I had a fantastic time at the World Science Festival last weekend. I assessed clues from a murder scene, heard a lecture by the maker of the Inner Life of a Cell animation series, watched a dog-training demonstration for kids (“Who’s heard of Pavlov?”), and learned about ‘Generation IV’ nuclear reactors from a dude who designs them.

One thing I didn’t see was a session about Snowball, the famous dancing Cockatoo. After watching this video clip, I really, really wish I had: