Ologies with Alie Ward cover image

Ornithology (BIRDS) with James Maley

Ologies with Alie Ward

00:00

The African Gray Parrot

Alex was an african gray parrot, and researchers said his name stood for avian learning experiment. He could describe a key as a key no matter what color or size it was. Alex called an apple a banary, which one linguist thinks is a combination of banana and cherry - two fruits he was down with. Alex died suddenly, of heart trouble, they think. If you get an afAfrican gray parrot,. you're you're going to die with a parrot.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app