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

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