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Crows can mimic human speech by reproducing words they hear.
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that Crows can mimic human speech by reproducing words they hear?
Unclear. Two reference sources indicate that corvids, including crows and ravens, can mimic human speech, though the documented cases involve hand-raised or captive birds rather than wild crows generally. Neither source settles the claim at full strength.
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Vocal mimicry in Corvids - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-025-02006-4
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Talking bird - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_bird
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