BIRD BRAINIAC – EXTRAORDINARY ANIMALS -
ANIMAL PLANET SPECIAL – Air Date: 7/5/2008:
Meet Congo African Grey, GRIFFIN, who has succeeded ALEX in helping Dr. Irene PEPPERBERG of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, prove that Parrots are sensitive, intelligent, thinking, feeling creatures!
FOOTAGE of ALEX from 7:28 to 9:20.
{Alex passed away Sept. 6, 2007…RIP…}
THIS IS A PRODUCTION BY THE BBC –
See Full Article Here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2002/boston_2002/1821654.stm
NARRATED BY: William Shatner
For more info, visit THE ALEX FOUNDATION
(where you can also watch the FULL 22-Minute Video): http://www.alexfoundation.org/griffin_the%20_parrot.html
Also making an appearance is famous African Grey, EINSTEIN, together with Stephenie White from the Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee.
Visit the Knoxville Zoo’s Website for more information on Einstein and AFRICAN GREY PARROTS:
http://www.knoxville-zoo.org/einstein.htm
You can watch a video of EINSTEIN performing at the Zoo’s YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/knoxvillezooadmin
And please remember…’DON’T BUY, DON’T BREED, ADOPT A PARROT IN NEED!’
Duration : 0:9:58
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It doesn’t take a …
It doesn’t take a scientist to figure this!
The ability of the parrot to understand the words, depend on the owner of the parrot.
* If the owner “parrot”, the bird will just make noise without any assossiation and they become later in life very noisy.
* If the owner talk to the bird like a little child, the parrot will be quiet and say things according to the situation and when the owner talk to them, they will be looking and trying to understand. bottom line, They associate sounds with objects
hehehe i have an …
hehehe i have an african grey timmif and me and him where wacthing this video and he freaked out saying hi oba(oba is his name) and saing i love you come here birdy
I just finished …
I just finished Alex and Me, by Dr. Pepperburg. Amazing story.
@Reichu
Yes im …
@Reichu
Yes im sorry lol, i appoler apologize.
At 0:37? Why do you …
At 0:37? Why do you think that’s Alex? Looks like a companion parrot in someone’s kitchen.
Thats why alex died …
Thats why alex died, in this video it show him eating chocolate, it reduces there lives…i got one my self i read the african gray parrot book
I can’t disagree on …
I can’t disagree on most of that.
This research is …
This research is worth doing, it will show what animals can and can’t do and it will shed light on just how impressive our abilities are. This parrot is being very smart because parrots do not use language, their ability to make sounds is not used in this way normally whereas in us our ability to make sound is harnessed to language and communication as soon as we attain it. Parrots clearly don’t have certain brain features that we have and have to co-opt general intelligence to fill the gap.
If I have any point …
If I have any point at all, one is that there’s only so much meaning in phrases like, “Parrots are as smart as five-year-olds”. Maybe it’s just me — I think the idea of how other animals are different from us is just as interesting as how they might be measurably similar.
Just for the sake …
Just for the sake of pointing it out, all species have different abilities, since they have all evolved to, hopefully, perform optimally in their individual niches. Most investigations into “animal intelligence” or whatever are bound to be strung up in anthropocentrism one way or another. Are people just looking for mental ability that can be compared to ourselves? Are we, as humans, incapable of investigating the minds of other animals any other way?
So that explains …
So that explains why next door’s dog barks all night. But I never hear anything from the three dogs who live with the people across the road from me.
A child given that …
A child given that amount of tuition would have graduated from a top university. I don’t think anybody has been given that degree of education since John Stuart Mill. Parrots are smarter than dogs could ever be but they will never be able to exceed the abilities of a five year old child.
@MartinJWillett …
@MartinJWillett only certain animals have the capabilities though, dogs aren’t able to talk no matter how many hours of tuition.
@verticalsmurf its …
@verticalsmurf its instiinct for dogs to stay in groups but since most have been domesticated they cope perfectly fine and so do other animals, its just misconception.
Another issue: …
Another issue: Parrots are flock birds, they sleep in a roost – safety in numbers, it’s instinct.
These birds are put into individual cages at night, and that stops them from roosting. Parrots don’t sleep well when they aren’t roosting with their flock. These may be domestically bred birds, but the instinct is still there.
Not being allowed to roost at night means these birds don’t sleep well, which makes them more cranky and prone to stress.
With twelve hours …
With twelve hours of school every day, you’d start to pluck too.
That is just …
That is just parroting, with no more understanding than a two year old reciting the Qur’an.
Yes, it’s William …
Yes, it’s William Shatner narrating…
Yes, it’s got to be …
Yes, it’s got to be the Shatner! :>)
Wish I could work with Dr. Pepperberg. I read that she used to take Alex home with her until one night Alex saw an owl outside the window of Dr. Pepperbergs’s house. That freaked him out and he didn’t want to go home with her anymore.
just ran through …
just ran through the best-selling book about this lovely creature. shame on us humans for underestimating these animals, especially for their given level of intelligence.
and wow is that the Shatner narrating this vid!?
I did a double-take …
I did a double-take when the budgie said “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”.
I have a 24 year …
I have a 24 year old Congo African Grey with only one eye. He was rescued from Wales. I got Sammi when he was 18. He is so clever. He can can count to 3. I hold up 3 fingers and ask how many, and he ses 3. And also if you say “Count Sammi”, he will use the 1 2 3 method. He also can distinguish, even with his one eye, red, yellow and blue. And Sammi will pick up the relevant block of that colour, eg: if I say pic the red one amongst various colours, he will always get it right.
People are morons …
People are morons when they run their mouth off about things they have no business talking about.YES,some parrots can understand words &Phrases,and act out on it,or reply back.I have a African Grey parrot and he is smart as ! He absolutely loves a word,or phrase challenge. If I wake up early and go into the bird room,I am greeted by a friendly “Good Morning”,and if and only when his water bowl is dirty he say’s “Fresh Water”.That is a tip of the iceburg with my Dusty.Parrots are Awesome !
Just cus you get …
Just cus you get stressed out sometimes doesn’t mean you don’t still love someone .
Absolutely amazing.
Absolutely amazing.