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=Does music affect plants and animals?=

PLANTS -Plants that were grown next to speakers and were exposed to Indian sitar and classical music began to grow and flourish -Plants that were grown next to speakers that were exposed to Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin grew away from the speaker leaning 30 to 70 degrees away from the speakers, and their leaves became weak and their blossoms drooped.

ANIMALS -There was an experiment were mice were put in a maze and exposed to Strauss waltzes and the others in silence -The mice that were exposed to the Strauss waltzes worked out the maze faster than the mice that were exposed to silence -The same experiment was done but with traditional voodoo drumming the ones that were exposed to the voodoo drumming performed increasingly worse over time as the exposure to the voodoo music continued. Eventually they became disoriented and were unable to finish the maze -The same experiment was done with hard rock- the mice exposed to hard rock took 30 min to finish the mice and then attacked each other and displayed cannibal type behaviour -Music can calm house pets such as cats and dogs and it can prevent destructive music -Music has been shown to help with everything from separation anxiety to hyperactivity to overeating. -Music can also help to calm pets that get anxiety from staying at home by themselves -When heavy metal music was played to dogs in a recent experiment the dogs became agitated and started barking -When pop music was played it had little effect on the dogs -When classical music was played the dogs became calm and layed down

Read more: How Music Affects Plants and Animals | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_6361138_music-affects-plants-animals.html#ixzz1dZQyDOQX

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