The surprising reason birds sing

The surprising reason birds sing - Partha P. Mitra

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6 жыл бұрын

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A brown thrasher knows a thousand songs. A wood thrush can sing two pitches at once. A mockingbird can match the sounds around it - including car alarms. These are just a few of the 4,000 species of songbirds. How do these birds learn songs? How do they know to mimic the songs of their own species? Are they born knowing how to sing? Partha P. Mitra illuminates the beautiful world of birdsong.
Lesson by Partha P. Mitra, animation by TED-Ed.
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@TEDEd 6 жыл бұрын

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@JK_JK_JK_JK 6 жыл бұрын

Will there ever be a TED Men's channel just like a TED Woman's channel too?!?! #Sexism 🤔😣👍

@cadr003 6 жыл бұрын

TEDYouth...wow how exciting!

@5-minuteriddle612 6 жыл бұрын

Bangladeshi Regular

@jasonchen542 6 жыл бұрын

I’m 8 in 5 days

@adrian_zombturtle148 6 жыл бұрын

Oh no ill be 19 in 2 months i will lose my chanse to strike

@palemoonlight96 6 жыл бұрын

There's an amazing story about a flute player in 1930s that had a lyrebird pet that mimicked his music and when he later released it into the wild, it literally passed the sounds of the musician to the later lyrebird generations and they can even be heard today in the birds' songs! Birds are awesome creatures

@rhy4551 6 жыл бұрын

palemoonlight96 That's so cool damn.

@sonofmeh3182 6 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome

@novelnouvel 6 жыл бұрын

Wow its amazing ... Now try with a heavy metal song ... It would be nice hahaha

@carmens543 6 жыл бұрын

this literally made my day.❤

@Madhattersinjeans 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah i'm a little surprised TED didn't focus a bit more on the lyrebird in this. It can imitate any sound it hears if it hears it often enough and uses the unique sound to attract a mate. Things like chainsaws, doors closing, trees being cut down. Really neat creature.

@johnbagel2560 6 жыл бұрын

Wow. This is actually really fascinating. Newfound respect for these artists.

@SciencewithKatie 6 жыл бұрын

This is so cute, I love watching videos like this - it’s just so calming and you’re learning something new at the same time 🐣🐥

@hollyxo2898 6 жыл бұрын

They’re always so lovely

@Kyonkicchi 6 жыл бұрын

My cats enjoyed this video too; they were looking all over for the birds!

@Mahdi.alkawaz 5 жыл бұрын

it seems they even jumped into your profile picture

@arrowheart8309 5 жыл бұрын

Mehdi K. Lol

@TheKinkish 6 жыл бұрын

It resembles the way humans acquire language. Awesome

@nblack7314 4 жыл бұрын

it may shock you but people are animals, not supreme overlords, no one resembles our divine image, we are like any other animals except it seems to be we're dumber as apparently many of us can't even process the simplest information received via their senses.. it is incredible mystery to me how you see people speak different language than yours and understand that they have language and still asking do birds/cats/whales have one🤦‍♂️

@rosiegirl2485 Жыл бұрын

I am not sure if you are familiar with the Bible... In Genesis it says "let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground. God made man in His own image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them. God also allows Adam to name them...which gives him authority over the animals.

@whiteshadow0122 5 ай бұрын

@@rosiegirl2485not that we should take what the Bible says when we're talking about historical accuracy in language development, right?

@Lcs-95 3 жыл бұрын

Please talk more about birds. They are amazing. We would like to know about how there are so many species. Thank you for all your videos, I learn a lot with them

@manojhsvjkumar 6 жыл бұрын

0:02 wait, searching where are my earphones.

@CookieDoesDragons 4 жыл бұрын

@Manoj kumar 😂 Lol!

@stalebread2997 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ted-Ed. Got me wishing spring was here so I can sit down outside and listen to the birds sing as I sip on some lemonade.

