Study: Parrots Hate Dance Music
If your Norwegian Blue gets a little agitated whenever you crank up the DeadMaus5, it’s because parrots apparently have an “intense dislike of dance music.” This comes to us from the journal Appliked Animal Behaviour Science.
A couple of African Greys were subjected to U2, UB40, the Prodigy, Scissor Sisters and Chemical Brothers as well as some Bach. Anything with a fast beat scared the bejeezus out of them. More at The Telegraph.
Next up: why my dog hates anything with Auto-tune.
Dude, African Grey's are the most intelligent parrot there is, but they are not musical at all. I declare this an invalid test. When we first got our Goffin's cockatoo, I tested a wide assortment of music as well including some Kraftwerk and he took to it rather well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbl_-r898Ug
Parrot's like it when you dance with them, not stare at them with a clipboard. Pffft, scientists.