Pepperberg, Irene M.

Alex & me : how a scientist and a parrot discovered a hidden world of animal intelligence--and formed a deep bond in the process / Alex and me Irene M. Pepperberg. - 1st ed. - New York : Collins, c2008. - vii, 232 p., [8] p. of plates, : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

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.

9780061672477 0061672475

2008021960


African gray parrot--Behavior.
Cognition in animals.
Animal communication.
Human-animal relationships.

QL696.P7 / P457 2008

636.6/8650929