Re: Parrot worked to death?

Peter Hucker wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:41:35 +0100, M.J. <M.J.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "M.J." <M.J.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:08HGi.26844$eY.22896@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>> Of course the hypothesis that he was mentally worked to death
>>> is just that a hypothesis, but since no cause of death has been
>>> identified it is as good as anything else, perhaps even most
>>>  plausible. After all, Alex was part of an ongoing mental
>>> experiment to
>>> test the limits of avian intelligence.  The experiment ended
>>> abruptly with an unexplained, premature death of the bird.
>>>
>>> Please do not forget, this is exactly what happened from
>>> a scientific perspective. The African Grey subject among
>>> many other things learned to count to six, or seven.
>>
>>
>> I'll repeat once more!
>>
>> Is this what you did to the poor creature, Ms Irene Pepperberg?
>>
>> Have him worked to death by your research?
>> 8-12 hours a day, every day, of 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 of yourselves!
>
> You appear to be assuming she reads newsgroups.

<snork> :-O

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