Rats are able to dance.
Rats are able to dance to Lady Gaga
A new study in Japan has found that the rodents have rhythm and will happily bog along to Lady Gaga, Queen and Mozart.
The skill of moving to a musical beat was thought to be mostly associated with humans but researchers at the University of Tokyo found that rats were able to move in time to 'Another One Bites the Dust' and 'Born This Way'.
Academics found that the rats easily managed to keep in time with songs played at 132 beats per minute but liked the music less when the track was slowed down or sped up.
The lead author of the study, Professor Hirokazu Takahashi, said: "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on innate beat synchronisation in animals that was not achieved through training or musical exposure.
"Rats displayed innate - that is, without any training or prior exposure to music - beat synchronisation most distinctly within 120-140 bpm - to which humans also exhibit the clearest beat synchronisation."
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