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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts) Fri Aug 2, 2013, 12:08 AM Aug 2013

Einstein & Alex

RIP Alex [img]

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Poor guy... Any idea how old he was? nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #1

Alex was only 31. The average life span for African grey parrots is sixty years. In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #2

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)

1. Poor guy... Any idea how old he was?

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Fri Aug 2, 2013, 01:50 AM

Aug 2013

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. Alex was only 31. The average life span for African grey parrots is sixty years.

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Fri Aug 2, 2013, 07:28 AM

Aug 2013

Alex's last words to Pepperberg were: "You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you." These were the same words that he would say every night when Pepperberg left the lab.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_

For 11 years we rented a room in our old home to a woman who owned a grey. The bird was amazing.

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