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I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird

Benn Jordan · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Animals & natureAudio & video engineeringDocumentaries & storytelling

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN fans point to it as a fun, nerdy crossover of bird song acoustics and technology, and the story itself got its own thread.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2025, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “I love Benn Jordan. If you liked this one, go check out the one where he stores a JPEG inside of a living bird.”

    Storing a JPEG inside a living bird

    junon, 2025-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched”

  2. “you might enjoy Benn Jordan's video of "saving" a PNG to a bird”

    Acoustics of bird songs with tech crossover

    nucleardog, 2026-03 · Recommendation · in “Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: benn jordan, starling, bird song, audio encoding, ornithology

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