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 Gizmo newborn african grey parrot grey parrot named Alex, she began a 30-year experiment that changed the way we view the avian brain. Her work with him challenged the common belief that birds could only mimic human speech with any understanding of meaning.
What is Alex?
Alex (short form for Avian Learning experiment) was originally just an african grey parrot birds for sale african grey parrots sale parrot bought from a pet store. But over the course of his life, he set trails in animal psychology that were above anything that was thought to be possible, and he proved that animals are 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 in the world, appearing on television shows and in scientific reports.
Alex was able recognize the shapes, colors and materials as well as the quantity of objects.
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