dancing cockatoo

Dancing Cockatoo Frostie: Whip My Hair

Frostie the dancing parrot shows off how to whip yo’ hair.. um, I mean “crest”.

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It Takes Two to Boogie: A New Study with Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo

Wired magazine just covered a new study that lends us new insights into why and how Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo shakes his tail feathers. Previous studies with Snowball showed that some animals (including some parrots) “move rhythmically to music in a way that other animals don’t, demonstrating that dancing is not uniquely human” and that…

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The Story of Snowball’s Rise to Viral Fame

We recently chatted with Irena Schulz, founder of the avian rescue Bird Lovers Only, which is best known for being home of Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo. Just over two years ago, Irena posted a video of Snowball dancing to the Backstreet Boys and this Medium Sulphur Crested Eleanora Cockatoo skyrocketed to viral video fame. Irena…

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Frostie the Dancing Cockatoo

A little while back a sulphur-crested cockatoo was a viral sensation when a video of him dancing to the Backstreet Boys began to circulate on the Internet (his YouTube vid has almost 2 million views!). Well, someone pointed out a new video of a bare-eyed cockatoo shaking his tail feathers, and let me tell you…

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