@cyzhouhk 6 жыл бұрын

Now I can’t wait for summer so I can hear the songs of the birds all the time

@ilijamitrevski1210 6 жыл бұрын

If a baby song bird hears the song of a bird from a different species will it imitate it? And if bread with other birds that grew up the same will they teach their babies the song? And after multiple generations will it still start to sound like the culture songs? And what if babies that picked up songs from two different species breed?

@dirtypure2023 6 жыл бұрын

Ilija Mitrevski, interesting questions, hopefully someone has the answers.

@voidface8827 6 жыл бұрын

You can't really cross-breed birds. It can happen (like with some conures) but it leads to deformities so it's a bit unethical.

@voidface8827 6 жыл бұрын

Veronica Rally I think I misread someone's comment, but yeah I get that two birds can foster other parents weanlings

@lilianarruda2187 4 жыл бұрын

My cockatiel learned songs from wild birds around my house!

@beadmecreative9485 4 жыл бұрын

It said in the video that the birds brain is hard wired to listen and pick up its own species song. It also said if a bird is isolated, singing is hired wired in their DNA so they will sing no matter what. If there is an isolated bird colony, they might just start singing however they wanted to but it said in the video that as most and more birds are born throughout the generations, the song becomes more and more similar to an unisolated population’s song. So that means that singing a particular song is hard wired into their DNA. Most birds have very different vocal abilities so a robin will not sound like a crow because their vocal chords are different. Many parrot species like cockatiels, parrots, parakeets have very complex mimicking abilities so they can mimic very foreign sounds like clicking, song tunes, human voice, even other animals and birds. Also adopting other species birds are not very common among birds, they have an instinct to take care of their babies.

@dailydiaries360 3 жыл бұрын

birds' songs and animations are really incredible

@madusanka101 3 жыл бұрын

I love TED-ED... I'm addicted to it. This is my morning energy.

@carpo719 6 жыл бұрын

I taught them all

@kwriiyo 6 жыл бұрын

carpo719 lol

@owaismuhammad2116 6 жыл бұрын

I was the first one to teach all spiecies

@heihachimishima6713 6 жыл бұрын

carpo719 you've done well..................

@vol10O000 6 жыл бұрын

And I ate them

@heihachimishima6713 6 жыл бұрын

joshua moe that very interesting,....................................

@oona60 6 жыл бұрын

I'm literally in love with this channel. It helped me so much and whenever I'm in class, I'd be the only one giving out amazing new facts. Thank you so much!!

@kaitlynhorton4570 2 жыл бұрын

Smiling and laughing. No matter where you are from out emotions are shown the same way through our faces

@kirbymarchbarcena 6 жыл бұрын

At least they sing beautifully,unlike some singers nowadays who needed effects just to enhance their voices and the tunes they made.

@oscarfernandoofpublicnature 6 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites so far!! We do definitely have knowledge encoded in our genes, ask Chomsky!

@katys. 6 жыл бұрын

*🐦 Am I the only one who loves the twittering of the birds in morning?*

@nicolle2126 6 жыл бұрын

the cutest birbs

@nicholefieldbutch321 3 жыл бұрын

chirping in the rain..to God! what a beautiful language that humans cant do

@lamcb.9476 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, I might incorperate this knowledge in my next art project. I am starting to respect ornitology more and more

@dodododododododo8216 5 жыл бұрын

*ornithology*

@Future_Pheonix 6 жыл бұрын

I love birds and the animation is beautiful and charming. : }

@Elissaoui 6 жыл бұрын

💖 wonderful dear friend 👍

@aaronnash1776 6 жыл бұрын

Alone this is stunning and further the implications immeasurable

@IdleDaydreamer 6 жыл бұрын

Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?

@Noutli 6 жыл бұрын

FlickosBizarros Usually means you’re a disney princess

@gustavosousa473 6 жыл бұрын

Just like me, they long to be close to you!

@ezequielleopoldomelendezmo3427 6 жыл бұрын

Why do stars fall down from the sky?

@durpddurke4633 6 жыл бұрын

Simple: You got some crumbs on you

@nobodynobody6843 6 жыл бұрын

Just like me, they want to be... close to yooooou!

