Alex & me : how a scientist and a parrot discovered a hidden world of animal intelligence-- and formed a deep bond in the process / Irene M. Pepperberg.
- Pepperberg, Irene M. (Irene Maxine)
- Date:
- [2008], ©2008
- Books
About this work
Description
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.
Publication/Creation
New York : Collins, [2008], ©2008.
Physical description
vii, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Contributors
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
My "wonderful life" moment -- Beginnings -- Alex's first labels -- Alex and me, the vagabonds -- What's a banerry? -- Alex and friends -- Alex goes hi-tech -- The next horizon -- What Alex taught me.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineAOC /PEPOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780061672477
- 0061672475