and not only that, but this book should clear the misconceptions of Irene "overworking" her birds. She does recall a lot of training situations, but she does talk a lot about what the students do with the birds during chill-out time, and what Irene does with them. You have to build a relationship in order for something like this research to happen. So people should read this book, and maybe they would realize that this bird wasnt an "abused" experiment, but loved like a friend.
Something that really interested me about Alex is how he sometimes struggles to communicate and gets mad if he feels he isn't understood after he feels he's made himself clear... I often felt the same way very much so when I was younger. (I have Asperger's.)
This talk was amazing. I'd love to see more of Griffin and Arthur and how far they are now. It's been two years, they oughta have improved their skills by now. I also wonder what would happen if parrots trained like that, two or three of them, would meet a group of other parrots... Would they eventually teach them and give human communication methods out to the wild? Both really exciting and potentially scary...
and not only that, but this book should clear the misconceptions of Irene "overworking" her birds. She does recall a lot of training situations, but she does talk a lot about what the students do with the birds during chill-out time, and what Irene does with them. You have to build a relationship in order for something like this research to happen. So people should read this book, and maybe they would realize that this bird wasnt an "abused" experiment, but loved like a friend.
I love Alex. Irene Peppperberg is an amazing person. I've read Alex and Me twice and it just blows me away!
Thank you for sharing this. It hasn't gotten much traffic, but I am posting it in Facebook and hopefully more people will watch it.
Something that really interested me about Alex is how he sometimes struggles to communicate and gets mad if he feels he isn't understood after he feels he's made himself clear... I often felt the same way very much so when I was younger. (I have Asperger's.)
To anyone that hasn't read "Alex and Me," it's just incredible. I HIGHLY recommend it!
This talk was amazing. I'd love to see more of Griffin and Arthur and how far they are now.
It's been two years, they oughta have improved their skills by now.
I also wonder what would happen if parrots trained like that, two or three of them, would meet a group of other parrots... Would they eventually teach them and give human communication methods out to the wild? Both really exciting and potentially scary...
Gotta watch this soon!
fantastic
i have the answer !
jimmy Burnett way beyond this