Alex & me

Alex And Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence -- and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process

grrlscientist | December 1, 2008

tags: animal cognition, animal communication, animal behavior, birds, parrots, Alex and me, Irene Pepperberg, book review He was not ours, he was not mine. Thank you for sharing him with us. He brought us much joy. We loved him well. -- Irene Pepperberg (p. 226), modified from Karen Blixen's eulogy for Denys Finch-Hatton in Out of Africa. As a scientist who studies, lives with, and even breeds and hand-feeds parrots, it is easy for me to empathize with Irene Pepperberg, the author of the long-awaited book with the awkward title, Alex and Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden…

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