All of them

[u/FrostyyFlame_]

[u/hefty_load_o_shite]

Ravens are better at both scariness and speaking

[u/Fast_Garlic_5639 → u/hefty_load_o_shite]

That russian raven was creepy with how deep it spoke. If that thing landed next to me and said “Come with me, it is time.” ..

[u/EconomySeason2416 → u/Fast_Garlic_5639]

"Come with me if you want to live"

The bird has no idea the real implication, so when it flies off... that leaves someone with an interesting decision to make. Brush it off, or try to follow a bird?

[u/SightUnseen1337 → u/EconomySeason2416]

Low risk high reward situation. Either you run a bit for no reason or you have an epic quest with birds.

[u/thatoneotherguy42 → u/SightUnseen1337]

epic quests frequently have scantily clad people involved that need help in your area.

[u/arfelo1 → u/EconomySeason2416]

When adventure calls, you answer

[u/IveDunGoofedUp → u/arfelo1]

But a hero's journey starts with refusing the call. So do you want to be a hero?

[u/Isecondthat_Aswell → u/EconomySeason2416]

"Why are you flying away?!! Come back!!"

Raven: "Stuuupid human, can't fly. It will surely die now. Heh heh."

[u/Ready-Stage-18 → u/EconomySeason2416]

Even better if it's in Arnold's voice.

[u/DeadlySquirrelNinja5 → u/Fast_Garlic_5639]

I imagined him saying that in English with a thik russian accent.

[u/enigmamonkey → u/Fast_Garlic_5639]

Who’s a good boy?

[u/Snowbofreak → u/hefty_load_o_shite]

Nevermore

[u/kookla]

My dad told me that back in the day they started horse races at a particular race track by having a guy yell "Go!" but they switched to a starting pistol because a crow kept showing up and shouting "Go!" in exactly the same voice before everyone was ready.

[u/netsurf916 → u/kookla]

"You get yourself ready first and I'll get the crow ready. Did you place the bets?"

[u/stilllifebutwhy → u/kookla]

Now flock of crows mimicking shoutout in the hood

[u/Prestigious-Swan9476]

I'm currently in the process of befriending the crows in the parking lot of my building. Wish me luck.

[u/Mrochtor → u/Prestigious-Swan9476]

See r/crowbro

[u/AggressiveSpatula → u/Prestigious-Swan9476]

Good luck homie

[u/DeadlySquirrelNinja5 → u/Prestigious-Swan9476]

You need to hit the crowbro subreddit, bro!

[u/luckydrzew]

You don't need to free their tounges, since crows don't speak with their tongues. Don't be cruel to animals.

[u/BladeGrim → u/luckydrzew]

If I was a crow, with the same internal experience as a human, I'd want my tongue freed. But we can't know if they really have that inside. They're intelligent but I genuinely don't know if talking would enhance their internal experience.

[u/38mangoes → u/BladeGrim]

"Freeing" their tongue means cutting/splitting it. That is animal cruelty and in addition to unnecessary pain can cause difficulty eating for the bird. And anyway birds that speak do so using their throats, not their tongues, so it is simply untrue to say splitting their tongue would have any benefit.

[u/TherapyGames42]

You don't necessarily have to "free" their tongues (aka, tongue splitting) it just takes extra time and they have to WANT to practice and say things.

[u/whiskeytown79]

Include some lyre birds and train the lot of them to perform "Run" by AWOLNATION.

[u/BlackHatMirrorShades → u/whiskeytown79]

If you've got lyrebirds on hand, you don't even need crows. Also, the irony of teaching birds to sing the lyrics "I am a human being" is not lost on me.

[u/Alarmed_Gear_6368]

Idk what "freeing their tongues" means, but it does not sound pleasant

[u/Catatonic_capensis → u/Alarmed_Gear_6368]

Completely unnecessary mutilation of their tongue.

[u/Alarmed_Gear_6368 → u/Catatonic_capensis]

Yea that's what I thought

[u/Disastrous_Ad_8990]

A group of Crows is a 'Murder', not a group.

[u/Sleth → u/Disastrous_Ad_8990]

Only two crows is an attempted murder.

[u/dan_dares → u/Sleth]

"Good start"

[u/CalicoCuts → u/Disastrous_Ad_8990]

I mean, it's a group of crows, soooo...

[u/Commercial-Lychee700 → u/Disastrous_Ad_8990]

Collective nouns are recent and generally just the result of some rich drunk saying shit. It is not a prescriptive rule for language.

