yes! 😍🙆🏻‍♀️🌿

@lisasternenkind6467

7 ай бұрын

Me too.

@chrishoyt741

7 ай бұрын

And "what's out there?"

@take1isbest622

7 ай бұрын

My intuition tells me she is repeating a one sided phone conversation. It reminded me of someone responding to the other party, "Oh. Oh. Oooooh...." and it went on for awhile exactly like a phonecall might play out.

Has she witnessed humans “at it” sure sounds like it….. 😂😂 love her. Love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤❤

@susanway807

9 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking 😂 sure did sound like it to me

@batacumba

9 ай бұрын

‘WOW WOW’ 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@celtisafricana4984

9 ай бұрын

​@@batacumba I think more the "oh, oh, oh..."

@MsAliemm

9 ай бұрын

Imagine the man of the house playing this back for the first time in front of his mates. Not only does he hear his partner answering the door or phone VERY suggestively to someone (unless of course it's him!), he then has to go find his partner and say, "Uh, honey?,,,,someone was listening in on us last week...and just gave the boys an audio play by play!"🤣🤣

@kori_88

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I just turned off the volume because it’s a little disturbing

My daughter lives on the west coast of Canada and one day while she was sitting alone on a beach a raven came down to talk to her and brought her shiny rocks and shells.

@motorcop505

2 жыл бұрын

Crows and ravens will bring gifts, similar to cats with dead animals.

@11cabadger

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Wow. Wow

@billbauer9795

2 жыл бұрын

What did the raven say to your daughter?

@lindaj5492

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the beginning of a traditional folk song 🎶

@tthappyrock368

2 жыл бұрын

Your daughter got some special gifts for sure!

The thing that blows my mind is that Fable doesn’t simply talk, she IMITATES your voice. She is playing trying to get the right tone and vocal pitch to sound like you.

@OregonCrow

3 жыл бұрын

That's what you think so you make yourself feel better. Kind of selfish don't you think?

@lacey892

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny to hear them copying their 'people' in different accents, too.

@DenkyManner

3 жыл бұрын

@@gsesquire3441 Darn, I thought ravens could speak fluent English

@boyinblue.

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously she gets the meaning of some of the sound she is producing, similar to a dog understanding sit. It’s repeated enough so that they get what it “means” or what they are required to do when the phrase is said.

@casualbird7671

3 жыл бұрын

@@gsesquire3441 they will infer meaning from sounds too, given repeated context. My parrot has his own word for "water" he will often use, for example

Little did Fable know that she wasn't talking to herself. She had many people listening to her and enjoying her practice session.

I feed a pair of ravens and about 30 crows daily in my backyard in San Francisco. They are definitely talkers. One used to mimic ‘good morning’ quite often. The pair of ravens that come let me approach within inches. Majestic.

@michaelbuckley8986

9 ай бұрын

What a beautiful fascinating creature❤

@irgendwieanders2121

7 ай бұрын

Just started feeding crows on my balcony... I use dry cat food and nuts (currently), any tips what makes Crows go wow?

@dl7281

7 ай бұрын

@@irgendwieanders2121 That’s perfect - and they love plain scrambled eggs and any type of (unprocessed) meat scraps.

@EarthlyEmpath

6 ай бұрын

Can crows do this? I am making friends with some. Getting nowhere with pigeons lol

@dl7281

6 ай бұрын

@@EarthlyEmpath they can and they do. Next time you’re in any city also take a look at crosswalks, crows and ravens tend to use them while people don’t. It’s a trip!

I wish I was this dedicated to learning another language.

@GetchaaPull

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahah same

@LindaEll89

4 жыл бұрын

😆😆

@hasukim2563

3 жыл бұрын

I was literally thinking this the whole timeeee

I had to laugh I played fable talking to my umbrella cockatoo and he said “ who’s that ?” “ What a good boy ! “ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️

@SouthFloridaSunshine

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking she was actually talking to the birds about her, and responding to them but in our language instead of just her own. lol

@Crystal-rv5ys

3 жыл бұрын

He loves dark girls 😂

@tremorchrist84

3 жыл бұрын

@@Crystal-rv5ys Don't we all...

