Animals shown to dance to music

Researchers have figured out something most pet owners suspected: dogs and cats don't dance, but birds do.

They say they've documented for the first time that some animals "dance" to a musical beat.



The researchers made a series of lab and video studies, watching various animals for signs they were actually feeling the beat of music they heard.

They concluded that some parrots do boogie, and so does the occasional elephant. But there's no sign of such musicality among dogs and cats, despite long exposure to people and music. And chimps, our closest living relatives, also appear to lack rhythm.