Experts believed and documented the fact that African Grey Parrots one of the most intelligent animal species capable of imitating other species. Dr. Irene Pepperbergs have researched for many years and says that they posses the ability to associate human words with meanings and intelligently apply the abstract comcepts of shape, color, number, etc. They are also claimed to perform cognitive tasks at the level of dolphins, chimpanzees, and even human toddler. In 2004 a bird named N’kisi had a vocabulary of 900 words and was noted for creative use of language. For example, when Jane Goodall visited N’kisi in his New York home, he greeted her with “Got a Chimp?” as he’d seen pictures of her with chimpanzees in Africa. Because of their social interest Grey Parrots are considered excellent pets.
About Specific Gery Parrots
Alex has a yahoo group with 1400 hits. Sadly it passed at the age of 31.
About Alex. http://www.sciencenewsblog.com/blog/926071
Another parrot named Einstein is, a younger bird, aged 13 as of Jun 15th 2010. It is not birthday for them it is called hatchday. Einstein has a website, blog and a facebook profile
- http://www.einsteinparrot.com
- http://einsteinparrot.blogspot.com/
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Einstein-the-Talking-Texan-Parrot/305606304589
Alex, Griffin, & Einstein
Einstein at TED Talk
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The video of Einstein is not the correct parrot. That Einstein was on Animal Planet Pet Stars and lives at the Knoxville, TN Zoo. The Einstein mentioned in your article is a pet and lives in Texas with a family. Here is a link to the YouTube Channel for Einstein the Texan. http://www.youtube.com/user/4zebird#p/a
Hi Marcia, thanks for the clarification. I have two videos. Are you talking about the TED Talk?
Yes, The video of Einstein at TED Talk is the parrot that lives at the Knoxville Zoo. The Einstein you mention in your article
lives in Texas with a family.
Hi Marcia,
The article is mainly about Gery Parrots. I talk about Alex and Einstein afterwards. I have modified the content to make it more clearer. Hope you are happy
Thanks for letting me know.
Prabhakar Kasi