Posted on 09/08/2007 11:55:49 AM PDT by grjr21
We are deeply saddened to announce Alex died Friday morning, September 7, 2007, of unknown causes.
We will have a formal press release on Monday when we know the cause of death. He was absolutely fine yesterday and he was found dead this morning.
Dr. Pepperberg will take the weekend to mourn his death.
We hope to have more information on Monday We miss him so much.
Thank you, Arlene Levin-Rowe - Pepperberg Lab Manager and the Pepperberg Lab Staff
(Excerpt) Read more at alexfoundation.org ...
I have a cockatiel that is 10 years old and we expect to have her another ten years or more. She ....
...is probably a he. The females don’t usually talk. My tiel hoots a lot, but has never talked :) The macaw’s, however, never shut up! lol
Too bad because African Greys are just too cool. My brother’s would hear the phone ring and then do his wife calling “Honeyyyyyyy?”
To read later.
I’m pretty sure that she is a she because she lays eggs and sits on them all of the time. I started talking to her when I was hand-feeding, and she started talking back at 6 months old, which is also pretty unusual from what I read.
Umm, eggs, umm, ok, it’s a she! LOL. Unusual that she talks, for sure!
..still really bummed about Alex.
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