Every time a zebra finch lands, takes off, or hops on the guitars' strings, the notes play through a nearby amplifier. Courtesy of Ben Mirin The young male zebra finch alighted on the nearest guitar ...

Here’s a kind of crazy question that sounds like the beginning of a joke — or maybe Japanese Koan: How do 70 live zebra finches play about a dozen electric guitars? Well the answer can be found ...