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Alex & me : how a scientist and a parrot discovered a hidden world of animal intelligence--and formed a deep bond in the process / Irene M. Pepperberg.
Van Pelt Library QL696.P7 P457 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pepperberg, Irene M. (Irene Maxine)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African gray parrot--Behavior.
- African gray parrot.
- Cognition in animals.
- Animal communication.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Alex and me
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Collins, [2008]
- Summary:
- This story of Alex, a famous African Grey parrot, documents his thirty-year relationship with his trainer and the ways in which his life has changed scientific understanding about language and thought.
- Contents:
- My "wonderful life" moment
- Beginnings
- Alex's first labels
- Alex and me, the vagabonds
- What's a banerry?
- Alex and friends
- Alex goes hi-tech
- The next horizon
- What Alex taught me.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780061672477
- 0061672475
- OCLC:
- 191931809
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