@plutooliver686

3 жыл бұрын

😆💯👍

@larsvonrinpoche1229

3 жыл бұрын

MAN...is she ever a constant chatter and natter box! Next time my partner tells me I'm always humming or talking I'll pull out this video!

I had NO IDEA Ravens could talk like parrots! 🙀

@Padraigp

7 ай бұрын

I think you have to get their tongue sliced...

@snowob

7 ай бұрын

​@Padraigp what the heck are you talking about

@Padraigp

7 ай бұрын

@@snowob they cut the crows tongue to make them able to talk. Google it. I dont know much more than that about it.

@juliecarson7364

7 ай бұрын

​@@Padraigp My uncle did that to a crow and taught it to talk

@tamarahall1623

7 ай бұрын

​. Yes, if you their tongue is sliced they can be taught to speak like a parrot :)😊

Fable has an very interesting stream of consciousness, I really love hearing her inner dialogue. She seems very funny, smart, and high energy

I never knew Ravens talked until I went to the Ohio Bird Sanctuary...heard someone keep yelling "Henry! Henry where are you!" One of the workers pointed out it was a Raven and Henry was the name of a volunteer there :)

@KittinPyro

4 жыл бұрын

HENRY! IM HUNGRY HENRY!! WHERE IS MY FOOD HENRY!!! I DEMAND ATTENTION HENRY!!!! #entitledcrows

I had to turn down the volume when she started saying “oh” cuz I didn’t want my mom to think I was watching...stuff

@ordinarythings95

3 жыл бұрын

🐋🐋🐋 🤣

@ablahday2558

3 жыл бұрын

Watching this with my husband and had to turn it down bc we didn't want our kids thinking we were...well ya know😊

@WHALEx3

3 жыл бұрын

A BlahDay lolol

@willc3900

3 жыл бұрын

😭😭

@lewasil

3 жыл бұрын

I live alone, and didnt want my neighbors thinking .....stuff....either!!! Heh heh heh heh

By mimicking your voice it's like she draws comfort from it too - like you're there with her. The likeness is so remarkable.

Her mimicry of plosives (buh, puh sounds) is remarkable. Those are really hard for a creature without lips to recreate. Most times they seem to become 'guh' or 'duh' glottal stop sounds.

I once volunteered in a bird sanctuary where they kept a Jackdaw, simply named Jack. Jack had previously lived in a pub, often hanging around indoors interacting with the patrons, up until he was taken away for a mix of health&safety/animal welfare reasons. Either way, he learned exactly two phrases during his days in the pub, the two things he was addressed with most often whilst there. "Hello", and "Fuck off". He'd repeat these two greetings to anyone that he met, with no particular pattern to it. Always made for hilarious (if slightly less "family friendly") moments with guests to the sanctuary. Eg, saying hello to the first three people, and telling the last to fuck off. Never failed to amuse. I was told how he once briefly escaped his enclosure, and flew to sit in a bush beside the road. Gave an elderly woman on her bicycle quite a surprise when a strange voice repeatedly told her to "Fuck off fuck off fuck off" from just beside her as she passed. She came into the sanctuary to inform/ask the staff about a particularly rude bird.

@AriaIsara

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@UnknownSquid

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickeywhite2563 I can't claim to own the words. Please, feel free. ^ ^

@fatravioli4901

3 жыл бұрын

Dude this fucking hilarious

@marshamacmillan

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@deannekliene2673

3 жыл бұрын

Now that made me laugh! Thank u!

Talking to herself? More like informing Odin of what you've been up to.

@pamelastefaniotis5264

4 жыл бұрын

😆

@stvbrsn

4 жыл бұрын

Thought? or Memory?

@thalonewanderer2146

4 жыл бұрын

@@stvbrsn The twilight of the gods draws near.

