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I happened upon this short Youtube piece concerning a bug that dances to music. I am confident that this musically endowed critter would have danced up a storm had he been exposed to some hot '20s dance band discs!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsCEuFMVwDo



Rocky

I think it was more like the beetle was begging him to please turn the music off!!

When I was in college, I played guitar in a rock band and we often practiced in my parents' basement. I remember on a couple of occasions when crickets would be skittering around on their backs while we were playing - - and pretty soon the little guys were dead. I still have hearing loss from standing in front of those big amps.

I agree that "music appreciation" is probably not what the insect is experiencing!

George P.