While it might sound like a bizarre question, researchers have found that humans and animals have remarkably similar tastes. Humans seem to pick up on and enjoy the same features of mating calls as a wide range of animals, including birds, amphibians, primates, and even insects. But not only do we have the same subjective preferences as animals, but humans also show overlapping preferences for certain qualities of an animal's call. Dr James told the Daily Mail: We found strong preferences in both animals and humans for acoustic "adornments". 'Darwin noted that animals seem to have a "taste for the beautiful" that sometimes parallels our own preferences,' Mr Ryan said.

Source: Daily Mail March 19, 2026 19:36 UTC