Starling speaking in tongues
this is the true voice of Satan...I almost fouled myself
( the_log_knows ..to pay cheeses, to the leopards in your head, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 12:14, Reply)

freaky!
my parrot doesn't speak as much jibberish as that! heheh
( McMookMac a member of Cunts of the Internet, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 12:17, Reply)

KILL IT!
kill it this instant!
(Sacamacamojo was lurking right up until, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 12:26, Reply)

it would only come alive again
like all decent servants of teh devil
( rollthetroll el presidente, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 23:52, Reply)

*bookmarks*
I feel a remix coming on ;)
( Bela Lugosi's Dad, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 12:26, Reply)

aphex twin
anybody?
(Suddenly, zebras Safe and sound for eternity, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 14:39, Reply)

And that's how you discover you talk in your sleep...

( IHaveABadFeelingAboutThis most likely working from home on, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 12:45, Reply)

12 seconds in
sounds like it's saying "This little bird is creepy"
( Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Mon 20 Oct 2008, 14:58, Reply)

37 seconds
"Please dont use it there"
(chippy time travel agents, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 15:57, Reply)

Starlings are quite intelligent, and are natural mimics.
Not as clever as crows, but getting there.
( Monty Propps, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 16:22, Reply)

I disbelieve this video's realness!
Agree?
(Al Fresco dances like your dad, only faster, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 18:23, Reply)

i agree
fake
( yanmania... last shagged your mum on, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 12:38, Reply)

Max/MSP/Jitter?
Or just somebody fucking about with a Dictaphone? Dick2Fone. Dickter.
(mr_chopper pluggin' up yo' plopper, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 14:51, Reply)

Why is it
saying that it hates Demarr near the end of the vid? What does the bird have against this Demarr?
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 14:12, Reply)

sounds like its got a bit too much of an accent
(Osiris64 ... thats no moon ..., Fri 24 Oct 2008, 14:34, Reply)

There used to be
a starling that lived outside Mr Bins house in the 80's that could do a perfect imitation of the game over sound from Pacland.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 24 Oct 2008, 18:13, Reply)

I was thinking that it sounded like a cross between marge simpson and that message from the future in prince of darkness
and then i heard it say "23rd century"


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( VampireMonkeyOnSpeed unexpected arse in the bagging area, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 19:04, Reply)

haha, terrifying
0:50 "you'd best give me some more"
( kingofpork is the king of pork, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 19:33, Reply)

Sounded to me me more like
"My breasts are gonna be sore"
(Schrodinger's Goldfish, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 22:30, Reply)

Reminded me...
...of Keops from "Battle of the Planets".

Or whatever his name was.
(Smooth n Fluffy, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 20:51, Reply)

Interesting...
So this starling is indoors, I assume that it has been reared from a chick?

If so, this shows that starlings learn their songs from their parents.

In this case, the parents are humans, so it's trying to imitate them.

It would also seem that starlings are not able to reproduce human sounds as well as a parrot.

That said, the sounds this starling is creating are quite creepy.
(shadders, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 22:40, Reply)

Damn birds!
I bet it was summoning some hell spawn thing.
( Green Spanner and his magical lack of activity, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 23:30, Reply)

hello
metafilter
(The Last Demographic, Sat 1 Nov 2008, 0:40, Reply)

I can't see its lips move
Got to be a hoax. I know it's amusing but come on. And who has a starling as a pet?
(kevon45uk, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 12:00, Reply)