# Adorable Talking Myna Bird **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-talking-myna-bird/603542 "2011-11-20T12:39:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BeaMyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-talking-myna-bird/603542/1 "2011-11-20T12:39:33Z")
I couldn’t believe when I saw how well this Hill Myna can talk. This is from You Tube and it’s the same lady and same Myna in each video. I have never heard a bird talk so well and clear. [Myna Thinks It’s Other Birds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMEccNLXcQc&feature=related) [Talking Myna Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLlGKhJ4sbs&feature=related) [Kaleo the Myna still talking](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUULDMVv2Qg&feature=related) I love it when it says Bubble Bath with a lisp, Bubble Bash 😃 ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-talking-myna-bird/603542/2 "2011-11-20T19:22:06Z")
My grandpa always had mynah birds. They weren’t as pretty as that one-- his just looked like little beady-eyed crows. But man, could they talk! One of them would put on his petulant child voice and say “I wanna hambooger” exactly like my cousin. They also did a great imitation of Grandma with her various grandma-isms. I loves talking birds–now I have a whole new youtube them to explore! ---
**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-talking-myna-bird/603542/3 "2011-11-25T19:23:32Z")
Wow that’s pretty cool. I had no idea the birds could talk, much less sound so clear ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-talking-myna-bird/603542/4 "2011-11-25T21:40:27Z")
That is one of the cool things about birds. They can talk! Not so cute when you’re trying to sleep in and they’re **YELLING YOUR NAME AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS!!!** but hey, nothing is perfect. Mine current best talker isn’t quite so clear, but I love how, when you do something he wants you to do, he says “Goooooood girl!” ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-talking-myna-bird/603542/5 "2011-11-26T01:53:22Z")
Thanks, that was fun to watch. In my early 20s I worked at a mom & pop petshop. I loved that place. We had a Myna bird who had been taught by some local teens to say: “Smoke a joint, smoke a joint.” It was always fun to watch the reactions of our customers. We also had a Yellow Headed Amazon named Max. He was my bud. I’d often do my work with him on my shoulder. I’d put a towel draped over my shirt for when he pooped. He’d would say, “Oops poo poo, say sorry,” when he went because that’s what I would say to him. When I would open up shop in the mornings, as soon as he heard the key in the door, he’d would tell me “Hello” and start wolf-whistling until I let him out. I miss him, he was such a character.