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Do chimpanzees like to move to the beat?
Scientists at Kyoto University have found that listening to music prompts the primates to perform rhythmic movements such as swaying, hand-clapping and foot-tapping. They studied seven chimpanzees who were exposed to six two-minute piano compositions for six days. So what does Dr Nick Newton-Fisher, an expert in wild chimpanzee behaviour from the University of Kent in England, make of these findings?
(Picture: chimpanzee Credit: 成人快手)
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