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Article: Alex: gone but not forgotten

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September 19, 2007
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"I remember the day I first met Alex ... In my wildest dreams, I never thought of having the opportunity to meet him. ... I wanted to scream to the world, `I am going to meet Alex.' I was so excited; I did not sleep that night. At that time, Alex was at MIT. I walked into the room and there he was, my heart was racing; he was my idle."

(From the Yahoo! group site, Remembering-Alex)

Yes, that would be the ideal name for a TV series about me: "American Idle." But this isn't about me. This is about the other Alex. The parrot. The 31-year-old, "thinking" African grey laboratory parrot, who was famous for feats of cognition deemed unusual for birds. Alex gave new meaning to the famous Woody Allen ...

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