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Cockatoos Have Dozens of Dance Moves

Cockatoos know 30 distinct dance moves
They ended up with 45 videos of 45 different dancing cockatoos, which they analyzed to identify specific dance moves. The team relied on 16 known dance movements, as described in a 2019 paper about Snowball, to develop a "dancing ethogram" and to define what constituted a new movement. This revealed the aforementioned 30 distinct dance movements.
Think You Can Dance? Check Out These Cockatoos. Research Finds the Parrots Have 30 Moves in Their Repertoire
A new study of the birds in online videos and at an Australian zoo revealed 17 dance moves never before documented by scientists
Cockatoos have at least 30 different dance moves that they use to communicate
Cockatoos display 30 distinct dance moves including headbanging and body rolls, suggesting complex cognitive abilities.
Cockatoos Have Dozens of Dance Moves at Their Disposal
Think you've got better moves than a parrot? New research suggests you may want to reassess that. A study published in PLOS One has catalogued 30 distinct dance moves performed by cockatoos, with 17 of them never previously documented.
Cockatoos have an impressively wide repertoire of dance moves
A proclivity for dancing seems to be found in at least 10 species of cockatoo, and the birds will even jive to white noise or a financial podcast
Get your groove on! Cockatoos have 30 distinct dance moves
Head banging and body rolls are just some of the new moves scientists from Charles Sturt University in Australia have observed in cockatoos.
The Bright Side: Cockatoos have at least 30 distinct dance moves, Australian researchers find
Australia's famously cheeky cockatoos can perform at least 30 distinct dance moves, researchers found, with documented dances ranging from headbanging and body rolls to a deceptively simple sidestep.
Cockatoos perform 30 distinct dance moves and may combine them in unique ways
Captive cockatoos have at least 30 different dance moves in their repertoire, including headbanging and body rolls, according to a study by Natasha Lubke at Charles Sturt University in Australia, and colleagues,
This Dancing Cockatoo Is a Whole Vibe
This Dancing Cockatoo Is a Whole Vibe originally appeared on PetHelpful.
New research shows a cockatoo might have more dance moves than you
These fine-feathered friends know how to get down. CNN’s Channon Hodge explains how dozens of videos on social media helped researchers identify all the ways cockatoos cut a rug.
Researchers Count 30 Cockatoo Dance Moves
Think you've got better moves than a parrot? New research suggests you may want to reassess that. A study published in PLOS One has catalogued 30 distinct dance moves performed by cockatoos, with 17 of them never previously documented.
Scientists Reveal How to Dance Like a Cockatoo
Scientists identified 17 moves practiced by the birds that have never before been recorded in the scientific literature.
Cockatoo’s Wild Dance-off With Her Dad Makes Her the True Dancing Queen
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