A music and science lover has revealed that some birds can store and retrieve digital data. Specifically, he converted a PNG sketch of a bird into an audio waveform, then tried to embed it in the song memory of a young starling, ready for later retrieval as an image. Benn Jordan made a video of this feat, sharing it on YouTube, and according to his calculations, the bird-based data transfer system could be capable of around 2 MB/s data speeds.

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    4 days ago

    Birds are the OG text device. Tie a little note and send them on their way.

    One famous example is Cher Ami, a pigeon who delivered a message that saved a group of surrounded American soldiers during WW1.

    Edit: WW1 and WW3 /s