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Study of cockatoo Snowball suggests humans aren't the only ones who can dance

26 pointsby wallflower3 months ago

11 comments

latexr2 months ago
&gt; 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.
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karim792 months ago
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&#x27;ll see you at some point in the future.
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blueflow2 months ago
Who came up with the idea that only humans can dance?
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Mistletoe2 months ago
My Mom’s African grey parrot loves to dance, I’m surprised this was a surprise? Kind of neat to see that they confirmed that they time it to the beat.
HenryBemis2 months ago
I was thinking that I have noticed plenty of animals &#x27;dancing&#x27; when excited (dogs, giraffes, zebras, and many many others).<p>So for that, I don&#x27;t need a &#x27;study&#x27; to tell me that dogs are jumping left and right (let&#x27;s very freely call that &#x27;dancing&#x27;).
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Perenti2 months ago
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&#x27;m amazed no-one has taken advantage of this to get published before.
MrMcCall2 months ago
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&#x27;m gonna get along Without you, when you&#x27;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 &quot;Another One Bites the Dust&quot; </code></pre> An Indian man whose people endured the depradations of England&#x27;s imperialists? He&#x27;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 </code></pre> Then, a few years later, I really liked this jam, though I don&#x27;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 &#x27;Cause your friends don&#x27;t dance And if they don&#x27;t dance Well they&#x27;re no friends of mine --Men Without Hats &quot;Safety Dance&quot; </code></pre> In 2025, feel your heart, feel the love, listen to &quot;Squabble Up&quot; 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.
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bodhi_mind2 months ago
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.
jonahbenton3 months ago
2019<p>Recommend in this vein the Huberman Lab podcast with Dr Erich Jarvis.
wewewedxfgdf2 months ago
Lots of birds dance, don&#x27;t they?<p>What about Peacocks?<p>Lyrebirds?
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gpvos2 months ago
(2019)