What is unique about the myna birds?
Correct answer: Produce sounds, including human speech, when in captivity
Petma08
They can imitate most anything in their environment, such as construction equipment or a crying baby. Pretty cool.
Right ✅️ US
my Myna would talk nasty and moan like my Wife sometimes
Nobby
Many species of Parrot and Crow, also reproduce human speech etc. when in captivity - so Mynahs are not 'unique' in this capacity.
Sophia 85
this is very similar to the Australian Lyre-bird also known to mimic or imitate sounds in their environment. very cool
BeLoud
Nobby , right! bad question.
Bigred-dot
When I was a little girl, I saw one at our Rose Garden building. It would copy everything I said, I love them
littlepuppy
I hate these birds They attack our native birds here in Australia & also eat their eggs They're nasty & aggressi e
Haniya
and if you know where Lister Park is it's near there
Haniya
and if you like jumping go to airobounce if you know what it is
Haniya
And by the way are you guys real a
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Petma08, we had one for a few years. they live long. our Joe loved his bath, and imitated our kids and kitten. after hubby and I divorced, he'd kept Joe, but his 2nd wife forgot his in his cage overnight outside and a neighbor dog killed him.
San
People may not realize, but myna birds as pets can make their cages very dirty and stinky, and cages need cleaned every day.
tia
These were popular as pets in UK many years ago, probably circa 1900
toothless beachrat
I knew a family that had a pair of them when I was growing up. One would repeat his name, "forever more" when asked, the other one would repeat curse words when asked!