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You’re about to hear the sounds of several different creatures — from the voice of one single musician. In a spellbinding talk and performance, singer Snow Raven mimics the hoot of an owl, the grumble of a bear, the howl of a wolf and more. (Recorded at TEDNext 2024 on October 22, 2024) If you…

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You’re about to hear the sounds of several different creatures — from the voice of one single musician. In a spellbinding talk and performance, singer Snow Raven mimics the hoot of an owl, the grumble of a bear, the howl of a wolf and more. (Recorded at TEDNext 2024 on October 22, 2024)

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  1. @ArchimedesWoo

    November 28, 2024 at 9:48 am

    ????♥????

  2. @ArchimedesWoo

    November 28, 2024 at 9:53 am

    Probably the most interesting thing I’ve seen on TED since Ken Robinson’s Do Schools Kill Creativity, and The Science Delusion by Rupert Sheldrake; the latter being, quite regrettably, banned.
    😉

  3. @moazulhassan2950

    November 28, 2024 at 10:16 am

    amazing

  4. @weazytv

    November 28, 2024 at 10:48 am

    I did this once on shrooms

  5. @FMFvideos

    November 28, 2024 at 11:13 am

    It’s Ace ventura!

  6. @kinsmed

    November 28, 2024 at 11:14 am

    It is hard to believe she is recreating some of the sounds she does.
    She encapsulates the “E” and “D” in the TED mission.
    And she gives us a part of the world we have never seen. Before it is gone.

  7. @beaumac

    November 28, 2024 at 11:33 am

    She is so incredible!

  8. @betsykeating5268

    November 28, 2024 at 12:09 pm

    This is glorious. Thank you Ted

  9. @justintran3586

    November 28, 2024 at 12:15 pm

    Wtf happened to Ted? I guess you just need to pay for the logo and small fee in order to get into Ted talks nowadays. Ted is becoming what it was promised to not associate, and the idea of speading good ideas is dead. RIP the OG TED.

  10. @igbo_girl

    November 28, 2024 at 12:20 pm

    Always forgetting to disable auto play. Had my YouTube on listening to a video on intermittent fasting. heard some strange sounds and rushed to see what was going on ????????‍♀️

    Happy thanksgiving ????????

  11. @pixie_laluna

    November 28, 2024 at 12:38 pm

    we no longer invite bright minds with thought-provoking ideas on Ted, do we ?

    • @clauslangenbroek9897

      November 28, 2024 at 1:42 pm

      If you can free your thought this much and reapproach what makes us human in the first place, like Snow Raven does, you are certainly brighter than many recent people.

  12. @MrHockeymania25000

    November 28, 2024 at 12:44 pm

    Apple pie

  13. @sydneysowingseeds

    November 28, 2024 at 1:09 pm

    Absolutely amazing! To hear the voices of Nature come alive again through her. Wow! Inspired to deepen my listening and remember the communication ways of our kin????????

  14. @clauslangenbroek9897

    November 28, 2024 at 1:36 pm

    This an unrestrained spirit. ❤️

  15. @dadadrdadadr

    November 28, 2024 at 1:40 pm

    TED has changed.
    It’s time to unsubscribe.

  16. @LoganXForce92

    November 28, 2024 at 2:04 pm

    The bear voice was so bad. Sorry to say.

  17. @darkjill2007

    November 28, 2024 at 2:31 pm

    The most TED talk ted talk ever recorded.

  18. @LiteraryStoner

    November 28, 2024 at 3:33 pm

    That is beyond impressive!

  19. @troophq

    November 28, 2024 at 4:35 pm

    When Snow Raven made the sounds of the wolf my dog was like who is calling me.

  20. @asmasembiring2262

    November 28, 2024 at 4:50 pm

    amazing voices

  21. @tracy9610

    November 28, 2024 at 5:12 pm

    She put my bunny on high alert! ????????????

  22. @l.k.1111

    November 28, 2024 at 5:43 pm

    ????????????

  23. @jeffisded1222

    November 28, 2024 at 7:41 pm

    Understanding the reason behind things really allows you to appreciate them. I don’t think I’d enjoy her performance as much if she didn’t explain the emotions and reasons associated with these creatures cries.

  24. @PandaExpoChina

    November 28, 2024 at 7:54 pm

    I think she can communicate with many animals ????

  25. @aqurez889

    November 28, 2024 at 10:58 pm

    Уруй Айхал!

  26. @animar6878

    November 28, 2024 at 11:25 pm

    SubhAnallah she is amazing person I meet..

  27. @shalimov2006

    November 29, 2024 at 12:24 am

    Yes, Russians are very talented people. By the way, did she say that she is from Russia? Maybe I missed it. Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million.

    • @sataneisen

      November 29, 2024 at 7:05 am

      She is from Yakutia and as far as I know majority of Yakutia people identify themselves as Yakutia people. Would we call Americans Chinese if USA is occupied by China?

