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Birds Playing Electric Guitars

Posted March 26, 2010 9:34 AM

From mental_floss Blog:

Today's bizarre-but-true video: zebra finches playing electric guitars. They're not all that good at it, but they rock roughly as hard as an untrained human would. From the YouTube description: French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot … creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.

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03/26/2010 9:44 AM

cool - I wonder what my squirrels would do with an electric guitar?

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03/26/2010 12:39 PM

Oh, no, not another reunion. :-)

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03/29/2010 11:42 AM

I find this extremely funny! I was almost in tears.

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