Parrot obituary

[Michael B]

This article is in today's Boston Globe.
(I'm not sure if it's available for free after today.)


www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/09/11/death_of_gifted_parrot_stuns_scientists/

(It's about a parrot being used to study language in a laboratory. He knows 6 numbers, including zero, and can identify 50 objects. They say he has the intellectual ability of a 5 yr old, and the emotional level of a 2 yr old. He just died suddenly.)

[kerryandgoofy]

I have had the opportunity to hear Dr. Pepperberg talk and see her films on Alex several times. He truly was an amazing bird and it is so sad at his unexpected passing.

Here is another link http://www.alexfoundation.org\

At least she has several other greys in the program to continue her work.

[Sivin]

I remember seeing Alex on television, perhaps on the Discovery Channel. How sad that he left so suddenly, but what a marvelous legacy!

[henryswife]

Alex was an amazing bird.
Soo sad to hear about his unexpected passing. Alice