@ianherrick3526

4 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@stvbrsn

4 жыл бұрын

ThaLoneWanderer there can be little doubt about that. Surtr is readying to set forth from the mists of Muspell as we speak.

Amazing. It’s like She’s practising a foreign language, the way we have to do repeat pronunciations to get it right. Fantastic & cute & funny.

The ‘boop boop’ is so adorable.

It is so precious how she starts practicing a word, then adjusts her tone to sound more like you!

@charlotterosetta3063

4 жыл бұрын

How do they do this n what are they thinking about the mimmic of her owners voice lol....hmmm

@roger_isaksson

4 жыл бұрын

It is amazing that Fable is practicing subtle nuance of speech by trying to sound exactly similar. The light is on and somebody definitely is at home. Which isn’t something that can be said about all humans.

@ColinPierce

4 жыл бұрын

@@charlotterosetta3063 what?...

@ColinPierce

4 жыл бұрын

@@roger_isaksson exactly similar? That makes no sense whatsoever lol Is your light on?

@marionettehone

4 жыл бұрын

Roger Isaksson you’re definitely not wrong. You really cant say that the light is on and someone’s home about some people.

She's so impressive! They even mimic all the way down to the accent to the femininity in your voice! These birds never fail to amaze me.

@nada_____

3 жыл бұрын

Ye but I think they freaky imagine a raven at ur window and it’s saying hi hi hi hi hi

@ragginrabbi1

3 жыл бұрын

Parrots have an even larger vocabulary. And I have found they love rap music. Some dance.

@judylloyd7901

3 жыл бұрын

@Friendly Polar Bear There are videos on KZread of cockatiels dancing. They have excellent rhythm. People who have studied this think it's tied to the birds' ability to talk.

@iainturpie4269

3 жыл бұрын

I think that it’s pretty insane that so many animals are starting to vocalise stuff more (cats, dogs, ravens, etc.) Like that’s some cool shit right there

@Queen_Raven_

3 жыл бұрын

@@iainturpie4269 Imagine them taking over the world.

I lost it at 8:00 when she starts singing into the microphone. She's so sweet!!!

My Greenwing Macaw watched this with me and copied Fable all along, occasionally attempting to talk back to her!

When we listen to Fable talking 'nonsense' I think it's worth remembering that a lot of the sounds humans make in conversation are not actually words. They have tonal meaning - for instance, we make particular sounds to query something, to comfort somebody or to express interest. There are times here when Fable seems to be practising tone.

@susanivy3619

2 жыл бұрын

Please...the oh, oh, oh, that's it, oh, oh, oh, wow, wow, wow,...I was waiting for an "I'm coming" 🤭😂 What did she witness?? Poor thing, she's probably traumatized 😂🤣

@GiantPetRat

2 жыл бұрын

About a year before I was born, my mom rescued a Blue-Fronted Amazon, who at the time was terrified of humans and just about everything else. This may be why his vocabularly is lower than some Amazons' can be, but still he is very sensitive to our tones of voice. When we are sarcastic, he laughs or "groans" sympathetically; when we talk logistics or in a more serious tone to each other, he imitates our voices with these low, gibberish mumbles. And, like many mimicking birds, whenever he says "I love you", it's always with a real softness in his voice, so he does seem to understand the intent of that one perfectly well. While one shouldn't always rely on their instincts when interpreting animal sounds, it's not at all uncommon that their tone of voice will compare to that of a human's when frightened, annoyed, or excited.

@andreboudreau6474

Жыл бұрын

Kind of reminds me of when a toddler pretends to have a conversation before knowing how to pronounce words. They seem to babble and imitate the different variety of tones used in human conversation.

@andreboudreau6474

Жыл бұрын

Her imitating her keeper’s accent reminds me of a golden macaw that our local pet store had. Being quite pricy it stayed there many years and had acquired the owners german accent ( enough so that it was hard to tell them appart ). It could be heard calling the owner’s afghan ( dog), Sheila, by her name. " come Sheila , come here". The dog would respond accordingly every time. Amazing birds!

