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On September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex died prematurely at age thirty-one. His last words to his owner, Irene Pepperberg, were "You be good. I love you." What would normally be a quiet, very private event was, in Alex's case, headline news. Over the thirty years they had... read more

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First Sentence

How much impact could a one-pound ball of feathers have on the world?

Table of Contents

1. My Wonderful Life Moment
2. Beginnings
3. Alex’s First Labels
4. Alex and Me, the Vagabonds
5. What’s a Banerry?
6. Alex and Friends
7. Alex Goes Hi-Tech
8. The Next Horizon
9. What Alex Taught Me

Authors & Contributors

  1. Irene M. Pepperberg (Author)
 

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