tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38653043.post9046423550336965734..comments2024-01-14T10:13:45.743+00:00Comments on Steven Ball: percussiveSteven Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470957702511115115noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38653043.post-45604087978448915402009-01-06T08:45:00.000+00:002009-01-06T08:45:00.000+00:00It seemed to me that the woodpecker was deliberate...It seemed to me that the woodpecker was deliberately selecting particular branches for their acoustic properties, this and the idea that the drumming is performing the same function as song does in other birds, suggested that there was also some kind of what we might call 'aesthetic' decision making going on. Perhaps Thumper is doing something similar. Perhaps many animals use 'instruments' and I'm just anthropomorphising!Steven Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470957702511115115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38653043.post-28386315462303671912009-01-06T08:16:00.000+00:002009-01-06T08:16:00.000+00:00It may not constitute as 'using a musical instrume...It may not constitute as 'using a musical instrument' but rabbits repeatedly 'thump' their back legs on the ground as a warning signal.Dubdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845179324252167432noreply@blogger.com