Alex the African Grey Parrot
When animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg entered a Northwest Side pet shop in 1977 and purchased an exuberant one-year-old african grey birds for sale parrots african grey for sale parrot named Alex and began a 30-year research project that changed how we perceive the intelligence of birds. Her study with Alex challenged the common belief that birds only mimic human speech without any understanding of what it means.
What is Alex?
At first, Alex (short for Avian Learning Experiment) was just an ordinary timneh african grey parrot african grey for sale $200 parrot bought from a pet store. Over the course of his life, he broke new ground in animal psychology and proved that animals are just as intelligent as dolphins or primates. Alex was among the most talked about talking birds in the world, until his death in 2007. He was a regular on TV shows and in scientific reports.
Alex was able to identify the shapes, colors and materials as well as the sizes of objects.
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