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Wednesday, 12 September 2007

Smart parrot dies

Alex the parrot, who I first learned about in 10th grade, died recently.

Alex's advanced language and recognition skills revolutionized the understanding of the avian brain.

Alex was super smart. He could identify shapes and colors and make connections people didn't realize birds were capable of. He learned colors separately from shapes and you could then tell him, for example, to pick the yellow triangle and he'd put both concepts together and get the right shape.

The cute little goodnight routine with the researcher they mention at the end gets me.

Posted: Sep 12, 2007 14:36

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