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In short:

A Charles Sturt University study has discovered dance moves unique to cockatoos.

The findings suggest dance is not limited to humans, as previously thought.

What's next?

Researchers hope music can be used to improve the wellbeing of birds in captivity.

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[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Video would be more convincing if we could hear the actual music the bird is supposedly dancing to.

Overdubbed music totally undermines the claim it is in sync.

Mind you I have seen videos of Cockatoos in sync with music.

[–] CoolThingAboutMe@beehaw.org 4 points 4 weeks ago

257 dance moves?? That's incredible

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Bloody oath, cockies are great