Can a Bird Store and Reproduce Data? A Starling May Have Proven It's Possible

Can a bird store and reproduce data? A starling may have proven it's possible

A recent YouTube video from birder Benn Jordan explains how a songbird retained and reproduced information from a PNG image file, theoretically enabling data transfers reaching 2 MB/s. The feat is possible due to a starling's unique ability to mimic sounds.Read Entire Article

Storing PNG image data in a bird’s song

Birds have a strong ability to learn and mimic sounds. So, Benn Jordan converted a PNG image into a spectrogram and then played the resulting sound to a starling, a bird known for its mimicking. The starling was able to copy the sound, thus demonstrating an ability to store data in its song. Let's just…

How Birds Mimic Sounds (and Saving a PNG to a Starling)

If you've ever heard the squeals of a modem or a fax machine, you know that sounds can transmit data. Music and science geek Benn Jordan got the crazy

Birds and bytes: how one YouTuber taught a starling to store and retrieve data

A YouTuber has published a video chronicling his successful attempt at converting a PNG file into something a starling bird can store into memory.