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EARTHDATE: June 10, 2018

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REAL LIFE NEWS: SHARKS LOVE ALL THAT JAZZ

by Hazed

Sharks can recognise jazz music. Researchers in Australia found they could train sharks to swim to where jazz was playing and receive food.

The tests came out of the observation that sharks have learned to associate the sound of a boat’s engine with food, since operators of tourist boats often throw food overboard to attract sharks.

The sharks who were trained to recognise jazz were then played classical music – and this confused them. They couldn’t differentiate between jazz and classical, so didn’t understand that they had to go to a different location.

Still, the tests show that sharks are not just dumb animals.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/10/sharks-love-jazz-macquarie-university-sydney

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