I Know How the Caged Bird Jams
Surprising things happen when you give zoo animals control over the soundscape. The post I Know How the Caged Bird Jams appeared first on Nautilus.
In a modest rectangular enclosure surrounded by sparse green shrubbery, just past the main gate of San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a middle-aged hyacinth macaw blasts Daft Punk on his bespoke boombox. His name is Sampson and he likes to dance.
Sampson can operate the boombox, aptly named , by biting or holding on to a kind of joystick made to look like a slice of log with a twig protruding from it. Motion sensors (called BobTrigger) keep the music going as long as he bobs and nods, dipping his head in rhythm. Within weeks of its
