PARROT INTELLIGENCE: DR. PEPPERBERG with AFRICAN GREYS GRIFFIN, ALEX & EINSTEIN

BIRD BRAINIAC - EXTRAORDINARY ANIMALS -
ANIMAL PLANET SPECIAL - Air Date: 7/5/2008:

Meet Congo African Grey, GRIFFIN, who has succeeded ALEX in helping Dr. Irene PEPPERBERG of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, prove that Parrots are sensitive, intelligent, thinking, feeling creatures!

FOOTAGE of ALEX from 7:28 to 9:20.
{Alex passed away Sept. 6, 2007...RIP...}

THIS IS A PRODUCTION BY THE BBC --
See Full Article Here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2002/boston_2002/1821654.stm

NARRATED BY: William Shatner

For more info, visit THE ALEX FOUNDATION
(where you can also watch the FULL 22-Minute Video): http://www.alexfoundation.org/griffin_the%20_parrot.html

Also making an appearance is famous African Grey, EINSTEIN, together with Stephenie White from the Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee.

Visit the Knoxville Zoo's Website for more information on Einstein and AFRICAN GREY PARROTS:
http://www.knoxville-zoo.org/einstein.htm

You can watch a video of EINSTEIN performing at the Zoo's YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/knoxvillezooadmin

And please remember...'DON'T BUY, DON'T BREED, ADOPT A PARROT IN NEED!'

Category:

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Tags:

• Congo
• African
• Grey
• Talking
• Parrot
• Alex
• Griffin
• Einstein
• Dr.
• Irene
• Pepperberg
• Research
• Brandeis
• University
• Animal
• Planet
• Knoxville
• Zoo
• William
• Shatner
• Foundation
• Rescue

[darmor321]

I want to see two parrots have a conversation

[wildlifeguardian]

@darmor321: They DO....but in their own language....it's us 'dumb' humans they have to talk 'human' to because we don't understand 'parrot'.....smile.....

[tkdkadir]

Aw man I wish mines was as smart as this 1. I got it already 3 years now and he is scared of alot of things! :(

[wildlifeguardian]

@tkdkadir: Give him time and be gentle with him. Birds can be skittish and need peaceful predictable surroundings -- they LOVE the same routine every day!

[77HadassaH77]

Only when the bird connects more than just one object to the word told to him, and he can also connect a word in the same meaning to other objects resembling the same things, like in addition to the four in this video. When in every situation different figures of the number four stand for the same as four times clappin, if he can figure this out, he's really a smart birdy....Ravens are also very very smart, and it is said that they have the capability to talk to...

[wildlifeguardian]

@77HadassaH77: Yes, they do (ravens that is)!

BIrds are amazing creatures! :>)

[DestrIGNo101]

wth was that budgie saying at 1:04?

[shummyshum]

dawwwwww 'i love you'

[skullkid267]

they can live to 80 not 60

[spaez209]

he is smarter than some of my friends XP

[TheDurationPlusFive]

@baugust21b I thought that too... Maybe he was just molting at the time? If Greys molt, I guess they do :/

[SmithGamer]

Very interesting

[fluffypinkandmoist]

@baugust21b Some birds pluck from stress (like frrom having to live in a pet store) and never stop plucking even though the original stressor is long gone. It becomes a habit much like people who gnaw their fingernails or tug their hair. It's not necessarily a sign of an unhappy bird.

[scerpalman]

awww RIP