@bezozo97 6 жыл бұрын

@3:11 I think this means we could somehow extract the single most attractive birdsong based on their genomes - amazing.

@lolamanzarek933 6 жыл бұрын

Loved it! I adore birds! ❤

@user-jp5sg3xs6p 6 жыл бұрын

This is one of the channel that I can't skip a single second

@EASYPEASYDIYFORKIDS 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are just AMAZING!

@andrewleonardi3351 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible.

@thedizzychicken81 6 жыл бұрын

You always make my day

@hoangkimviet8545 6 жыл бұрын

Without the birds, the sounds will be boring :0

@technothepandaanimator2706 4 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@mtgrinchspace8947 3 жыл бұрын

@KhaledAlfaris 6 жыл бұрын

Lovely 💞

@justfrankjustdank2538 3 жыл бұрын

@josemigueldurangiraldo7136 2 жыл бұрын

i going to make learn to a bird rap god xd

@idolafreak 5 жыл бұрын

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@Gr95dc 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! It's so interesting. I love Ted ed videos

@CraziCat1512 4 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant! 🐦

@gabriellahanna5594 2 жыл бұрын

It's so beautiful!!

@aadityabisaria5427 6 жыл бұрын

i love this video!!

@davidagustinuskorisano8924 3 жыл бұрын

It is amazing

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Keep it up Ted Ed we love u and we will support u

@narayankabra4664 6 жыл бұрын

you are amazing ted ed

@alexcastaneda1451 6 жыл бұрын

I love birds

@mags0147 6 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating

@heihachimishima6713 6 жыл бұрын

Margaret de Albergaria it sure is .................

@389jn Жыл бұрын

The animation's birds are so cute 🐦🐦🐦

@2Alya2 6 жыл бұрын

woah i saw Mississauga and Mauritius at the end, it feels good to see my hometown and my mother's :]

@Angel_Billy4-30-23 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it's a lyrebird but yeah, look up lyre bird mimicking a drill. It's a hilarious video. The bird is insanely talented though, it's mimicking power tools and some other stuff too. But yeah it does the sound of a chainsaw too. Oh my gosh, if anyone reading this comment looks up this video please let me know if possible, thank you.

@khanhlehuu92 6 жыл бұрын

This is so cool

@juanmiguelfrissatessa1950 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video. I really like it. Keep it up.

@mjstory1976 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome and informative video 👍

@5688gamble 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe that's why music from around the world shares similar characteristics and why we use similar intervals and why we like those sounds, it's hardwired into as to express ourselves through song or to enjoy hearing others do the same and in such a way that certain patterns will evolve, could be why you hear the exact same chord progression from Canon in D in all different styles or why we base catchy guitar riffs, etc on scales.

@vjnikm8730 5 жыл бұрын

That's really weird and awesome, both at the same time...

@riggibaptiste8263 6 жыл бұрын

Birds are the cutest!!!

@TickedOffPriest 6 жыл бұрын

What an amazing design.

@RamzaBeoulves 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, It turned out a hundred time more interesting than I thought

@heihachimishima6713 6 жыл бұрын

Nice and we call birds bird brains yet THERE SMART and have great memory.......................................

@f.santyabudi 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video like this only 261k views? I love every minute of this video, keep the good work Ted-Ed,..

@hades5697 6 жыл бұрын

this was soo interesting !

@HenchMarcin 6 жыл бұрын

this videos are so informative I love it

@usama57926 5 жыл бұрын

thank u sir amazing

@kvlpnd 6 жыл бұрын

I connected headphones as advised and it is worth for it.

@pdas4611 6 жыл бұрын

DNA and songs... Wow.. that's was really interesting 😊❤

@sridharhs1460 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible,😊💐

@fouziawilliam5998 4 жыл бұрын

Very educational

@tomdrowry 6 жыл бұрын

Bird brains are amazing.

@r.m.2938 6 жыл бұрын

AAAAH SO CUTE. I CAN'T.

