Alex & me
Subtitle: how a scientist and a parrot discovered a hidden world of animal intelligence--and formed a deep bond in the process
By: Irene M. Pepperberg
Publisher: MJF Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781606711071
Subjects: Animal communication; Cognition in animals; Human-animal relationships; African gray parrot; Behavior
Other titles: Alex and me
Description: This story of Alex, a famous African Gray parrot, documents his thirty-year relationship with his trainer and the ways in which his life has changed scientific understanding about language and thought.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: My wonderful life moment; title: Beginnings; title: Alex's first labels; title: Alex and me, the vagabonds; title: What's a Banerry?; title: Alex and friends; title: Alex goes hi-tech; title: The next horizon; title: What Alex taught me.