Snowball the dancing cockatoo

Name: Snowball the dancing cockatoo
Uploaded: 2022-05-28T13:06:41.000Z
Duration: 1 min 20 s
Description: Snowball the dancing cockatoo became the subject of a Harvard University study

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Snowball the dancing cockatoo became the subject of a Harvard University study in 2019. Animal behaviour researchers concluded that he "responds to music with remarkably diverse spontaneous movements employing a variety of body parts, suggesting parrots share this response with humans".

Video courtesy of Irena Schulz and Ani Patel/Harvard University

Science & Environment

28 May 2022