Dan just told me that Alex, an extremely intelligent and famous parrot, is dead. I'm so sad. Here's a really good video about him. His reasoning skills and understanding of the words he said were so amazing.
From Wikipedia's selected quotes on Alex:
"When Dr Pepperberg left Alex with a vet for treatment, Alex vocalized the words 'Come here. I love you. I'm sorry. I want to go back.'"
According to Dr. Pepperberg, the final time she saw Alex was on Thursday September 6. They went through their goodnight routine in which she told him it was time to go in the cage. She recalls that Alex said "You be good. I love you." She responded, "I love you, too." He said "You'll be in tomorrow," and she responded, "Yes, I'll be in tomorrow."
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