Re: Parrot worked to death?

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:12:19 +0100, Dave Bugg <davebugg2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Peter Hucker wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:04:09 +0100, <jfma@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:02:29 GMT, "M.J." <M.J.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "max" <betatron@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>> news:13emjp35cthgdc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> In article <zDHGi.26846$eY.6692@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>>> "M.J." <M.J.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What you are describing is a death due to prolonged mental stress.
>>>>> fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Typically, when an animal, human or otherwise, is under chronic
>>>>> mental stress,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, it is not fine, as the type of stress Alex was subjected to
>>>> is not comparable to anything else that an animal may encounter
>>>> in nature.
>>>>
>>>     Neither is talking in human language.
>>
>> They do this of their own accord.
>>
>>>> Usually stress means fear, hunger, uncertainty, noise, many other
>>>> environmental factors.  A 30 year rigorous regiment of learning
>>>> to think abstractly, admionistered from the earliest age, is a
>>>> stress factor different than anything a parrot can encounter and
>>>> there is no way to judge how the creature will react to it (that is
>>>> long term effect).
>>>>
>>>     Really?  Problem solving is something parrots don't encounter
>>> every day?
>>
>> Not 100 times a day.
>
> Correct. They solve exactly 317.25 problems each day. Except on weekends
and
> when they go on vacation

What happens to the .25 problem?

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