“You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you” were the last words of Alex the Parrot, who may have been the only animal to understand and engage in human speech

We cover the life of Alex, and the controversy surrounding his supposed ability to actually speak English. 

References and Further Reading

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/science/10cnd-parrot.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/13/usa.stephenmoss
https://youtu.be/rrX1nrvPbLY
https://youtu.be/62rXKjXgr60
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/science/10cnd-parrot.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-parrots-mimic/
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/how-do-parrots-talk/amp/
http://whoami.sciencemuseum.org.uk/whoami/findoutmore/yourbrain/whatisspecialabouthumanlanguage/howdoesyourbraincontrollanguage/howdoyouspeak
https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=129083762

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