Rats can bop their heads to the beat

This research may help shed light on how brains evolved to perceive rhythm

A white rat inside a clear case with a one red dot on its tail and three colored dots in a straight line on its head

That rat’s got rhythm. Colored dots help cameras mark a rat’s movements in response to hearing music by Mozart being played.

Y. Ito et al/Sci. Adv. 2022

Humans aren’t the only animals known to move to a musical beat.