Alex The Parrot

[zombieinajar]

i was so so sad when alex died :(

[WackySquirrels]

i'm just finishing up Irene Pepperberg's book about alex, Alex & Me

[psychochinchilla393]

awwwwwwww i love the way he talks

[peachygirl510]

wow what an amazing and intelligent creature. Love em.

[albertogarcia206]

alex, what matter?

[ParrotTrainingSchool]

Your pet is so cute and very talented.. Nice!

[MintMovies]

He's MOLTING, you sillies!

[aviannightmare]

@MintMoviesThis is NOT Molting. Even the Dr had explained that Alex had a health issue in regards to his feathers missing. Again, feather plucking can be for many reasons and SB taken seriously! Diet, Stress, illness, boredom, environment, (too small a cage, aggressive other birds etc). Please, if your parrot looks like this, do not assume it is molting. Molting only means they are losing their old feathers and growing in new ones. Molting is not pulling feathers out and going bald.

[PhidippusAudax]

what's wrong with his feathers? too much stress?

[uce85]

He was under a lot of stress as you can see from the feather plucking. I'm all for science and research but this was just inhumane. You shouldn't have pushed him so hard. Poor bird died way too young. :(

[kathylolful]

he died in 2008

[lucyyelding]

Alex was loved dearly by all of his researchers. They're avian scientists. They're passionate about birds. Parrots don't tend to cooperate well unless they're having fun, so rest assured that he was always loved, played with. He must have found all of the research fun or he wouldn't learn it, like a todler at preschool. He was used for research, but research isn't always a bad thing. He had a happy life, probably more so because he had so much attention. Parrots want attention and to play.

[rogerpenna]

very interesting. I guess parrots, along dolphins, chimps and maybe dogs, should be uplifted by humans. We should give them full sentience.

Look for extraterrestrial life? We can create other fully sapient and intelligent life out of Earth animals. And they will then help us colonize the galaxy.

[karenctran]

Wild animals are humans' friends! God put them out in nature not putting them in a lab or cage! It's just not fair to torture animals because of curiosity! When humans didn't exist, this didn't happen! Everything followed the circle of life until humans exist! I'm sad to be one of those humans! Alex is dead!:(

[karenctran]

Scientists should know better to torture wild animals and just use them for scientific research! They call themself smart, but they're stupid enough to use wild animals for just study! It's just so sad that scientists just use these poor wild animals for study or use them for an experiment that could threaten their lives like when the Soviet Union put a dog named Laika in outer space and the Sputnik 2 that it was put in was never planned to come back and the dog died!

[karenctran]

I believe that birds and other wild animals should be put in their natural environment if somebody want to have a bird then play with it and give it care and love! I'm so mad at sicentists now a day! Just leave animals alone! You just can't torture these birds because you're curious of them! They are living things!!!! They need love like humans do! Treat animals how you want to be treated! Put them back in their natural environment if you're not going to give it love! Does anybody agree?

[aviannightmare]

Read the book The Alex Studies which chronicles the details over 20 years, of the the experimental training completed in the lab by the Dr and her Staff on Alex. And yes was not a pet he was very much a study.

[aviannightmare]

His poor feather condition is not caused from old age or molting it is caused from plucking, which can be from a variety of reasons. In his case most likely stress because his replacement, Griffen is doing it too! RIP Alex you did a lot for man kind studies!

[aviannightmare]

His feather plucking may be caused from stress from working long hours in a laboratory setting.

[lucyyelding]

@aviannightmare He was not plucking his feathers, this type of "fluff" instead of his normal plumage develops quite a lot while molting. If he was plucking it would appear raw and sore. My parrots get this all the time! Especially my cockatoos.

[aviannightmare]

@lucyyelding It is not normal to have this kind of feather destruction. Parrots do have a molting time, but it never sb be this severe. If you are finding your cockatoos are experiencing this, I would have an avian vet check them for health or behavioral issues. It can be for many reasons, diet, illness, stress, boredom, an aggressive bird plucking another. Eventually if they continue to pluck, the feathers may even stop growing in. Good health to your parrots, they are wonderful creatures!

[HAPYILLY]

hi!

[MaxikingWolke22]

really cool, but what happened to his feathers? is it just molt; because it looks quite... hard

[fannoj]

old age, in this case it is defenatly not bordom

[slballman]

If you would read the book, "Alex and Me", you would understand why Alex was plucking. You can't just assume that he was stressed out. This bird had staff, he was the boss. The people who worked with him attended to his every need, and he was treated better than most other birds are.

