I just read a really interesting article on NPR.org about recent scientific inquiry regarding animals and dancing. It all centers around this parrot, Snowball, who became famous for dancing to Backstreet Boys a couple of years ago... In fact, I believe we covered this when I worked at Inside Edition.

So when this video began circulating the Internet, a neurobiologist named Aniruddh Patel decided it warranted further investigation. He wanted to see if Snowball actually understood the beat of the music, so he turned on a slower song. Sure enough, Snowball's movements changed, and he began to rock back and forth like a pendulum rather than kick his legs up like a Rockette.