Snowball the cockatoo has some sweet dance moves. What's more, researchers say they're evidence that some birds are capable of sophisticated cognitive control and a level of creativity previously unseen in other species:
Snowball can headbang, vogue and body roll as well as, if not better than, any rhythmically inclined human. Never mind he's covered in feathers.
The sulphur-crested cockatoo broke big on YouTube in 2007 for his toe-tapping, head-bobbing performance to the Backstreet Boys'"Everybody." But after spending a decade studying his wide repertoire of bangs, hops and lifts, researchers suggest that parrots and humans share a tendency to dance when the music moves them. Ever the entertainer, Snowball performed 14 unique dances when prompted by music, according to findings published Monday in Current Biology.
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