Friday Fun: Dancing Parrot
Posted on October 9, 2009 Comments (3)
Birds show off their dance moves
Footage revealed that some parrots have a near-perfect sense of rhythm; swaying their bodies, bobbing their heads and tapping their feet in time to a beat. Previously, it was thought that only humans had the ability to groove. The researchers believe the findings could help shed light on how our relationship with music and the capacity to dance came about.
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Dr Patel told the BBC: “We analysed these videos frame by frame, and we found he did synchronise – he did slow down and speed up in time with the music. “It was really surprising that he had this flexibility.”
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Dr Patel told the BBC: “We analysed these videos frame by frame, and we found he did synchronise – he did slow down and speed up in time with the music. “It was really surprising that he had this flexibility.”
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October 14th, 2009 @ 6:39 pm
The video above has been removed due to copyright claims. Here is the link to the original clip, which is a good example of the sense of rhythm (and the ability to use different dances, which is fitting for the song):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bt9xBuGWgw
November 11th, 2009 @ 1:18 pm
That is a pretty neat video. Dancing parrots are always a delight. I’m still trying to teach mine how to dance.
June 25th, 2010 @ 10:57 am
That is one very fun bird!!!!
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