Gallery on the Green presents ceramics and sculpture by Kent artist Alison Palmer Dec 5, 2008
with their studio, kilns, three dogs, their African Grey Parrots, Tutu o, and the remains of their guinea pig, Sid. Gallery on the Green represents contemporary artists whose works range from representational to abstract and include paintings, drawings, sculpture and mixed media. (Pawling News Chronicle, NY)
Quick Glimpse Nov 26, 2008
Parrot Talk: Betty Jean Craige, University of Georgia comparative literature professor and Willson Center for Humanities and Arts director, discussed language acquisition in African Grey Parrots with Oconee County Elementary School's third-grade students. But Cosmo, a 7-year-old African Grey, stole the show by asking for a peanut and proclaiming, "It is time to go to work.". (Athens Banner-Herald)
Bird Brains: Are Parrots Smarter than a Human Two-Year Old? Nov 21, 2008
She and Jonah Lehrer, the editor of , discuss what Alex and other African Grey Parrots can teach us about the of intelligence and the concept of zero. LEHRER: What first got you interesting in study avian intelligence. (Scientific American)
Australia youths 'maul flamingo' Oct 30, 2008
In November 2006, a pair of valuable African grey parrots was stolen, seven months after the theft of a baby meerkat called Wanda. A rare squirrel monkey was also taken in 2004. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Ethiopian Airlines Denies Wildlife Allegations Dec 7, 2007
The Yaounde-based Last Great Ape Organization, working with Cameroonian security forces, seized a consignment of 500 African Grey parrots on Tuesday on an Ethiopian Airlines plane shortly before it was due to take off. LAGA said on Wednesday it was considering suing Ethiopian Airlines for complicity. (Planet Ark, United States)
Why do parrots have the ability to mimic? Dec 6, 2007
For example, African grey parrots in the wild are known to imitate other species of birds ... Vocal mimicry in wild African Grey Parrots Psittacus erithacus. (Scientific American)
Cameroon Group Faults Airline Over Parrot Smuggling Dec 6, 2007
YAOUNDE - A wildlife conservation group in Cameroon said on Wednesday it was considering suing Ethiopian Airlines for complicity after it caught smugglers trying to take 1,000 African Grey parrots out of the central African country. The Yaounde-based Last Great Ape Organization (LAGA), working with Cameroon's security forces, seized a consignment of 500 African Grey parrots on Tuesday aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane shortly before it was due to leave Douala airport. (Planet Ark, United States)
Cameroon Holds Ghanaians for Smuggling 500 Parrots Nov 28, 2007
YAOUNDE - Authorities in Cameroon have arrested two Ghanaians for trying to illegally export 500 African Grey parrots out of the central African country to Bahrain, officials said on Tuesday ... "I'm happy the government of Cameroon is taking the illegal trade in African Grey parrots quite seriously," Drori said. (Planet Ark, United States)
Alex The Parrot Dies Sep 14, 2007
Alex The Parrot and Dr. Irene Pepperberg show the world that African Grey Parrots are no dumb animal ... Many African Grey Parrots live long into their fifties or later ... Initially the world believed African Grey Parrots mimicked words and sounds they heard in their surrounding environment. (Suite101.com)
Talking the talkWho are the communication kings of the animal world? May 2, 2007
" Animal mimics Despite the fact that most animals are stumped when it comes to vocal communication, a limited number of species are able to perform the feat of hearing a sound, copying it, and then reproducing it - something scientists call vocal learning. This trick of imitation plays a key part in human language. "One reason why we are looking at vocal learning," explains Vincent Janik, of the Gatty Marine Research Institute at the University of St Andrews, "is because it is so important to... (BBC News -- Science)
When real estate encounters altruism Jan 13, 2007
They designed it that way, they said, to accommodate not only themselves, but their "children," namely, their three African grey parrots who live with them and have a room of their own. On the main level, the custom Colonial house includes a dining room, living room and a large bedroom suite and bath. (New Milford Times, CT)
