Ars Technica

Cockatoos know 30 distinct dance moves

In 2008, a YouTube video featuring an Eleanora cockatoo named Snowball dancing to the beat of the Backstreet Boys went viral. His killer moves stunned scientists, since the ability to synchronize body ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Think You Can Dance? Check Out These Cockatoos. Research Finds the Parrots Have 30 Moves in Their Repertoire

In a new study, a pink cockatoo performed 257 dance moves in sequence as researchers played a 20-minute loop of Avicii’s song "The Nights." Caroline Jones via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0 Scrolling ...
IFLScience

Cockatoos Love To Dance, Showing Off 30 Different Moves That Some Combine In Unique Ways

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...
New Scientist

Cockatoos have an impressively wide repertoire of dance moves

The headbang, the side-to-side and the body roll are some of at least 30 dance moves used by captive cockatoos. The team identified 30 distinct dance moves each done by at least two birds, 17 of which ...
The Conversation

Body rolls and headbanging: we found cockatoos have 30 different dance moves

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