a grey parrot can learn five words.
a grey parrot can learn five words.
how many words can a grey parrot learn?
five
grey parrots are also highly intelligent, having been shown to perform at the cognitive level of a 4- to 6-year-old child in some tasks. new experiments have shown that grey parrots can learn number sequences and can associate human voices with those humans' faces. most notably, dr. irene pepperberg's work with alex the parrot showed his ability to learn over 100 words, differentiating between objects, colours, materials, and shapes. a recent study has shown that grey parrots possess probabilistic reasoning, being able to make inferences about a sample based on information from a population.









































section::::mutations.
grey parrot
bullet::::- the character 'madison' in dick king-smith's novel "harry's mad" is a grey parrot.









































bullet::::- the character 'methuselah' in barbara kingsolver's novel "the poisonwood bible" is a grey parrot.









































bullet::::- the children's book "friendly feathers: life with pierre, an african grey parrot" by fran smith, illustrated by deon matzen, is about a grey parrot.









































bullet::::- the bird owned by the character 'linus steinman' in the novel "the final solution" by michael chabon is a grey parrot.









































bullet::::- in the book, "we'll always have parrots" by donna andrews, a grey parrot helps protagonist meg langslow apprehend the antagonist.
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