Alex (parrot)
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alex-parrot-182-12028733
title:
Alex (parrot)
text:
Alex was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University. When Alex was about one year old, Pepperberg bought him at a pet shop. In her book "Alex & Me", Pepperberg describes her unique relationship with Alex and how Alex helped her understand animal minds. Alex was an acronym for avian language experiment, or avian learning experiment. Before Pepperbe
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encyclopedia
description:
Parrot used for experiments (1976–2007)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_(parrot)
date created:
2004-07-06T12:18:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T14:10:10Z
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