Ravens are REALLY intelligent (per a nature program I saw). I thought it was a joke at first, I was really skeptical, but ravens can figure out how to use tools to solve complicated problems. They can solve problems it would otherwise take a chimp or an animal on that level in the animal world (or a human toddler...) to be able to solve! I couldn't believe it.
@observer - No. They reproduce whatever voice they hear. So if it were a female voice, then the raven would have attempted to recreate the voice it hears.
The camera work was terrible. But the bird is amazing. I am curious though, do female ravens have a female voice. The voice sounded like a male human voice. I love the Edgar Allan Poe reference.
But creepy is okay in my book! Just might not get a raven anytime soon.