Who has rhythm?

[gwand]

Chimpanzee groups drum with distinct rhythms, research finds

New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using regular spacing between drum hits. Their results, published in Current Biology, show that eastern and western chimpanzees—two distinct subspecies—drum with distinguishable...

phys.org

 

[GaryE]

You could tell human societies were in trouble by the nineteen seventies, when everyone wanted to play lead guitar and you couldn't find drummers or bassists for love nor money.

 

[gwand]

When chimps start playing lead guitar then you know we are in trouble.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

When I read the thread title I just knew the answer had to be Johnny Cash.



Maybe I should have thought it was,

 

[Oldspartan]

When chimps start playing lead guitar then you know we are in trouble.

I thought this was going to be about fish birth control!

 

[GaryE]

I thought this was going to be about fish birth control!

That method works with guppies. Yes sirree bob, it sure does!

If we ever meet ultra-intelligent space aliens, they are going to laugh their tentacled domes off at how blind we were to other intelligences in other animals on our own planet.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

@GaryE

 

[gwand]

What do call chimps that play music together?
Chimpbandzees.