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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
soblessed59
Apr 22, 2014soblessed59 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed[at first] Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene Pepperberg.The personality of this African Grey parrot is amazing and hilarious.I love the author's accounts of how Alex asserted himself when he didn't want to do the tests and the words he came up with himself, but it also made me feel that African Grey parrots are far too intelligent to be forced into being a 'lab-rat',even when they let it be known that they do not want to participate. So the book ended up making me very sad and feeling sorry for Alex.