Alex & me : how a scientist and a parrot discovered a hidden world of animal intelligence--and formed a deep bond in the process
Pepperberg, Irene
Alex & me : how a scientist and a parrot discovered a hidden world of animal intelligence--and formed a deep bond in the process / Irene M. Pepperberg - New York, NY : Collins , 2008 - 232 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes index
My wonderful life moment -- Beginnings -- Alex's first labels -- Alex and me, the vagabonds -- What's a banerry? -- Alex and friends -- Alex goes hi-tech -- The next horizon -- What Alex taught me.
This story of Alex, a famous African Grey parrot, documents his thirty-year relationship with his trainer and the ways in which his life has changed scientific understanding about language and thought.
9780061672477
2008021960
African gray parrot----Behavior
Cognition in animals
Animal communication
Human-animal relationships---United States
QL696.P7 / P457 2008
636.68 PEP
Alex & me : how a scientist and a parrot discovered a hidden world of animal intelligence--and formed a deep bond in the process / Irene M. Pepperberg - New York, NY : Collins , 2008 - 232 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes index
My wonderful life moment -- Beginnings -- Alex's first labels -- Alex and me, the vagabonds -- What's a banerry? -- Alex and friends -- Alex goes hi-tech -- The next horizon -- What Alex taught me.
This story of Alex, a famous African Grey parrot, documents his thirty-year relationship with his trainer and the ways in which his life has changed scientific understanding about language and thought.
9780061672477
2008021960
African gray parrot----Behavior
Cognition in animals
Animal communication
Human-animal relationships---United States
QL696.P7 / P457 2008
636.68 PEP