Storing a PNG Image in a Starling's Vocalizations
Benn Jordan · Explainer · 31 min · 2025 · YouTube title: I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
Why it's here
HN fans point to it as a fun, nerdy crossover of bird song acoustics and technology, and the story itself got its own thread.
What it covers
Benn Jordan's video about storing a PNG image in a living bird, a starling that learns to reproduce encoded sounds. It mixes ornithology, audio engineering, and data encoding.