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EDITORIAL: Parrot With A Brain.(Editorial)

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From: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)
Date: 20070914
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Sep. 14--Talking animals have long charmed the reading public. From "The Bremen Town Musicians" of the Brothers Grimm to the Dr. Doolittle series by Hugh Lofting, stories about creatures who communicate with humans are beloved. But these were fantasies.

Alex, an African Gray parrot, was real. And he seemed to understand the English language and concepts far more sophisticated than expected. That's what makes his death at 31 such a loss.

Alex, an acronym for the Avian Learning Experiment, was the prodigy of Brandeis University scientist and professor Irene Pepperberg. The ...

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