@mallikrajini7136 6 жыл бұрын

Thank You

@NatashaBass22 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video

@johnjomeldumalagan272 5 жыл бұрын

wow cool

@itsjustME11111 6 жыл бұрын

Would love to have RadioLab do an episode about this!

@bogumpark6413 6 жыл бұрын

Can ted ed make a video about bird roosting? I was kinda expecting to see a ted ed video about that but sadly there's none. And i'm a big fan of your videos i learn a lot and usually spend half of my day scavenging on your videos.

@thedragonofcanada6659 2 жыл бұрын

"Isolated birds have different songs than regular ones, but sound similar to them after a hile of repeating them." Does that mean that if we put a bunch of people who have never heard a single language like on an island, isolated or smth, would they develop some kind of dialect similar to that of modern man? Or ancient man instead?

@avivastudios2311 2 жыл бұрын

Cool thought.

@shortriver7451 Жыл бұрын

Yep, thats right

@guilhermedantas5067 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, didn't know they sung in 17/16 time signature. lol

@saileshsingh7661 6 жыл бұрын

Love u tedx😍

@devikabagree7324 6 жыл бұрын

Just last night i was wondering when ted-ed is going to upload their next video❗️

@cccaaa702 3 жыл бұрын

I suddenly want to teach a bird some of my favorite songs now

@LittleA 6 жыл бұрын

I love Ted Ed

@alineuwiragiye7704 5 жыл бұрын

So cute

@ContinualImprovement 6 жыл бұрын

This would be a good Explain Like I’m 5 question.

@onurcanisler 6 жыл бұрын

DUDE YOUR PROFILE PICTURE IS *_SZZSUUCCCKGKK._*

@khklkhcvtvreff 6 жыл бұрын

Birds got talent

@ch33.tah. 5 жыл бұрын

great animation ideas

@saityavuz76 6 жыл бұрын

I always wondered this

@Manowar458 3 жыл бұрын

Cooooooollll

@mattfangrecorderstudio8325 2 жыл бұрын

This was very helpful to me, my instrument is very bird like.

@scchouhansanjay 2 жыл бұрын

It's so cute

@beeankha 6 жыл бұрын

really interesting video. but what a way to gloss over the amazing abilities of the lyrebird at the beginning... lol

@cookiebear5179 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty song birds

@concentratedcringe 6 жыл бұрын

That transition though.

@no-lifenoah7861 6 жыл бұрын

I like the qoute.

@kapilgupta798 6 жыл бұрын

The human version of this genetic behaviour transfer might be the bro code. You know no one ever gives you lesson about that but somehow you know it.

@rhy4551 6 жыл бұрын

kapil gupta 😂😂😂

@mayatoll1443 6 жыл бұрын

or the words to mr. brightside

@MOURADMAARIFCASABLANCA 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this lesson. We needed this illustration to fully understand the mechanism for learning song in birds. A question please, do you authorize me to make a translation of the subtitling in Arabic to make it understood by the bird lovers of my association? And thank you in advance my friend!

@youssefamir9216 Жыл бұрын

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@eternalis5891 5 жыл бұрын

Wow the animation are funny and cool!

@upbeat_garbage0308 6 жыл бұрын

Ok but the lyre bird is way better than the mockingbird you mentioned. My proof is in the video where it makes noises like a laser gun and I can’t remember what else. It’s incredible

@maheenzaffar6831 4 жыл бұрын

I think that when babies cry they sing a special music that makes people listen to them

@charleswalters5284 2 жыл бұрын

Baby humans are born with a language look up dunsten baby language

@MrRishik123 6 жыл бұрын

I would say that language learning is something written in our genes too. When you see feral children or deaf children that never got taught a language, their iq and social interaction ability suffers. So i guess its important to make sure everyone gets the education they need to develop into full humans

@Bilalix 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as always, Birds are fascinating, such beautiful creatures. Thank you for the informative video and the great art. We learn and enjoy at the same time :)