Would intelligent animals react differently to different styles of music?
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Yes, Chimps and pythons like Motzart, But not Perry como
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scientists have theorized that animals can detect disturbances in the earth's magnetic field before an earthquake or animals can detect the low frequency sound waves made by an earthquake.
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There is some evidence that listening to certain types of music can benefit your ability to learn, in particular classical music (known as the "Mozart Effect"). However, the results are mixed and in general it seems to just be something that works for some people and not for others.
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Plants have no ears to hear and no brain to process or develop musical taste or music appreciation...so any attempts to show relationships between music forms and growth or other responses have met with total failure in the hands of true scientists. This explains the lack of literature for you to read on the subject. Yes there are some quack "scientists" who have claimed that certain kinds of music caused improvements in plant growth...but no such claims have met the rigor demanded for publication in respected journals. Such projects are often labeled "pseudoscience" because they fail to explain the control of critical variables, nor do they specify replication levels, nor do they show actual data or the results of statistical testing.\nThere really is not much good information about the effect of music on plants because all attempts to do controlled studies on plants and music result in "no difference". Any "differences" between a music treatment and a no-music control (or other-music treatment) in pseudoscience studies can almost always be attributed to some difference in other variables in the project which have not been suitably controlled (light, water, fertilizer, soil type, humidity, etc.). So, as for the TV shows and trade-books, not all "science" is good science. Beyond seismonasty in species like Mimosa pudica described below, there are no articles on musical appreciation or musical tastes of plants in reputable science journals. Some trade books and even some educational texts and software have given projects on musical appreciation by plants more respectability than is deserved. These are good examples of "not everything you read in print is to be believed." It is possible for a plant to respond to the vibrations accompanying sounds. A short bibliography at the bottom of this page gives you some references...but to almost "nothing to report." I emphasize again that while there ARE responses to sound/vibration in plants, there is NO controlled study published on the MUSICAL TASTES or MUSIC APPRECIATION by plants in reputable journals. One plant that responds to sound-induced vibration is Mimosa pudica, also known as the "sensitive plant." Vibrations induce electrical signals across the leaflets of this plant, and cells at the base of the leaflets respond to these action potentials osmotically. This response results in a sharp change in the turgor pressure in these pulvinus cells, and that pressure change, in turn, results in the folding of the blade at the pulvinus. Another pulvinus at the base of the petiole may also respond if the vibration is severe enough. This kind of response is known as seismonasty.How would this plant respond in terms of growth if its leaves were kept closed by constant vibration? If you think very long about photosynthesis in leaves as the driving force for growth, you will realize that continuous leaflet closure would inhibit rather than stimulate the growth of the plant. Indeed loud sounds (vibrations really) have been reported to negatively impact plant growth .If the experiments are conducted in a scientific way then study will not be pseudo science.
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I believe that the animal language is less of a vocal one and more of a visual one... The tone of a dogs bark normally doesn't change nor how it changes pitch...\n\nNow if you are talking about a dolfine or a larger animal that does have a speach pattern that changes.. The probly so.
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I recall seeing a documentary done on the effect different types of music had on plants.The plants were actually videotaped while two different types of music were played-\nclassical and heavy metal. When the tape was speeded up it actually showed the plants moving.\n When the heavy metal was played,the plants recoiled as if\nin revulsion. When the more soothing classical was played\nthe plants actually seemed to lean towards the direction of the music's source.\n I don't know if any of that would affect a plant's growth\nbut it would indicate they are at least aware of the music\nand have a preference.
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Yes it has been shown in scienctific studioes that plant sod react to music. and other sounds.\nPlants that were subject to smoothing low sound sof music wer efound to grow better and healthier than those with loud blaring music(these did worse) and those with no music.\nI read of the test first about 20 yrs a go but this i sthe first response to that study I have ever seen. \nThanks I alway wondered about the study if it was still ongoing.and will look into it if I get the time.
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Are people suppose to like animals?
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I have just read some of the answers and some are unbelievable. Animals don't think?? Now that is really silly.  As to the question there are recorded incidents of animals with higher intelligence such as the great ape species taking some sort of retaliatory actions as acts of revenge and I have heard that elephants will do so and they do have excellent memories.  Dolphins are also very intelligent so maybe they do so as well but I don't think anyone has recorded this
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Birds hear a lot better than we do, and worms moving around in soil make noise that is distinctive. OR, maybe they have Xray vision! :-)
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Yes and you can check the Internet site on ethology departments in major universities, they have a record on lots Of animal callings, showing from whales, apes, elephants, insects, birds, and so on
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The reaction to music is an odd one. The "Mythbusters" did a segment on it once. It seemed that the more SOUND a plant recieved usually resulted in more growth. Therefore, yes music does affect plants.
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They do, but some animals have a higher tolerance than humans.  Think about it, how would you feel after you eat a rotten carcass or plants off the ground.
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Eh... perhaps this will be interesting:\n\n"A MIDI sequencer is implemented using an Atmel Mega32 microcontroller. Input control to the sequencer is performed by the movement of hamsters within a sensing unit.  The hamsters control parameters for a musically intelligent MIDI output. This musical intelligence is based on newly developed musical theories to calculate future notes and rhythmic choices."\n\nRead the full paper:  http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/eceprojectsland/STUDENTPROJ/2002to2003/lil2/hamsterMIDI_done_small.pdf  (A Cornell Engineer's Design Project)
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even if animals have more sensitive ears,it doesnot imply in any way that the loud sound damages their ears very easily. No doubt,xposure 2 loud sounds definitely affects their ears but not that easily as it seems 2 b.
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Smarter than what? For what reason? \nBoth species are obviously bright enough to have survived being considered delicious morsels of food by a good many predators in the wild. They have survived aeons unencumbered by the need to spell or get answers to polls, so how much smarter can an animal get?
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Humans can't output more than a watt or so of acoustical power (ref.). The resonant frequency of an elephant's head cavities would be related to a length no greater than its diameter, let's say about 2 feet or less, so about a few hundred Hz and up. At those frequencies one would expect the skin, fat and cranium to absorb a considerable percentage of incoming acoustical power. So this leaves maybe a few hundred milliwatts entering, say the ear. The extremely responsive parts of the ear could be permanently damaged. Other head parts will be thicker and more massive, resulting in much smaller response. Physical destruction of the brain seems very unlikely, but one couldn't rule out psychological damage.