Music experiment at French zoo aims to improve animal behaviour

At Branféré Zoo, thing funny is happening. Animals are now exposed to music, not conscionable for ambience, but arsenic portion of a behavioural study.

The thought came from Plumes, a French vocalist who noticed cows reacting positively erstwhile he sang to them astatine his grandmother's farm.

"They seemed calmer, almost happy," he recalled.

Inspired, zoo head Alexandre Petry launched an research to observe if euphony alters animal behaviour.

"We want to spot if it helps them socialise aliases reduces aggression," he said. Currently, euphony sessions past 7 minutes.

Meanwhile, 430km distant successful Villers-sur-Authie, a husbandman raising Wagyu cattle swears by classical euphony to heighten nutrient quality.

Coincidence? Perhaps. But respective studies and section observations propose that definite animal type respond much positively to euphony than others.

Dogs, cats, cows, birds (especially parrots and canaries), elephants, dolphins, whales and moreover immoderate food look to beryllium peculiarly receptive.