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more about #metallica Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: "Oddly, their only response to several samples of human music was a calming response to the heavy-metal band Metallica." From the article. Metallica... more » Bill-Lee: My pet ferret likes bluegrass and Cajun music. When we play some in front of his cage he stops whatever he is doing and listens. He seems to even move... more » Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: but when they heard music based on the "friendly, happy" sounds, they became visibly calm and relaxed I have an image of a bunch of little cotton-top... more » Chip Overclock: Seems like they're saying "Monkeys respond to stuff that sounds like monkey calls" which I would put in the "well duh" category. Then again, the fact ... more » RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: Stupid monkeys. Some species enjoy our music. Not much can be said for their tastes though . . . more » Grey_Area: And yet crystal-rubbin' hippies groove out to Humpback Whale songs. Which is quite ironic as Humpbacks are known as the hardest damn rockers in the se... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Maybe it was fear and those monkeys were emo-monkeys. Thts the only expalination I can think of. Metalica is not friendly music.....it rocks and it ro... more » Moonlighter: Funny, I'd always suspected that at least Lars was a lower order primate. more » FrankN.Stein: well - that says more about Metallica than about monkeys I assume.... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Weird. I wonder if anyone noticed how music sometimes isn't even inter-cultural. Like how death metal is incomprehensible to anyone except the Finns. more » -
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Monkeys Dance Only to Monkey Music — And Metallica
In Close Encounters of the Third Kind, music bridged the gap between worlds, but music may not actually be the key to interspecies communication. Researchers have found that tamarin monkeys don't respond to human music, only music created for monkeys. More »
