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 blue parrot for sale grey parrot named Alex, she started a 30-year study that altered the way we think about avian intelligence. Her study with Alex challenged the common belief that birds only mimic human speech, without any understanding of the meaning.
What is Alex?
At first, Alex (short for Avian Learning Experiment) was a normal timneh african grey parrot congo african grey parrot parrot purchased from an animal store. However, over the course of his life, he blazed trails in animal psychology that were far beyond anything previously thought possible, and he proved that animals can be as intelligent as primates or dolphins. Up until his death in 2007, Alex was one of the most famous talking african grey parrot for sale birds around the world, appearing on television shows and scientific reports.
Alex was able recognize the shapes, colors and materials as well as the quantity of objects.
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