    • @shalimov2006

      November 29, 2024 at 8:21 am

      @@sataneisen Where have I mentioned HER nationality?? There are 190 nationalities there. For me people who have American passport are Americans, aren’t they?

    • @sataneisen

      November 29, 2024 at 12:07 pm

      @@shalimov2006 “Russians are very talented people… did she say she is from Russia?” – Yakutian is a nationality where is Russian is a citizenship, due to Yakutia being colonized by Russians in 17th century. Nationality (which she did mention as Yakutian) is about belonging to a group of people, ethnicity is about culture/language/traditions which is demonstrated in this video and citizenship is about state and legal status which has nothing to do with the personality and talent.

    • @shalimov2006

      November 29, 2024 at 9:46 pm

      @@sataneisen I didn’t know, she had left Russia about five years ago after her graduation from the University and resides in LA now. That’s why she modestly keeps silent about which country she is from

  28. @MrMartinBigger

    November 29, 2024 at 2:19 am

    Any Heilung fans in here?

  29. @Zefram0911

    November 29, 2024 at 2:25 am

    the siberian throat chanting is better.

  30. @ImSodaLirious

    November 29, 2024 at 2:58 am

    I’m not sure I understand the point- She’s clearly talented, but a lot of it just feels condescending- like the lesson is out of place. This feels like something you might show elementary school kids, teaching them about the power of listening and imagination; not something that warrants being on TED

  31. @s1v7

    November 29, 2024 at 4:47 am

    “idea worth spreading” huh?

  32. @mariaantoniettamontella9173

    November 29, 2024 at 4:47 am

    magnifica, grazie

  33. @felixccaa

    November 29, 2024 at 7:33 am

    if somebody is talking about Fahrenheit just to please the audience, I’m out

    specially since I asume, they use Celsius AND since this video is broadcasted to the whole wotrld

    • @Z-bone64

      November 30, 2024 at 2:26 am

      Someone is easily triggered. Close the door on your way out. ????

  34. @johndiablo68

    November 29, 2024 at 5:05 pm

    Sounds like rolf harris at 4:12 lol

    • @kathrynhopkins

      December 3, 2024 at 3:49 am

      no…Rolf Harris took inspiration from Indigenous people and sounded like them.

  35. @samanthisena1

    November 29, 2024 at 5:24 pm

    ‘I greet the universe in your person’, I find similar to Namaste, meaning the light in me honours the light in you.
    Amazingly beautiful to hear her say ‘To drop into silence, and listen.’ To learn to listen to nature and to ourselves in the noisy world we have created.

  36. @brendatajik6150

    November 29, 2024 at 5:47 pm

    Marvelous! She does indeed capture the essence of nature. ❤

  37. @sunylou3992

    November 29, 2024 at 5:51 pm

    I personally enjoyed this. I didn’t watch her, I closed my eyes after her greeting and focused on her voice, the sounds of nature she created and let my mind block out everything else which made me feel quite free and humbled, especially with how my life is constantly bombarded with the bustle of the city.

  38. @0bservationist

    November 29, 2024 at 11:33 pm

    ????

  39. @tariqmehmood6759

    November 30, 2024 at 11:10 am

    Wonderful, amazing no words to praise enough ❤

  40. @lenakunzx

    November 30, 2024 at 3:11 pm

    best Ted talk ever

  41. @VeritatemQuaere

    December 1, 2024 at 6:03 am

    Wow, it’s been a long time since I have seen intelligence of this type and to this degree. City dwellers don’t have the experience to know what I’m even talking about.

  42. @celestialcircledance

    December 1, 2024 at 8:58 am

    She’s gorgeous and that was bewitching another worldly!

  43. @s.a.s.6294

    December 1, 2024 at 10:43 am

    Wow its soothing ????❤❤

  44. @saramahmoudian

    December 1, 2024 at 6:31 pm

    How amazing

  45. @nomiefilms2532

    December 2, 2024 at 1:25 am

    IMPRESSIVE ????????

  46. @mrbo359

    December 2, 2024 at 3:29 am

    She’s so amazing. She can mimic all other animals’ sounds. it’s incredible

  47. @raquelaguillon4410

    December 2, 2024 at 8:36 pm

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  48. @joao621119

    December 3, 2024 at 12:05 am

    Next time she should do the farm animals ❤

  49. @kathrynhopkins

    December 3, 2024 at 3:51 am

    Makes me appreciate how much I’m grieving for the loss of the natural world.

  50. @MohammedMA52MJ-q6f

    December 3, 2024 at 6:56 am

    The Nature itself

  51. @wellnesssakshi

    December 3, 2024 at 7:25 am

    I had a headache and then I listened to this and now half of it is gone wow thank you 🙂

  52. @humairakakar2821

    December 3, 2024 at 1:53 pm

    NATURE ❤❤❤

  53. @VKL817

    December 4, 2024 at 12:40 pm

    What happened to TED talks…

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