Can Parrots and Other Animals Really Bust a Move

Fascinated by a youtube video of a Sulfur Crested Cockatoo dancing to a Backstreet Boys song. A neurobiologist named Aniruddh Patel thought that this was more than just some funny pet trick, it has the potential to be scientifically very important. So he looked up the birds owner to see what exactly what made this bird tick. Along with studying Snowball, he set about checking out over 5,000 YouTube videos to see if these birds and animals were really moving to the beat of the music. You can tune into the rest of the story on NPR's home page.