# Clip: a raven mimicking human speech - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/20/ - Date: 2021-02-02 · Kind: other · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (2:10:08–2:14:58) - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=7808s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/ **Topics:** Science, the universe and big questions **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth shows a raven mimicking speech and says crows and ravens are equally intelligent corvids. ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth plays a clip of a pet raven mimicking phrases such as 'you all right?' while its owner talks to it, after trouble getting the audio to come through. He says ravens and crows are both corvids, differ mainly in size and tail, are equally intelligent and can mimic sentences as parrots do. To a chat comment that it was a parrot, Mufti replies that it was not and points viewers to videos of crows and ravens speaking. ## Transcript (machine tier, 2:10:08–2:14:58) [2:09:28] It's displayed by dolphins and elephants mainly. This is not I mean you'll get it in primates but primates because they're so close to humans. But generally in the mammal kingdom it's not like that except with crows. I mean I mean they're not mammals but I mean except with obviously elephants, dolphins and then crows uh or ravens corvids. So, it's I thought this was definitely worth sharing those of you that I did have as well for you, but I may have uh not I did have a [2:10:08] clip actually. I don't know if it's here. I probably haven't brought it up here, but let me see. Actually, if it's here, I will um I will sh bring it up and show it. But it's to do with right. [2:10:34] No. Right. Okay. Here's the clip. Uh I have got it here. Let me show. It was just about ravens. I thought, well, that would be interesting just to show you guys um that the ability of to to mimic as well is incredibly fascinating. Um just [2:11:02] here it is. Okay. Huh? [laughter] Right. What this one, man. What this one? Uhhuh. Uhhuh. Uhhuh. Why is it not playing it? Oh, there it is. Uh, okay. [2:11:27] Right. That should work now. If I If I bring this clip up now, check this out, people. This will I'll just bring this up here. Um, can you see them? They have the ability to mimic speech. I'm all right. You all right? [2:11:50] You all right? I'm all right. I don't think you guys can hear me, right? She just wants a head. Oh, I see why. Um, one more. I'll have to I did want to share that because it was worth it was [laughter] I know what's I'll share it as a uh it doesn't let you I think with the media for some reason it doesn't let my it doesn't let the audio come through as clearly. [2:12:22] So I'll share it. Where's it gone? Here it is. as a browser thing. Now, check this out, people. This is a a raven. You all right? You all right? You all right? I'm all right. You all right? And just check how they see how they can mimic speech. [2:12:47] She just wants a head kiss. Wow. Wow. I've [laughter] been teaching her so long to do that. That's one of the first times I actually caught [music] that on camera. She's given us a kiss as well. Um, are you all right? [laughter] Say, are you all right? Mischief for you. [2:13:09] It's amazing. Yeah. Good girl. And again. Go on then. Sing for us. Go on. Wow. So that people I thought that that's definitely something fascinating. [2:13:32] Let's get rid of that. So I thought definitely I'd share that share my thoughts on it. Um what is going on here one? Right. So let me just bring up your chats. [snorts] Yeah. Yeah, I mean that the raven not crow. Yeah, I mean these they're both corvids. [2:13:58] They're both from the same kind of family. I mean they are slightly different in species in terms of size and the way their tails are, but they are in essence both equally intelligent. So and they can both mimic speech, human speech, just like how parrots do. They can even mimic sentences and um so right. So, let's move on people. [2:14:26] Somebody said that's not a raven. You kina aa. [laughter] It's a parrot in blackface. It's not. It's not. They're not parrots. You see, you just you just don't know if you just go on to YouTube, type um crow mimics mimicking speech or just crows speaking and you'll see that they're actually crows and ravens. [2:14:57] Right. So people, let's move on. [cough] Yeah. Right. Whoa. people. Right now, those of you, let's speak a bit about trade in the modern world, people. Allah, Allah, Allah. ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment ijwBevcC6o8/s/20. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/20/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.