Alex The Parrot

The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots
$25.50
I have followed Irene Pepperburg's articles on her African Grey Parrot, Alex, for years, both learning and teaching my own African Greys with her methods. I was so happy to see her write this book as her own personal tribute to Alex who was not just a lab specimen but a friend as well. Thank you, Irene. Alex will be missed by many.

Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--And Formed a Deep Bond in the Process [ALEX & ME -OS]
$26.95

Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
$23.95
Near the end of her book Alex & Me, in a chapter called "What Alex Taught Me," the author Irene Pepperberg says: "Some people take this new understanding of animal minds as an argument for treating animals as if they had the same rights we give to ourselves. That is as wrong as ... " What is so remarkable about this quote is how jarring it is in a book that celebrates animal intelligence and the interconnectedness of all life. While THIS reviewer is not suggesting that we give the right to VOTE to grey parrots (if this reviewer had his way, not every HUMAN would have that sacred right), what is clear to me, from this absolutely grating and gratuitous paragraph (as though an evil gremlin had sneaked in this nasty disclaimer), is that whatever Alex HAD tried to teach Ms. Pepperberg, she did not learn. If this book has any meaning whatever, it is that animals DO (or ought to) have rights.

Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--And Formed a Deep Bond in the Process [ALEX & ME -LP] [LARGE PRINT]
$26.95