Birds have a syrinx, whereas humans have a larynx. I highly recommend looking up stuff about it - it’s fascinating. Birds have such a wider vocal range than we do, giving a few species the ability to mimic our speech.
Essentially it’s all about moving air around. For humans we have certain folds in the larynx that essentially provide our vocal range.
The syrinx is generally further down than larynx; it’s where the trachea branches into lungs so they can make multiple sounds at once using each side. It lacks the laryngeal folds we have, which I think helps widen the range of sounds they can make.
Different groups and species have differing syrinx characteristics, which means they sound vastly different from each other (think songbird compared to goose).
As for the feathers, they are essentially reacting to the movement of the neck caused by the raven creating sound using the mechanics of the syrinx. Don’t get me started on different types of feather..!
The accent is what gets me, reminds me of that "study" that demonstrated that dogs and cats from different countries develop regional accents which they learn over time from humans around them. Side note if you take 2 crows or cats from different countries they'll still be able to communicate since body language and vocalizations stay the same. Feel free to dispute this, this is all stuff I heard on National Geographic several years ago.
u/Missbhavin67, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...
The fate of your post is in the hands of the most savage animals of all now, the mods.
“Blyat!”
A raven that was taught to speak, an OP that wasn't.
The video is in russian so the chance that OP's first language is russian is very high.
Teached instead of taught from someone who learned english as a second language is such a minor thing.
Was teached?????
I love the way their throat feathers flare when they talk. Makes me wonder how they're doing it, mechanically.
Birds have a syrinx, whereas humans have a larynx. I highly recommend looking up stuff about it - it’s fascinating. Birds have such a wider vocal range than we do, giving a few species the ability to mimic our speech.
Essentially it’s all about moving air around. For humans we have certain folds in the larynx that essentially provide our vocal range.
The syrinx is generally further down than larynx; it’s where the trachea branches into lungs so they can make multiple sounds at once using each side. It lacks the laryngeal folds we have, which I think helps widen the range of sounds they can make.
Different groups and species have differing syrinx characteristics, which means they sound vastly different from each other (think songbird compared to goose).
As for the feathers, they are essentially reacting to the movement of the neck caused by the raven creating sound using the mechanics of the syrinx. Don’t get me started on different types of feather..!
I be teached said the raven.
Always more!
My inner grammar nazi is screaming
Mine was too with the original that they reposted this from, but at least the OOP is not a native English speaker.
*mine inner grammar nazi
**mein
imagine your pet giving you sass in russian 😂
he has such a deep voice! like a man's. I wasn't expecting that. Or his size either, this one seems particularly big.
me watching a raven say russian words like it’s trying to join the demon slayer corps 😆 (though the ones in demon slayer are actually crows)
That "EH?????" at :13 is *so* hard-of-hearing grandpa, I love it.
The accent is what gets me, reminds me of that "study" that demonstrated that dogs and cats from different countries develop regional accents which they learn over time from humans around them. Side note if you take 2 crows or cats from different countries they'll still be able to communicate since body language and vocalizations stay the same. Feel free to dispute this, this is all stuff I heard on National Geographic several years ago.
I don't know how to explain it but it even looks Russian
They just cannot stop their russification!
Rather teach it Ukrainian, that would be a cooler language to hear a crow speak in
Go for it
HEAR HEAR
Taught
r/titlegore
How was it teached?
Can it be taught to build tanks too? haha
I never knew The Capitol sent mockingjays to Russia
Somebody needs to ask him if he supports the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine