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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Though this book has its flaws, it is also a very interesting, moving and intelligent read. It both gives an autobiography of Irene Pepperberg and her relationship with Alex, her parrot, and it discusses some of the research she conducted with Alex over a 30 year period.
This book's strength lies in its discussion of Pepperberg's interactions with Alex, and her own personal struggles to get the necessity and reliability of her research recognised. Descriptions of Pepperberg's own unhappy and difficult childhood and her relationship with birds are very moving, as are her discussions of her closeness with and respect for Alex. His untimely death was very evocatively described and remains a great tragedy to the research Pepperberg was carrying out, as well as a tragedy for animal lovers and a personal tragedy for Pepperberg.
The descriptions of the birds in this book are beautifully done and their characters are very interestingly and movingly described. For someone who knows little about birds, this book is an eye-opener and learning about not only the birds' intelligence but also their own unique character is very compelling. Alex, Griffin and other grey parrots and brilliantly described in this book, and Pepperberg allows the bird's own characters to appear. I did not expect to get such a beautiful picture of the character of the parrots in this book, and I was pleasantely surprised.
I suppose this book's strength is also its weakness: while I was very impressed with the moving descriptions of the birds and Irene's relationship with them, I was dissapointed that there was not very much detail about Pepperberg's research with Alex. I would have been very interested to read in more detail about the work she did with him. While there were some interesting points made, I felt they were not discussed in very much depth. However, I feel like this was not the purpose of the book. Pepperberg's other book gives a more detailed description of the Alex research: this one discusses her relationship with him, and his unique personality and the interest he aroused in so many people.
This book's strength lies in its discussion of Pepperberg's interactions with Alex, and her own personal struggles to get the necessity and reliability of her research recognised. Descriptions of Pepperberg's own unhappy and difficult childhood and her relationship with birds are very moving, as are her discussions of her closeness with and respect for Alex. His untimely death was very evocatively described and remains a great tragedy to the research Pepperberg was carrying out, as well as a tragedy for animal lovers and a personal tragedy for Pepperberg.
The descriptions of the birds in this book are beautifully done and their characters are very interestingly and movingly described. For someone who knows little about birds, this book is an eye-opener and learning about not only the birds' intelligence but also their own unique character is very compelling. Alex, Griffin and other grey parrots and brilliantly described in this book, and Pepperberg allows the bird's own characters to appear. I did not expect to get such a beautiful picture of the character of the parrots in this book, and I was pleasantely surprised.
I suppose this book's strength is also its weakness: while I was very impressed with the moving descriptions of the birds and Irene's relationship with them, I was dissapointed that there was not very much detail about Pepperberg's research with Alex. I would have been very interested to read in more detail about the work she did with him. While there were some interesting points made, I felt they were not discussed in very much depth. However, I feel like this was not the purpose of the book. Pepperberg's other book gives a more detailed description of the Alex research: this one discusses her relationship with him, and his unique personality and the interest he aroused in so many people.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Whilst owning an African Grey I was interested in this story. It's very funny in parts and there are lots of characteristics that I can see in my own bird! I read whilst travelling to work on the train. Carry tissues - It's a very sad read!!! Loved every page turned - Didn't want it to end!!!
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Alex and Me
Saw this book as part of recent BBC documentary on the intelligence of animals. Brilliant awe inspiring book. Well worth reading. Read more
Published 2 months ago by brazier bunch
The Animal Language EXperiment parrotified
I had dimly heard of Alex but his abilities hadn't really struck me until I read his obituary in "The Economist". Read more
Published 11 months ago by DB
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He was only 31 when he died, that's no age for a parrot. He only weighed a pound but when he died it made the front page of the New York Times. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mark Webb
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Published on 9 May 2009 by Masscharis Peter
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