This is another intriguing scientific study which this time is on ‘beat synchronisation’ by rats as they demonstrate that they can pick out the beat in music and ‘dance to it’ by moving their heads in time even if they’ve never heard it before. The …
Well, we don’t like all birdsong. We like listening to the birdsong of certain species which produce melodious, music-like sounds which are nonetheless high frequency and very quiet. And they have a certain complexity which makes them more like music. We don’t like the sounds …
A Belgian farmer, Piet Paesmans, says that he pigs particularly like jolly dance songs. He can tell because they start wagging their tails. If the songs are “dynamic” they start to dance around and frolic. But they find rock music too strong and don’t like …
According to all the videos I have seen of animals responding positively to human music, the answer is a very confident YES but it must depend on the individual animal, the species and the music. The video on this page is but one example. Clearly …
Perhaps the $64,000 question is whether the fox is enjoying the music or simply enjoying the company of this man. I suspect that this fox is slightly tame because he has become habituated to being around people and perhaps he has been fed by people …
