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Post by Allison on Mar 15, 2007 6:15:25 GMT -7
Oliver talks in context all the time. I believe Preston mentioned saying things at the appropriate time. That is soooo true. My husband will do that (me, too) and he has learned. Greys are so smart, unbelievable sometimes. Provide an example.  |
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Post by Preston on Mar 20, 2007 19:11:07 GMT -7
There is absolutly no doubt in my mind that they can use words in context, even familiar human sounds. Pete will belch after a drink of water. Andi coughs and sneezes when she sees a cigarette. Pete gets excited when I get a cigar from the humidor because he wants the band to be included in the pleasure of a $10 cigar, I can't blame him on that one. When Pete whistles a tune on key, we clap and tell him he is a good boy. I whistle and he claps and says "good boy daddy". They both ask for water and food. Both will say see ya later at the jingle of car keys. I could go on and on.
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Post by franandmatt on Apr 5, 2007 17:13:05 GMT -7
Our TAGs speak in context quite often. When one of the other birds is loud, Darby will yell "whisper." He also makes the fizzing sound of opening a soda bottle when he sees a soda. Not to mention that when the dog is out and wanting to come in he calls for her and says "come here Inky." I'm sure that they communicate in context and know what they're saying.
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Post by sars on Apr 5, 2007 17:57:55 GMT -7
One only has the look into the works of Irene Pepperburg at the Alex Foundation to realize that these birds are capable of real communication. I purchased the book "The Alex Studies, Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots" Holy cow, her studies of Alex and just how much he can learn is simply unbelievable.
Identifing objects by name, counting up to 5, understanding larger and smaller concepts, understanding greater then and less then concepts and most of all, understand the concept of ZERO.
If your interested in these studies I would pick up this book. You can get it on ebay.. I will warn you up front.. It isn't an easy read.. It is loaded with technical procedures and such.. Heck, If this old ex automachanic could understand it I am sure you can too.
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Post by spookyhurst on Apr 5, 2007 22:11:33 GMT -7
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Post by Jane on Apr 6, 2007 1:47:42 GMT -7
One only has the look into the works of Irene Pepperburg at the Alex Foundation to realize that these birds are capable of real communication. I purchased the book "The Alex Studies, Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots" Holy cow, her studies of Alex and just how much he can learn is simply unbelievable. I have got that book too. It certainly is very interesting. It is about the research done with Alex and other Greys, to understand the abilities of parrots and their capacity to learn, how she has tested various theories, and the techniques used to get Alex to understand concepts such as colour, shape, size etc. and whether items are the same or different. It is mostly to do with the experiments, why she did them, how they were carried out, their outcome and the implications for parrot learning and intelligence. Jane |
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Post by sars on Apr 6, 2007 5:10:45 GMT -7
There's a funny Alex story here (the "nut" one): And here's some Alex video (scroll down to Entertaining Parrots). Watch the whole episode (it's not all about Alex). It's very good: This was excellent.. Thank you for posting it Spooky |
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Post by Haz on Apr 6, 2007 7:47:24 GMT -7
That video is great. Max is continuing to be a brat. The other day he was reaching out to chew the window frame and I told him, "No Max, stop it". He looked at me and asked, "What's your point?".
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Post by Penny & Melissa on Apr 6, 2007 8:11:08 GMT -7
thank-you for sharing these with us. These clips are fantastic!  |
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Post by Allison on Apr 10, 2007 11:15:54 GMT -7
That video is great. Max is continuing to be a brat. The other day he was reaching out to chew the window frame and I told him, "No Max, stop it". He looked at me and asked, "What's your point?". LOL!!! Max sounds like quite a character! How old is he?? |
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