@kingjsolomon

10 ай бұрын

@@susanivy3619iterally my thoughts exactly, I was watching it next to my sister in law and she’s like what the f is happening ? 😂 ptsd

A crow that I helped when it was hurt a few years ago leaves presents for us on our porch, usually blue things like a baby sock or some random party balloon things. He also follows me sometimes when I walk my dog. He flies ahead and waits for me on a fence. Then I walk ahead for a bit and he flies ahead again :) They have crow kids now and it's amazing that the crow kids are not afraid of me and my dog. I love Corvids. I will educate people that it's not Covid-19.

@cutstring

3 жыл бұрын

Crows are amazing smart creatures. Your story is incredibly easy to believe 👍🏻

@meganross4336

3 жыл бұрын

What country was that in!?

@tunapaw

3 жыл бұрын

@Tarquin Fintimlimbin HaHa! So very true :)

@peachmelba1000

3 жыл бұрын

There's a small park at the end of my street where a good number of crows hang around. Knowing that crows are very smart and have great memories, I always tell them how pretty they are as I bike through the park in the morning. I hope that has put me in their good graces.

@jakubs.5966

3 жыл бұрын

They are quite inteligent. Seems like you have made a friend, they remember our faces and will 'spread the word' if you're good or bad. If bad they will always avoid you and teach that to the rest of the flock. If good - you get interesting visits. It's awsome.

I used to live on site at a job, and quite often in the evenings the ravens would be heard talking really quietly, practicing, then suddenly they'd come out with fully formed 'new' phrases. The pied crows were different, they'd imitate at full volume, and just keep doing it until they'd got it exactly as they wanted it. The jackdaws would pick up phrases off the ravens, and all 6 of them would kick off the how's Ronnie, (one of the ravens). We had a Eurasian magpie that imitated the door locks and bolts being slid, and the doors swinging open on the block he was housed in, and the back of his pen was about 6 foot from my pillow, I awoke many times at first light, thinking we were being robbed. None of the corvids imitated the myriad of owls we had on site, but the local wild jays all made tawny owl noises then we were flying hawks during the spring.

@paulita1481

6 ай бұрын

(Jays are corvids). :)

I could have sworn early in the video she said “nice weather” . She is amazing! It’s interesting that she seems to be far more interested in mimicking humans instead of the other birds heard in the background. To me, that seems to show the degree of relationship between the 2 of you.

Even speaking”nonsense “you can hear the cadences of human speech without getting the words.

@SurfinScientist

3 жыл бұрын

I seem to understand her saying "What is it?" or "What is this?".

@TheJvBerkel

3 жыл бұрын

After 5:10 she's definitely saying 'fantastic' and 'that's it', probably what the owner says during word training when she gets the words correctly ;)

@jonathondewey1355

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurfinScientist "What's that" "What's up" and "I'm Fable" are also in there several times after the 10 min. mark I believe.

@raven_ous2585

3 жыл бұрын

She speaks more sense than most people !!

@Robert-er5wq

3 жыл бұрын

But the fact that she is speaking out of context shows that what we perceive as answers may just be situational noises that we interpret as sensible. Communication of birds is very different from that of humans.

She imitates unintentional sounds too, interestingly - breath and lip sounds. Artificial intelligence voices could stand to learn from that.

@theelvenpath9490

4 жыл бұрын

George M don’t be silly , the Art i is all around us , in the life on earth, stolen technologies from life are inadequate spirituality , life has access , not non life , however , if art fiction finds the codes , it will imitate life , when it’s actually fake , and we are gaslit , like in a matrix .

@haruyanto8085

4 жыл бұрын

She was probably someone's pet Raven

@deadlyadder2330

4 жыл бұрын

@@theelvenpath9490 no one cares about your stupid preaching

@deadlyadder2330

4 жыл бұрын

@@haruyanto8085 wow thats crazy

@NoyumiAo

4 жыл бұрын

Vocaloid researchers have been looking into these things about a decade ago

The boop boop had me rollin shes incredible! 😂

I will always love seeing birds do their happy little skipping and playing around, You see some very magical interactions between birds when you watch them play around enough.

