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Can you believe the kids these days? They're dancing like turkeys - only the most seductive of animals! Adam and Erin try to keep their sinful toes from tapping as they dig into the scandalous Animal Dances of the Ragtime era.

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• Vintage movie clip of couples dancing the Turkey Trot
• Professional dancers doing the Grizzly Bear
• Stanford article on Ragtime Dances with a photo of Irene and Vernon Castle
• History Nebraska shares a 1913 article decrying the scandalously lewd actions of Animal Dancers
• Which animals can actually dance?
• Canine Freestyle