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The Sound of Music

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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Music Inspires Music

Birds release opiates in their brain when they are singing, so they are some pleasure from it. It may have been an early way for humans to convey emotions to large groups of other mans that rally us and make us defeat the nightly andertolls. We haven't really been able to find an animal which is just enjoying music for music's sake. But em in all likelihood, it is a sort of e it has a functional role in the animal kingdom.

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