PBS parrot star dies at age 31
Alex, the super-smart parrot featured on PBS’s Scientific American Frontiers and the Nature episode “Parrots: Look Who’s Talking,” died last week at age 31. Alex–who could identify objects, colors and shapes–was known for his verbal interactions with Alan Alda on Scientific American (see video).
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