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.
Birds! Horned screamers! Winged pirates! Professional bird-person and all around cool dude James Maley joins Alie to talk about bird mating, monogamy, the cult of ornithology, absurd birds, parrots that are smarter than your friends' kids, a surprising fact about owl ears and history's most tragically zealous bird nerds. If you love birds, you'll be at home. If a bird did you dirty, you'll open your heart and learn to love again.
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