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Snowball (hatched c. 1996) is a male Eleonora cockatoo, noted as being the first non-human animal conclusively demonstrated to be capable of beat induction〔Patel et al., Experimental Evidence for Synchronization to a Musical Beat in a Nonhuman Animal, ''Current Biology'' (2009), 〕 — perceiving music and synchronizing his body movements to the beat (i.e. dancing). ==Background== Snowball's abilities first became apparent after being acquired from a bird show at the age of six by his previous owner. He was observed bobbing his head in time to the Backstreet Boys song, "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)". The owner and his children encouraged this behavior and observed Snowball developing rhythmic foot-lifting gestures, perhaps in imitation of his human companions' arm-lifting gestures. In August 2007, Snowball was relinquished by his previous owner (at least his third) to the Bird Lovers Only bird shelter of Schererville, Indiana after the cockatoo became "difficult to manage", following his daughter's departure to college.〔 Shelter owner Irena Schulz was informed of the cockatoo's unusual ability and, after confirming this behavior at first hand, uploaded a video of Snowball's dancing, swaying, and head bobbing to her website. Some time later the video was uploaded to YouTube. The video became something of an Internet phenomenon, with over 200,000 views in one week and was featured on the television programs ''Inside Edition'' and ''The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet''. Snowball has also appeared in TV commercials, advertising Loka brand bottled water in Sweden in 2008〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bird Lovers Only - Snowball videos )〕 and in a Taco Bell advertisement in 2009, dancing to Rupert Holmes' "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Snowball (cockatoo)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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