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  • May 2008

    • Polly Wanna Get Home: Here's My Address

      BBC  |  May 23, 08 4:11 AM CDT

      Polly Wanna Get Home: Here's My Address

      (Newser) - A vet in Japan was stumped on how to reunite a lost parrot with its owners—until the brainy bird told him his address and his owner's name. The well-trained African gray has been safely reunited with his human family, the BBC reports. The bird kept mum in police custody but got chatty when it was sent to an animal clinic, calling out greetings and even belting out a few hit tunes. More »

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      Japan  • pets  • birds  • African gray parrot  • parrot

  • February 2008

    • Polly Want a Prozac?

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 26, 08 9:33 AM CST

      Polly Want a Prozac?

      (Newser) - With more pet owners working long days and leaving their furry and feathered friends alone at home, cases of animal depression are on the rise, writes the Daily Telegraph . A TV vet says the trend is hitting parrots especially hard, causing the talkative birds to pull out their feathers or peck at their own legs—until they're dosed with Prozac. More »

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      dog  • pets  • depression  • prescription drugs  • antidepressant  • Eli Lilly  • parrot  • medicating pets

  • September 2007

    • World's Smartest Parrot Is No More

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 11, 07 3:27 PM CDT

      World's Smartest Parrot Is No More

      (Newser) - Brandeis researchers feel as though they’ve lost a colleague: Alex, the African gray parrot they studied for 30 years, died Friday. He helped them reach surprising new conclusions about the avian brain and “was extraordinary in breaking the perceptions of birds as not being intelligent,” according to scientist Irene Pepperberg, who bought him in 1977. More »

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      obituary  • language  • African gray parrot  • cognitive development  • parrot

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