World Science Festival 2009: Snowball, the dancing cockatoo, at the 2009 World Science Festival

Snowball, the world famous dancing cockatoo, with owner, Irena Schultz. Watch as Snowball gets down to his favorite song, from the 2009 World Science Festival event, "Avian Einsteins", June 13, 2009. Joining in on the fun are Faith Salie, Erich Jarvis, Irene Pepperberg, Nicola Clayton, Ofer Tchernichovski and David Rothenberg.

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Science & Technology

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• Snowball
• dancing cockatoo
• dancing bird
• World Science Festival
• science
• avian
• birds
• Erich Jarvis
• Irene Pepperberg
• Faith Salie
• Nicola Clayton
• Ofer Techernichovski
• David Rothenberg

[worldsciencefestival]

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[GoodNamesWereUsed]

he's a better dancer than the scientists

[Hideeverything]

he is actually dancing to the beat 'cause when the clap beats he moves his paw and if you watch carefully the lady isn't doing nothing different on the second or the other beats, so in a 4/4 tempo the bird moves his paw in the 2nd and the 4th like the clap on the song, so his moving to the beat, that is called dancing

[cockatoosmom]

I have 8 of these birds! They are amazing!

[toothfareie]

lmfao backstreet boys

[JOHNCASAUR]

Dewd this is some funny shewt

[TobiasNobodysHero]

@gypsydancer64 Cool. I'll check it out. That'd be pretty neat. Thanks.

[gypsydancer64]

@Bimm3rcc I think it's adorable that bird can have humans in a trance! he rocks!

[gypsydancer64]

@TobiasNobodysHero Tobias Sweetheart, relax. I try to help myseries in this world.I feed homeless animals and humans with my own hard earned money. I don't have fancy furniture, clothing or jewelery. I cut and color my own hair so as not to waste money that can go to the helpless. Please let me relax for an hour at night looking at this video and others that make me smile and laugh, so I won't have my whole entire life thinking of the misery out there and go nuts. Every one needs an outlet.

[gypsydancer64]

@TobiasNobodysHero oh there are many videos of him dancing by himself and then you can see another bird in a cage near him dancing to the song but that bird doesn't have as good rhythem. You know like someone that doesn't know how to dance. Look it up and enjoy. Have a great day!

[gypsydancer64]

@doggletts that's so right. I rescued a pigeon a month ago and when I play dave Brubeck Take 5 every night she turns around about 7 times and bobes her head up and down, but she doesn't do it as much for other songs. Strangely enough that song is my dog's favorite, cause he howls and tried to hit the same notes as the sax but doesn't do it for other songs either. So it is true animals can appreciate music, and they also can have favorite songs just like humans. Isn't it great?

[RabbitMB]

wonder how'd he dance to some filthy dubstep, awesome bird

[artintheforest]

they should have changed the tempo or bpm to see if the bird would adjust to it like the lady said