Cockatoos use drumsticks to tap out rhythms

• Autores: Aylin Woodward
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3133, 2017, pág. 14
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Male palm cockatoos beat trees with drumsticks they've crafted to impress girls. They are the only species other than humans to make musical tool or instrument, perform with it and repeat musical patterns throughout their performance, Robert Heinsohn at the Australian National University in Canberra. Wild chimps, bonobos and gorillas sometimes drum on tree buttresses with their hands or feet, but they don't keep a steady beat. However, in 2005, a captive chimp called Barney spontaneously played an impressive five-minute drum solo an a bucket. Heirsohn hopes to find out more by seeing how the birds respond to non-rhythmic beats.