Fable: wow. me: wow. we are kindred spirits you see.

@marvinjosephhenderson9553

3 жыл бұрын

wow

@water9584

3 жыл бұрын

wow

@justagirlchillinghere38

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@killer11454

3 жыл бұрын

wow

@KeeplookingUP777

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, wow, wow, wow..

Me doing research for a book I’m writing: “what do ravens sound like?” *DISCOVERS FABLE* Fable: “boop! Boop! Hi!” Me: “perfect”

@thankyoudearjesus1

3 жыл бұрын

That's great!

@jessicah3450

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot "Wow"

@nattyw495

10 ай бұрын

Ikr as i thought of a great storyline while having a raven sidekick..

@What2B

9 ай бұрын

I heard Poop boop and Boop Poop 💩 All this talent and a sense of humor too 😆 WOW!!

@What2B

9 ай бұрын

12:52 Hey where's this thing go?

This is amazing ! We had a raven called "Jakob" (although it was a female, which the previous owner apparently didn't know) in our zoo in Munich who absolutely loved to talk to the visitors. She would put on a huge show as soon as enough people had gathered and would (most likely deliberate) attract said audience by repeating the word "scheiße" ("shit") until people starting paying attention to her and coming closer.

Wow, she is humming to herself. This is remarkable.

This is so funny because in the evening when I'm alone in my room I practice my raven noises...

@mendyboio3917

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Only it's northern cardinal noises! I'm not alone. Thank you for posting that.😊

@serialthrilla21

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@lindsaymarin2772

3 жыл бұрын

Omfg 🤣*dead*

@hisomebodytrackingmuch1309

3 жыл бұрын

I’m practicing the sounds the ravens next store are making during this video. Glad to find kindred spirits

@carlamichele9850

3 жыл бұрын

me2525 - you made me snarf my drink outta my nose I laughed so hard!! Funniest comment EVER!!

Imagine your bird secretly practicing words when you're not around and then one day out of nowhere he comes up and starts a conversation with you

@swordkitty

2 жыл бұрын

this reminds me of those movie scenes where the character practices greetings/a conversation in front of a mirror to work up the courage to talk to someone else

@machewgun503

2 жыл бұрын

The bird: yo.

@sandrinedereu6475

2 жыл бұрын

I totally pictured it And loved the idea Thanks 🤣 6min02 and 9min51 1are the quintessence of it

@MaxOakland

Жыл бұрын

My mom said that’s what my brother did. He started speaking in complete sentences a little later than a kid would say their first word

@daftphil9706

Жыл бұрын

Imagine your bird secretly recording you practicing gibberish by yourself and then posting the results to TouTube. I'd die of embarrassment!

Imagine a random crow or raven deciding to visit you occasionally and each time it comes back, it starts saying things other people have taught it

If I heard this laughter at night not knowing what it was,I think my heart would stop

God, I can't stop thinking how the story of The Raven would go with this one. "Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!” Quoth the Raven “Hiii Boop boop woooow”

@TK-ij2xi

3 жыл бұрын

I snort laughed at this. 😂

@carolechu

3 жыл бұрын

😂🤣🤣😅

@Angiesunshine13

3 жыл бұрын

Someone stole your comment, btw

@Cheesedragon117

3 жыл бұрын

*w a h*

@LaNeona

3 жыл бұрын

I needed to see this. Wooow.

It's impressive how she can make clear "B" and "P" sounds as in "boop boop" - without lips!

@kranichkrone

4 жыл бұрын

Wish we could stick her in an MRI machine and see what her vocal organs look like when she speaks!

@zephyrian1006

4 жыл бұрын

@@kranichkrone Birds actually have a double-sided voicebox called a syrinx- that's how they sing melodies and harmonies at the same time!

@alteredbeast7145

4 жыл бұрын

Work with one called Dave. If he gets annoyed he says "fuck sake". Sometimes Im just walking around doing chores and I hear a very loud "fuck sake"

@embyrr922

4 жыл бұрын

And a fully aspirated plosive on the P as well. You can clearly hear the lip pop and the extended exhalation.

