Ravens can talk!
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Published 2015-11-13
This is Mischief the White-Necked Raven. These ravens are found throughout eastern and southern Africa, and are common near human habitation.
Like all members of the Corvidae family, ravens are extremely intelligent. They use tools to get food if necessary, and can even mimic human speech!
Cool facts about White-Necked Ravens:
- Their main diet is fruit, insects, and small reptiles, but if they find a small tortoise to eat, they will lift it up and drop it to the ground to break the shell.
- Ravens are some of the smartest of all animals.
- Since they are very social by nature, ravens are also some of the most playful of birds.
- Ravens display a strange behavior in the wild called "anting". They roll around on anthills, let the ants crawl all over them, and then they chew up the ants and rub them through their feathers. Scientists are unsure why they do this.
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All Comments (21)
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Imagine being alone in the woods and you heard “hello” in a very human sounding voice coming from the trees.
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Ravens in horror movies : (being scary) Ravens In real life: "Hi"
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"Mischief, can you say "Hello"?" Mischief: "The streets will flood with the blood of the non-believers..."
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It seems he's learned that his human's laughter is positive reinforcement. :-) When she starts laughing when he says "hi" instead of "hello," he keeps doing it. I've noticed dogs and even pet rats are capable of learning this same concept, so I'm sure ravens are more than capable of it as well.
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Teach him to say "RUN" to random people at night
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He actually sounds more convincingly human than any parrot I've ever heard
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His increasingly louder and more desperate "Hi!" in the bloopers is the best 🤣
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A corvid is a fully sentient bird that can recognize itself in the mirror and can talk, not mimic. Amazing creatures.
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In the Raven's defense, "hi" is an acceptable reply to "hello"
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Human: cough cough Raven: ᶜᵒᵘᵍʰ
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I love how she says:"say hello" in the end and he says "hi", she then doesn't give him the reward and he raises his voice, saying "hi" again and again more aggressively , like "you said I shall say hi, wth did I do wrong?"
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I love how derpy he sounds. It's strangely even funnier than a parrot.
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The way he starts saying "HI"more and more aggressively.
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I'd shit my pants if i see this Raven in the wild saying "hi" to me.
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He’s so cute! I didn’t know ravens could talk at this level.
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Watching this video always cheers me up. He is so cool and her smile is so beautiful.
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Imagine being in a forest alone, and you hear a random- “Hi”...
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I love how each “hi” becomes increasingly more panicked when he doesn’t get a treat😂
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The bird is definitely smart and the girl has a wonderful smile/laugh !
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Imagine this Raven flying around and coughing at people randomly in these days.
