Alex, the Talking Research African Grey Parrot Passes Away.

her book is obviously bs then. are YOU listening to her? she said she separated herself emotionally from him. have you seen vids with him? he keeps asking to go back to his cage and she wont let him.

dont you realize he DIDNT WANT TO DO ANY OF IT? he kept wanting to go back to his cage. he obviously DIDNT find it fun and that bitch was NOT being affection. look up the other birds on this site. THAT is affection. being a test subject is NOT. she even said it herself she wanted to separate herself from him. he didnt do any trick and solved puzzles, just answered stupid things like which is bigger, what color, matter etc for hours. his feather plucking obviously shows that hes distressed

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unless your a vegan, what about the poor animals that you eat everyday and wear? i think killing an animal to wear his skin is more inhumane then researching animals for a scientific goal. by comparison....

he had TONS more fun than MOST parrots! THAT WAS affection! doing tricks and solveing puzzles works the brain, you know.

what language was THAT translated from? never mind, i'm kidding.

poor thing

Hi, i have parrotsss!, plz plz plz do not bother and hurt your african grey they can understand with own ways your world only try to talk with kindly words, soft and sweet voice! you can find in the future what i say about of your african grey becuase of they can understand your feel only with look at your eyes for couple seconds

The studies that were done based on this parrot were immense in what they taught all of us about what we know of parrots this day. Any scientific studies can be marred by to close of a personal attachment to the subject. from my experience in parrot rescue there are many contributing factors in plucking and over preening.

One huge factor alone is boredom and neurosis. If we cant always fix compulsive behaviors in humans who are intelligent creatures, what makes us think we can always solve them in birds? Alex had the companionship of other birds and humans in his life which is far above what many of us can offer any pet. Treating him as a colleague with intelligence and abilities is far more credit than many of us give our pets.

Yeh, he did actually interact with other birds she was also teaching and i read somewhere that if they mispronouced something he would say "talk cleary", sort of being a smartalic. Amazin'

That was like YEARS ago. Do the research before you say something silly.

He was feather plucking and was going bald! poor Alex........ . R.I.P. :(

yes she did. have u read her book? are u listening to what she is saying? she put her heart and sole into alex not only for research. and they respected his wishes if he wanted to stop they would and thwy would take a break but they need to first determine does he understand take a break or is he reapeating it. its a highly scientific study with great ethical ramifications and she wants everyone to know how intelligent birds are and we should treat them better and in higher regard.

wow what an ass she didnt even care for alex she just cared about what he was capable of... this is sad.

yeah the poor thing was just a test subject. at 31, thats pretty young for a grey. that poor bird didnt want to do that stuff and that bitch wouldnt give him affection