@Rhobyn

4 жыл бұрын

I imagine it's similar to how ventriloquists form those sounds without lips.

The magpies can make the most amazing sounds and songs even at night outside my window. Ravens, crows and magpies are truly beautiful and magical creatures. 😇🩵🙏🙌

She’s amazing! Talking, putting her stick away….so beautiful and smart!

@Lindatiger71

9 ай бұрын

Look like she was trying to hide it under the mat.

So weird they learn even the things we didn't intend like a short inhale before saying a phrase.

@CenarosNL

4 жыл бұрын

Uhu exactly! Many video's of birds also imitating people coughing for example. Fascinating indeed!

@AriaIsara

3 жыл бұрын

@@CenarosNL my parents had a pet magpie when I was a teen. My dad coughed in the morning and the bird picked that up as meaning "hello" because it's the first sound she heard in the morning. So in the morning or at another moment when we were back from somewhere she would greet us with a coughing sound 😄 Very interesting to think that "greeting" is a concept they have! It makes sense though because all species are related, and we have a lot more in common than what is usually acknowledged.

her: "what are you doing?" me: well i'm- her: wOW

@XiaZoldyck

4 жыл бұрын

WOW

I can´t believe these sounds!!! I´m speechless. I knew ravens are megaintelligent, but not aware about their capacity for making so human sounds. Thanks for this incredible material.

The asmr tone boop boop into the mic gave me chills 💀 I love the little ta da song too 💙 she’s precious

A neighbour I had a few years ago (around 2009 or so), lived in an old decrepit house just a few clicks from where I lived. When he passed away, his daughter came to pick up his belongings, and she could have sworn that she heard his voice from outside, saying things that she remembered from previous phone conversations with him. So she reported the house as haunted. Turns out however, that a raven couple had set up a nest nearby, during the time he had lived there and so they had heard him out in the yard when he had spoken on his cell with her. They had just learned to mimic him.

@dorishawilliams9518

3 жыл бұрын

Reported the house as haunted to who?

@CM-ge8wu

3 жыл бұрын

@@dorishawilliams9518 Ghostbusters

@alexyaniro9046

3 жыл бұрын

I mean.. Who are You going to call?

@LindaLuxable

3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating!

@phuklyyve8941

3 жыл бұрын

"reported the house as haunted" hahaha, thats great.

My favorite are all the "Hi Fable"s and the laughing. However, if I was walking through the woods and suddenly heard a Raven laughing it would be some Edgar Allen Poe stuff right there and I would wet myself.

@RepentfollowJesus

4 жыл бұрын

And then asking for a kiss !

@mj6962

4 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@corncrackerkid5092

4 жыл бұрын

Funny how you mention Poe’s Raven, there’s actually a Raven named Zotz on here that learned to say “Nevermore”! Just look up “Waka Nevermore”, which are two of his favorite words “Waka Waka Waka” and “Nevermore”

@crystallarose2

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂🤭

Oh, isn't she just so smart and lovely!

Oh how I loved this! She is just wonderful and fascinating. Her “hi” is literally your voice! I was in hysterics with the “wows” and the jibberish convos and loved her sweetly singing to herself. Magic 👌🏼

my wife walked in when she was saying "oh oh oh" gave me a dirty look, I said "it's a talking bird, get your mind out of the gutter."

@FoxyBoxery

4 жыл бұрын

Better to keep it in there tho

@KM-op6gj

4 жыл бұрын

I turned my phone down 😂

@KM-op6gj

4 жыл бұрын

Leonardo Fiorentina that flag 🤢

@desertsage7

4 жыл бұрын

@@KM-op6gj what's so disgusting about the European flag?

@mrs.childers8333

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahah my teenager is in next room playing his game... i turned my phone down kmsllll

New vocabulary for Fable: "u wot m8"

I found the laughter so delightful.

