Hello friends, it turns out it's not just people who like music but animals also like music, that's a sign of good music for growth.
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Recently, a study by Macquarie University Fish Lab, Australia, shows that sharks love jazz. Some Port Jackson baby sharks (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) were chosen as research subjects.
Researchers are training Shark Port Jackson babies to associate music with food. When jazz is played, sharks understand that there is food waiting for them, so they move towards the feeding station (the part of the aquarium that is used specifically to feed sharks).
Of course there is a logical reason behind it. When the shark's prey almost dies, the prey's body movements resemble a rhythm similar to staccato (articulation or transient nature (Hari Purwanto: 2009), which is also often found in jazz music.
Catarina Vila-Pouca, lead author of the Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University, explained, "Sound is very important for aquatic animals. Sound can spread well in water and fish use it to find prey, hiding places, to communicate with each other,"
Some results from direct observation also reveal the fact that sharks can associate the sound of ship engines with food. This is also supported by some evidence that sharks can quickly learn to associate things with each other ...
Chancellor of the Department of Biological Sciences and Chair of the Fish Lab, Culum Brown, said in the study that sharks seemed to confuse jazz music with classical music.
"It's clear that sharks know they have to do something when classical music is played, but still can't confirm whether they have to go to a different location,"
Brown added, "The task (distinguishing between jazz and classical music) is more difficult than it sounds because sharks must learn that different locations are related to different musical genres, which will then be combined with food gifts."
Vila-Pouca hopes that The Fish Lab's research will find more about shark learning abilities.
"In general, the ability to learn sharks is considered low. Most people think sharks are short-minded and instinctive animals, but sharks have large brains and are obviously smarter than we thought,"
Previously, in 2015 a study showed sharks like heavy metal music for the same reason they liked jazz.