[Jamisonsland2]

my birds name is alex to! ill show u in a video responce

[Warhound360]

Hey guys check out Jamisonsland2 video it's really good :D

[squirttle92]

aw has he plucked himself

[Lynx799]

Shit xD i want some water 2

[AnonymosPers]

wtf xD

[AilynCarol]

oh my lord! poor Alex, he is obviously stress out and depressed! oh my lord such and intelligent animal! I owned parrots for most of life and Alex , as I can see is in a very sad situation. Parrots do need stimuli but they are not meant to be exposed to such a long hours of work during their whole life and need friends and see different places :(

[slballman]

The people that worked with Alex attended to his every need. He was the boss. He wasn't stressed and he most definately wasn't in a sad situation. If you would read the book "Alex and Me", you would understand that.

[aviannightmare]

@AilynCarol Well Said!

[brownni123]

He Looks so stress out.. and where does he want to "go back" to. He sounded soo cute

[tramany7]

Yes he says I want to go back b/c he is trying to tell Dr Pepperburg that he is tired and doesn't want to do anymore thinking. Poor Alex. Alex would sit on the back of a metal chair everyday for 8 hrs a day!!!I think that is why he was so stressed RIP Alex!!!

[aviannightmare]

@tramany7 I agree!

[Snufflesdog]

they are evel they treat him just as an experament not even a pet propbably when they are done they would just throw him away they realy piss me off doing that.

When he asked 2 go back they were like no i could see the saddness in his eyes

hes just not and expirament he is soposed to be treated with love AAARG they realy piss me off

[5cag1]

was he ever allowed outside the lab to look out the window ?

[Warhound360]

Your question was if he was ever let out the lab.

The answer was yes, alex was treated like a king.

[slballman]

Thank you Warhound369. Alex traveled and Irene Pepperberg often took him home with her. He was a happy, healthy animal who's every need was attended to. He wasn't treated like "just an experiment", he was family to these people. Alex was indeed treated like a king, and he loved his training. He was a playful animal and asking to go back was just a way of getting on his trainer's nerves :). If you would read the book, "Alex and Me", you would understand that.

[Warhound360]

It's a shame this bird was only an experiment.

[fancigal]

@Warhound360 why is it a shame? he was treated no differently from any other bird in a home, sometimes I think better cause he was always given attention and love. Irene considered him more of a colleague and a friend than an experiment.

[desii197]

@Warhound360 but he was also a pet that bird lived 31 years she treated him like a king so no he wasn't only an experiment

[hockeygal]

Im just worried about his health, healthy birds (unless molting) look That torn up....

[darkbuyblleboy]

well to whom ever this may concern

1)Alex was never an it....he was a pet

2)if u really like alex u would not call him an it......

3)if u think just cuz he was able to tell wut object it was n u were only concerned in only that then i dont even know y ur watching this .

4)repost if u like alex a lot...

[sketchydc]

It's like a parrot version of rain man!

[Warhound360]

OK guys thanks for the 9,000 views can you tell send this video to your friends to get more views i got this from PBS.

[xXemogirl0Xx]

oh lol ok

[Assassinsfreak]

this just shows that animals have the same learning capabilities as us humans.

[xXemogirl0Xx]

lol what shape "four"

[RoarTim]

Before that he asked how many corners there was though...

[lucyyelding]

@xXemogirl0Xx She asked how many corners before what shape. he said 4 corners

[parakeethands]

the bird's evolutionary equilibrium is way off for some reason.

[dudeishfish]

So sweet... RIP

[nnlnnd]

Poor baby, wanted to go back. :( What a sweetie pie.

[danielle0elleinad]

wow this is a cool bird its samrt wow

[Killerrayzz]

this parrot died from and in stress he wanted to go back and you wouldn't let him, you just wanted to use him

[Chibi7Midget]

Why does he keep asking to gop back then O___O he doesn't sound like he likes you at all.

[varmansnr]

Actually, the two have spent alot of time together. You can see that Alex has plucked his feathers. That's becuase of Dr. Pepperberg's absence. Without her, he's pretty sad :(

R.I.P. Alex

[elephantologist]

What an intelligent bird. I miss him so much :(

[MyLovableToothpick]

He's so cute! xD

[timandsamanthawright]

He was amazing. Those that worked along side him miss him terribly! Unless you have been 'owned' by a parrot you just cannot fathom the impact they have on your life. The world of science will never be the same because of Alex, Dr. Pepperberg, Arlene & the other trainers who have worked so diligently over the years. We are grateful.