> suggests (…) animals, may be capable of some of the kind of sophisticated brain function thought to be exclusively human.<p>Isn’t everyone tired of this conclusion by now? Who even gets surprised anymore? We should’ve flipped our thinking on human exceptionalism long ago. We’re animals and have more in common with other species than we have uniqueness.
I love you Toto. I hate that my dad bought you and created demand for the breeding of your kind for simple human gratification. May you rest in heaven and I'll see you at some point in the future.
I was thinking that I have noticed plenty of animals 'dancing' when excited (dogs, giraffes, zebras, and many many others).<p>So for that, I don't need a 'study' to tell me that dogs are jumping left and right (let's very freely call that 'dancing').
Things are slow at Harvard these days, when they have to boast about things known for decades.<p>Given the number of people with budgies (parakeets to those who speak broken English) I'm amazed no-one has taken advantage of this to get published before.
I rollerskated to this song when it was the #1 song for many weeks in the late 70s. What a banger!<p><pre><code> How do you think I'm gonna get along
Without you, when you're gone?
You took me for everything that I had
And kicked me out on my own
Are you happy, are you satisfied?
How long can you stand the heat?
--Queen "Another One Bites the Dust"
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An Indian man whose people endured the depradations of England's imperialists? He's got a solution for fascists, my friends.<p><pre><code> Out of the doorway, the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat
Look out
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Then, a few years later, I really liked this jam, though I don't care for the song anymore, the lyrics fit my mindset, though not all dancing requires a beat other than the compassionate resonance of the heart of humanity:<p><pre><code> We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance
And if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine
--Men Without Hats "Safety Dance"
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In 2025, feel your heart, feel the love, listen to "Squabble Up" and feel this movement down in your bones. And celebrate good times! Cone on!<p>Me and all my friends are dancing for <i>ALL</i> the birds trapped in cages, kept away from the beauty of nature, by ignorant narcissistic human beings who know not what life is really worth.
I was literally thinking about how we dance watching my 1 year old instinctively bounce the rhythm of music and then looked at my dog just lovingly stare into my eyes. I’ve only seen humans dance.