Scientists are teaching birds to sing lost songs
speckx
48 points
7 comments
October 14, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
pingou
It's different but it reminds me of the lonely song of one of the last known Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, sad but beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDRY0CmcYNU
lowbloodsugar
What! Do not teach them the old ways! Thousands of years of dark magic cursing our ancestors as we wallowed in pestilence!
astrodust
Or you could teach them an image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQCP-5g5bo&themeRefresh=1
entaloneralie
Something out of Huxley's Island!
rickydroll
I wonder how much noise pollution is partly causing the lost songs. It is known to hinder finding mates.