07 October 2005 » pleasant

Jennifer Viegas reports: Scientists have taught dolphins to combine both rhythm and vocalisations to produce music, resulting in an extremely high-pitched, short version of the Batman theme song. [...] “The dolphin was reinforced for producing a specific rhythm to a specific object,” says [Professor Heidi] Harley. “For example, when we presented him with a Batman doll, he received a fish for producing a specific rhythm, in this case, a short sound and then a long one.”