Alex The Talking Parrot

Smart and beautiful but he does not seem happy. Parrots in captivity does not seem happy having to answers questions....

what think if alex comes i your bed in the night and say "So...um some water?"

I would get scared the fuck up.

that parrot is so frickin smart its adorable like how could u train an animal like that??? its so sad he died and my dad used to have a parrot and my dad loved thatr parrot... ALOT I MEAN WHO DOESN'T LUV A TALKING PARROT?!?!

So sad the way he asks if he can go back and gets told no- he asks several times and she keeps on with this perverse experiment, as if proving animals can think and reason is a breakthrough.

That parrot is not happy!
you can see he has been plucking his feathers this is a common tell tale of an african grey being distressed

i swore that after he asked for the water he said cocaine

You are aware that living thing can die of old age too, not only because of illness?....

@RamboBlades African Greys should be able to live up to 70 years. I must agree, that Alex was doing the best he could to please his master, but the constant stress may have been way too much for him. Parrots are like children and must be able to play and enjoy what they are doing. I suspect that Alex was not a happy bird, but because of his desire to make his master happy, pushed himself as far as he could go and it was too much for him.

AMEN tornado!! My sentiments exactly!!! I never said he wasn't a smart bird because they are VERY bright!! But they DO have the capacity to live even up to 100 year's old!! Getting a parrot is a life long commitment and I appreciate the science of Alex's owner but in my opinion that is ALL Alex was. A science experiment!! I can't say what was learned from Alex didn't benefit anyone, I'm just saying it's sad to have learned WHATEVER benefits by using Alex as a source!