(Source: Ranjit Lal)The callow young guns have been practising their steps since February — when their costumes weren’t even ready. Freshwater algae are known to waltz and do the minuet: colonies link their long slender flagella together and move back and forth as if connected to each other with elastic bands! As dance demands the ability to move in synchrony with an external rhythmic beat, very few animals can do this. They find a neural link between the ability to synchronise with an external beat and the ability to mimic. If you can’t mimic and, hence, vocalise, you really will not be able to tune into a beat — or dance.

Source: Indian Express April 14, 2018 18:32 UTC