Don’t be cruel, says cockatoo, but his gal won’t listen

18 thoughts on “Don’t be cruel, says cockatoo, but his gal won’t listen”

1. see Schachner, A., Brady, T. F., Pepperberg, I. M., & Hauser, M. D. (2009). Spontaneous Motor Entrainment to Music in Multiple Vocal Mimicking Species. Current Biology, 19(10), 831–836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.03.061

   1. “We conclude that entrainment is not unique to humans and that the distribution of entrainment across species supports the hypothesis that entrainment evolved as a by-product of selection for vocal mimicry.”

      Entratainment! Well, there you have it. Once again science sucks the life out of magic and mystery. Here I was thinking it was the big hair.

   2. Cool article, and free, to boot! Thanks!

2. Too bad dinosaurs didn’t have Elvis. Imagine T-Rex bobbing her head to this!

3. Has it ever really been resolved why humans dance?

   1. Good point. I’ve wondered that myself.

   2. To show they are fit?

   3. Working on it. Check back in, like, 5-10 yrs.

4. The male one, I presume, is just showing off (Zahavi’s handicap principle). jk

5. I love how the disinterested cockatoo puts up the foot.

   1. I bet her would-be paramour is feeling a bit crestfallen now.

      1. 😀

   2. I know I’m anthropomorphizing, but the other bird seems to think “WTF is wrong with you!”

      1. Embarrassed. Like they were at a wedding and the other bird got drunk & started dancing & she just wants to distance herself from him.

         1. His wings looked clipped. She could still fly somewhat. Maybe that was meant to be an equalizer.

6. He clearly wants to impress the lady, but she will have none of it. How does this appear somehow familiar?

7. “I’m just not in the mood.”

8. Reblogged this on The Logical Place.

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