sea lion. the first non-human mammal to be able to keep a beat

researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz hevae trained a sea lion to dance to the music of Boogie Wonderland’ and Backstreet Boys

A seal named Ronan is the first non-human mammal to be able to keep a beat and his ability suggests that many more species could have untapped musical abilities.
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In a study published Monday by The Journal of Comparative Psychology, researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz announced that they’ve discovered “the first non-human mammal to be able to keep a beat.”

I think they should put a long hair wig on him and crank some metallica

That was really cool......I enjoyed that alot...very cute seal...

Check this is out....a dog rocking out while his owner plays guitar......

www.youtube.com...

Originally posted by MountainLaurel
That was really cool......I enjoyed that alot...very cute seal...

Check this is out....a dog rocking out while his owner plays guitar......

www.youtube.com...

Ahaha... maybe the sea lion wasn't the first non-human mammal to keep a beat after all?

Some times it's useful to look beyond peer reviewed sources for information.

Pretty remarkable. That sea lion keeps better time than a lot of my drum students. I should show them this video and tell them to get their # together

Originally posted by MountainLaurel
That was really cool......I enjoyed that alot...very cute seal...

Check this is out....a dog rocking out while his owner plays guitar......

www.youtube.com...

Actually, this dog is also keeping the beat..so, the sea lion is actually not the first..
Watch the head bob of the dog...natural head bopping to the beat..perfectly in sync also.

really good one.

So long and thanks for all the crackers!!



Haha, dunno how old the others are, saw the seal on the telly this morning (repeatedly and repeatedly, along with that stupid woman finding out her daughter is pregnant for gods sake...).. lol

well that was weird..

anyway, but this is from 2007.

Unknown to the humans is the cockatoo legions have been amassing. Just listen to that howling screech. oO

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I'm not convinced that the video of the dog is real but it seems to be.

If it is real, it's much more remarkable than the sea lion because the dog probably wasn't trained do to that and it seems to naturally enjoy following the beat. The sea lion was trained using food as incentive, and it started off with very simple beats... it's more like an instinctive reflex embedded into the sea lion as a response for food.