
Ornithology (BIRDS) with James Maley
Ologies with Alie Ward
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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.
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