Alex the Grey dead at 30

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Alex, the African Grey parrot famous for providing insight into parrot intelligence, died this week at age 30. So far, no cause of death has been found, and his trainers said he had been fine the day before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_(parrot)

He was a fascinating bird, and I hope my own Athena can be as smart as him.

 

[Kthleen]

Aww. :-( I'd watched a show about him before, and though I haven't been keeping up, it's still really sad that he died.

Well, R.I.P., Alex.

If he said “Wanna banana”, but was offered a nut instead, he stared in silence, asked for the banana again, or took the nut and threw it at the researcher.

That's awesome! XD

 

[Perxio]

Oh my god.

I really liked Alex.

Oh man.

He did quite a bit for the reputation of animals as a whole- he was one of the best examples of how truly intelligent animals are, much more than what people thought before Irene worked with Alex.

R.I.P., Al. ._.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

See, you people here, you understand. I posted this at another board and it got locked because it "wasn't important", after a bunch of people started flaming me. Yet a thread about stupid product names remains open.

You know, if it was Koko the gorilla instead of Alex, people would be sad. But then Koko is marketable.

 

[deja0entendu]

that's sad
never heard of him
but I read about him through the Wikipedia article
he was awesome

what's the lifespan of that kind of parrot?

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

I think it's up to 60 years.

 

[the gadfly]

Yet, somehow, there are billions of people who think animals are dumb and souless creatures. Anyone who has ever owned a dog or cat knows that is false.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Heck, even my fish have distinct personalities. Newfish that I haven't named yet is hyper and loves swimming around at top speed, and Zoe, my goldfish in the pond, is kinda shy and loves to eat.

 

[deja0entendu]

I think it's up to 60 years.

wow, that's weird then how it's life got cut in half

 

[the gadfly]

Heck, even my fish have distinct personalities. Newfish that I haven't named yet is hyper and loves swimming around at top speed, and Zoe, my goldfish in the pond, is kinda shy and loves to eat.

Let's not forget "Myth Busters" proved goldfish have memories longer than it takes to circle a goldfish bowl.

 

[deja0entendu]

Let's not forget "Myth Busters" proved goldfish have memories longer than it takes to circle a goldfish bowl.

haha I just saw that yesterday when I was in Arizona

 

[Bleak]

An amazing animal, it's unfourtunate he died.