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Rats bop to the beat of music including Lady Gaga and Queen like humans, study says

Moving to a musical beat was thought to be a skill unique to humans, but rats also have this ability, according to scientists who played rodents Lady Gaga's Born This Way and Another One Bites the Dust by Queen.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

Rats have an innate sense of rhythm and can bop in time to Mozart, scientists find

Rats were played Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major at four different tempos

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022

Slaves to the rhythm: rats can’t resist a good beat, researchers say

Study finds rats instinctively move in time to music – an ability previously thought to be uniquely human

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2022