As I sit here in my little abode, I can't help but admire beautiful Fable. Wow, she is so smart! This is the best ASMR. Thanks

I can literally hear the British accent in the Raven's voice, this is so good.

@reignjuste

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@kittylady6946

10 ай бұрын

Imagine that. I mean, you wouldn’t expect an American accent when the bird is handled by Brits now would you?

@theothertonydutch

10 ай бұрын

@@kittylady6946 It imitates without understanding the meaning so it doesn't interpret words according to how humans tend to hear a word and spell it out in their head with all their preconceptions, who then completely end up butchering the word even though they just heard someone say it. ^_^

@Sssmaug

9 ай бұрын

I'm English & "hiya" is a typical way Brits greet each other. 🙂

@oldcremona

9 ай бұрын

@@kittylady6946 no need to be snarky. Americans delight in the British accent and hearing a raven with a British accent is delightful.

I was once in the car park at Durdle Door in Dorset and heard some kids playing with a toy machine-gun and saying "bang!" "bang!" - except when I looked there were no kids, just a rook next to the car making the sounds. It was looking at me and so I said "hello" and it started saying hello back, over and over, just like Fable does here.

@MareShoop

4 жыл бұрын

You had me at Durdle Door in Dorset 😅

@ymakams

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I live near the Jurassic Coast! Unfortunately I have yet to find any talking Rooks!

@ShiloAllard063

4 жыл бұрын

differous01 Thats cool

@CoffeeCupandXul

4 жыл бұрын

A few months ago I heard a cat meowing but the sound was weird, almost as if it was coming from a speaker or a tiny container. I looked around because it sounded like the cat was in distress, maybe stuck on a tree, from which the sounds were coming. So I looked around to see where it is but I found a rook instead, sitting on a tree right above me, *meowing*. Oh boy was I confused!

@ShiloAllard063

4 жыл бұрын

CoffeeCup Thats cute

🥰I love so much that you named her Fable.💙💯

Thanks for the confirmation, young lady, for the "knowing" that Ravens are incredibly intelligent creatures capable of mimicking almost ANY sound or language. 👍😉🦅

@JGalegria

7 ай бұрын

Young lady is such a condescending label

when she said 'hi' at the beginning; if you didn't know you'd be looking for the girl saying. Honestly she sounded just like a human woman.

@jungleinsectspikewall4474

4 жыл бұрын

Thats cuz she exactly mimics voices. If here owner was a dude she would sound like a dude. Even in raven populations the sounds differs from group to group

@mjtechnoviking44

4 жыл бұрын

Aspiring Marauder what the hell happened to those birds?

@johnbower7452

10 ай бұрын

And when she was singing.

She sounds like an actress practicing her voice before going on stage.

@KanalFrump

4 жыл бұрын

I bet that's exactly what's going on. Parakeets also "practice" their words and phrases. They don't produce speech like we do, so to them achieving mimicry of human speech with their very different vocal apparatus, is probably a lot like playing an instrument to make it produce the desired sound. It takes practice to perfect.

@frankflapper445

4 жыл бұрын

@@KanalFrump I have a car that's fitted with an alarm system and a proximity sensor. The proximity sensor "chirps" electronically and beeps when someone is too close. After about 2 - 3 months, the birds in the surrounding area started making the same electronic "chirp" sound. But I had to disable it; it was getting to be an annoyance. Sadly, the birds don't make that noise anymore. :(

@olavjensen1590

4 жыл бұрын

@@frankflapper445 I actually thought you were going to say "sadly the birds can't be turned off".

I absolutely love ravens. They are so intelligent. ❤❤❤

She's got all the sounds of joy and love. What a beautiful bird. 😊❤

This is not the Duolingo lesson I was looking for

@shebear7542

3 жыл бұрын

you could learn Ravenese.

Those improvised songs also show she has a clear sense of rhythm. She's keeping a consistent tempo on songs that haven't been taught to her but she's made up herself. That's quite amazing.

