Is this what you did to the poor creature, Ms Irene Pepperberg?
Have him worked to death by your research?
12 hours a day, every day, gruelling mental exercise, just to find out
where the limits of avian intelligence exist! No wonder Alex died so
young. Both you and Brandeis University should be ashamed!
Bird Brain Dies After Years of Research
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Alex, a parrot that could count to six,
identify
colors and even express frustration with repetitive scientific trials, has
died after 30 years of helping researchers better understand the avian
brain.
The cause of Alex's death was unknown. The African grey parrot's
average life span is 50 years, Brandeis University scientist Irene
Pepperberg said. Alex was discovered dead in his cage Friday, she said,
but
she waited to release the news until this week so grieving researchers
could
get over the shock and talk about it.
"It's devastating to lose an individual you've worked with pretty
much
every day for 30 years," Pepperberg told The Boston Globe. "Someone was
working with him eight to 12 hours every day of his life."
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