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Head-Banging Sea Lion Intrigues Scientists

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By Amy Standen

All humans can dance — some better than others — and so do some birds, most famously, Snowball, a cockatoo and Backstreet Boys fan.

Most scientists thought it stopped there, until Ronan, the head-bobbing sea lion came along.

“She really only has one move, but she does it very enthusiastically,” says Peter Cook, a graduate student at UC Santa Cruz and first author of a study published Monday in the Journal of Comparative Psychology.


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Over the course of several months, Cook used a metronome and fresh fish to train Ronan to
Source: KQED Radio News

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