@krankerspast769

3 жыл бұрын

I know right? There are dozens of other videos where you can clearly see that birds (especially parrots) have a good sense for rythm

@charliethecockatoo2159

3 жыл бұрын

@@krankerspast769 yes we do! ;)

@MrAyla

3 жыл бұрын

She’s also singing a pentatonic scale. I don’t know what that means...

@dragonwithamonocle

3 жыл бұрын

Something I've noticed is that a LOT of birds have a distinct sense of rhythm, and I know a lot of parrots like almost any kind of music with a good beat, whether that be bassline or drums played to keep the beat. Cockatoos in particular seem to be natural metalheads, and I've seen many a headbanging cockatoo with crest flopping all over the place. I'd really like to see scientists skip the "intelligence testing" phase and skip straight to formal communications.

What a clear voice, and I remember practicing words like that when I was three or something, is how you learn your voice, and raven is no different.... is amazing how accurate this species can pronounce.

This is amazing because it feels like the raven has a personal goal to be good at something it wouldn't normally need to do.

I bet the 1st time someone heard a bird talk, they were not alright for a few days. 🤣

@mischr13

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@Glocktopus129

4 жыл бұрын

It’s even funnier when you say it as opposed to the thousands of ppl on face book great job👍

@arielilijeva3019

4 жыл бұрын

@@Glocktopus129 Wow. Wow.

@AverageAlien

4 жыл бұрын

@@Glocktopus129 who still uses facebook? Lol

@MrCosmin94

4 жыл бұрын

Probablybthey thought its witchcraft and killed thr birb.

It's interesting when she just makes up words, but they have the same cadence and inflections as English does. It's probably much like what English sounds like to people who don't speak the language.

@mellowmortal

3 жыл бұрын

There's a short film here on KZread entitled "Skwerl" in an approximation of how English sounds to a non-English speaker. Really awesome video, you should check it out!

@Aethgeir

3 жыл бұрын

@@mellowmortal I've seen it! I especially like how you can still understand all the swear-words.

@krankerspast769

3 жыл бұрын

This is kind what it sounded like when i talked to myself in "english" when I was little. Very interesting how ravens have a similar learning structure as a 7 year old

@daryabikeholder2688

3 жыл бұрын

It really works,even for ravens! I have got A levels in English, I studied grammar of course and had to build my vocabulary, but accent I practice by myself. I have quite a good accent now, I guess it is more east London accent where I live. This video needs to be shown to students who study foreign languages 🤓

@ironwolf56

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that exact thing; you see those videos like what does English sound like to non-English speakers; this is basically what does human language sound like to birds.

8:35 "🎵🎶do-do-do-do!🎵🎶"❤️ Didn't catch this bit the first time I watched it! 😍🥰

What a wonderful creature! She sounds as if she us calling you with repeated, "Hi". Also it looks as if she was trying to use the stick to escape!

It sounds like she says "what's that?" When she hears the trucks driving by. What a smart girl!

@clarkrouiedale1830

4 жыл бұрын

Yep i also heard it owo

@campusto

4 жыл бұрын

Paused the fullscreen video to comment this, but you already did it! :)

@nahaniyes

4 жыл бұрын

That's what I came in here to write too. When it says "nonsense conversation" I heard What's that? Ohhhhh. Ohhhh." quite a few times. It was pretty clear that I don't understand why it says "nonsense".

@aleksandrakrolak

4 жыл бұрын

@@nahaniyes Maybe she learned when you see something new and interesting you say "what's that?", like when she gets a new toy.

@Arikayx13

4 жыл бұрын

I hear “what’s that say” or “what’s that there” but definitely “what’s that?”

the way she says "wow" sounds so sarcastic lmao

@voidhog1028

4 жыл бұрын

This bird has overseen so much smalltalk. Im awe struck

@kaidixon2417

4 жыл бұрын

Her different wows sound like she’s been watching owen wilson movies lol

She’s even trying to learn the cadence in the voice, its absurd how smart ravens are.

I never knew ravens could talk so well. …Thought that was mainly a parrot thing.

@StoryMing

6 ай бұрын

Do we know how much they actually understand of what they are saying?