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Science Friday: This Bird Can Shake His Tail Feathers

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The owner of a cockatoo discovered it dancing to the Backstreet Boys, posted a video of it to YouTube, which was seen by neuroscientists. They performed an experiment on the bird to see if it was actually responding to the music, and, surprisingly, it was. Their findings were published in the journal Current Biology. Aired April 29, 2009. [2:22]

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