Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo Has Upped His Game, Study Finds

By Roni Dengler
Jul 8, 2019 7:33 PMDec 23, 2019 6:45 AM
Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo - Shutterstock
A sulfur-crested cockatoo, the same species as Snowball. (Credit: Martin Pelanek/Shutterstock)

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Whether it’s doing the twist, the moonwalk or flossing, people love to dance. Moving to music is a universal human phenomenon. But curiously, in the animal kingdom our need to bust a move is nearly unique. Not even primates – our closes evolutionary relatives – dance. Parrots are the only known exception. 

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