Alex the grey parrot book

Jil just finished the book, and i too thought it was weird that the autopsy report. I had read an article about alex the african grey parrot some years ago, prior to. This is a wonderful, colorful book that will introduce youngsters to alex, an african gray parrot who helped change everything we know about bird intelligence. But alex was more than just a parrot, he was a colleague to animal cognition researcher irene.

An african grey parrot, alex had a brain the size of a shelled walnut, yet he could add, sound out words, understand concepts like bigger, smaller, more, fewer, and none, and he disproved the widely accepted idea that birds possess no potential for language or anything remotely comparable to human intelligence. African gray parrots live an average life of sixty years, so alex s death was a surprise for everyone, particularly as he was in good health at the time. On the contrary, she claimed that it would be a setback. Alex may 1976 6 september 2007 was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirtyyear experiment by animal psychologist irene pepperberg, initially at the university of arizona and later at harvard university and brandeis university. In late 2007, alex the grey parrot stunned the world when he died suddenly and unexpectedly. The visionary art of alex grey, inner traditions international, 1990 transfigurations, 1993. Alex, the parrot who learned to say i love you and mean. Grey, alex, sacred mirrors, from the book sacred mirrors. Pepperbergs are at the center of a highly emotional debate about whether thought is solely the domain of humans, or whether it can. Because she was going to study him, she decided to call him alex short for avian learning experiment.

Commemorating the fifth anniversary of his death, grey parrot studios, in association with the alex foundation, has released the dvd, life with alex. The name alex was an acronym for avian language experiment, or avian learning experiment. Buy this book you will be very impressed with alex the grey parrot. Alex, the worldrenowned african grey parrot, who changed how the world viewed and understood the intelligence of animals, is back in the spotlight again. No ordinary bird, written by stephanie spinner and illustrated by meilo so, is a nominee for the 1415 south carolina childrens book award. There, for example, on the other side of the mirror, is alex, the famous african grey parrot who died unexpectedly last week at the age of. Parrots, of course, are famous mimics, and some parrots have bigger vocabularies than alex. Pepperberg stated that it is a huge loss, but it wouldnt stop the research. When alex was about one year old, pepperberg bought him at a pet shop. But this proves that there are many smart creatures out there. In 1977, graduate student irene pepperberg walked into a pet store and bought a yearold african grey parrot. Alex, the african grey parrot who was smarter than the average u. No ordinary bird is a true story of an extraordinary animal.

Pepperberg, has been able to perform tasks as complex as alex can. A perfectly normal exchange except that alex happened to be an african grey parrot, with a brain the size and shape of a shelled walnut. When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically. Alex, as adult readers may recall, was indeed no ordinary bird.

This book tells the tale of irene pepperberg and her work with alex, a truly phenomenal african grey parrot. A new york times bestseller and selected as one of the papers critics top ten books of the. Stephen moss on alex, the african grey parrot us news. On september 6, 2007, an african grey parrot named alex died prematurely at age thirtyone. And she believes that when alex vocalizes, he is expressing the results of his thoughts, not mere mimicry. Central is the authors work with alex the african grey parrot, her achievements and his including learning to add and. An african grey parrot, alex had a brain the size of a shelled walnut, yet he could add. His last words to his owner, irene pepperberg, were you be good. Alex may 1976 6 september 2007 was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirty year.