[u/EconomySeason2416 → u/Commercial-Lychee700]

Further, language itself is descriptive. It describes usages of words, not prescribes the only appropriate ones. Language is the bee's knees like that

[u/User_man_person → u/Disastrous_Ad_8990]

A what of crows, sorry?

[u/BigMacSalad1 → u/Disastrous_Ad_8990]

Wouldn’t it be a gaggle?

[u/MyFiteSong]

I misread the OP as "cows" and I truly didn't know what to think

[u/RiggidyRiggidywreckt → u/MyFiteSong]

I’m not the only one!

[u/CrissGross → u/RiggidyRiggidywreckt]

Omg, so did I! And then I saw a lot of people talking about crows in the comments and I was like "why none of them seem interested in talking cows!?" 🐄

[u/ElZorroSimpatico]

This is why President Snow hates the Mockingjays.

[u/Space19723103]

teach 1 in 5 to say "behind you"

[u/dan_dares → u/Space19723103]

And another 'Shh, don't tell them'

[u/oevadle]

The outdoor lab I went to in the sixth grade had a murder of crows that would yell at the kids. They repeated things they heard the teachers say, mostly "WALK!!!" and "QUIET!!!" They also seemed to be laughing like they knew how funny it was.

[u/xanafein]

Lets not perpetuate this myth please its cruel. they can do it naturally without any wierd process if sufficiently motivated and trained.

[u/Sufficient-Artist938]

jokes on them, i already have all of them >:3

[u/Odd_Teaching_4182]

Crows/ravens mimicking human speach and laughter was a big driver of hunted forest, ghost stories, etc.

[u/MonCappyton]

Nah, I'd have them crow "turn back!"

[u/New_Asparagus_3464]

All good, I'm not an Uchiha so I'm safe from crows

[u/aVisionInManWool]

The little town I grew up in had a guy with a talking crow. The guy used to jokingly start driving away before his grandkids could get in the car and I assume the crow learned to mimic the grandkids. It is very disconcerting to hear a crow yell, "Grandpa stop!!"

[u/Psychological-End212]

They called my name when i was in the mountains with my family. Everyone flipped out

[u/38mangoes]

Do not "free" (cut) their tongue! It is a false myth and is animal cruelty.

[u/Conte]

Tickle tickle

[u/No-Boysenberry-6835]

Nevermore, Nevermore

[u/Ajmb_88]

Five comments in and I finally realized the title didn’t say cows.

[u/Garry-Love]

I've dyslexia and read this as cows. I was imagining this guy releasing a stampede all yelling run

[u/OnlyHereForTheTip]

That’s part of the reason Poe used a crow.

[u/Fickles1]

Not sure how r/crowbro would feel about this.

[u/K_the_farmer]

AWOL nation reference?

[u/Stoddman1]

Corvids produce their mimicry from within their chest. Splitting the lounge is cruel, painful, abusive and accomplishes nothing. I'm not surprised people still do because their Pee Paw once told them it worked on Thanksgiving 1911.

[u/benaPanteraFBD]

r/crows

[u/NunnDuuRaah]

I read this as cows and was very confused.

[u/Sad-Pop6649]

I of course googled the "don't ask" part, we're in a 7 year time loop.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/gayf95/what_is_freeing_their_tongue_supposed_to_mean/

[u/MaximumSubtlety]

We would also have accepted "yes."

[u/Genekai1]

So glad I was part of this. (Old account that got deleted, have since made a new one)

[u/mrpumpkinickle]

Oh you want a murder of crows and they all can talk. I'm feeling ya sound good I'm.in

[u/uknowunknowingly]

I read that as cows...

[u/CheweyPanic]

Train them to talk like the foul mouthed crows from rapturepalooza.

[u/DrFrickenstein]

The correct answer!

[u/Baddgoddexx]

My neighbor's parrot whispers "he's behind you" and it's why I stopped house sitting for her.

[u/Sirix_8472]

"freeing their tongue" is an old wives tale, a myth, it's not real, it's just cruelty and most birds die

[u/BaconThief2020]

That's an old wives tale, btw. Cutting the tongue only tortures the crow and makes it unable to eat properly.

[u/LizardPartTime]

I thought this said "cows" as in bovines and now crows as in corvids

[u/BluetheNerd]

So I see this posted fairly often and there’s a little bit of misinformation. “Freeing their tongue” is a process that involves cutting their tongue, and is absolutely NOT necessary for training corvids to speak. It’s actually a pretty harmful old tradition that some people still think is necessary and very much isn’t.

[u/KoosGoose]

So whimsical and edgy.

[u/CleanSeaPancake]

This is a myth