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Gray parrot

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(Zool.) an African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako.

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Schachner's group played familiar and unfamiliar musical pieces to Snowball, to an African gray parrot named Alex (before his death in 2007) and to 50 human volunteers.
SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER Alex the African gray parrot takes a cool, head-bobbing approach to moving with the music, whereas Snowball fiercely stomps out the beat to Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust.
But he turned his customary Frankenstein formula on its head by ending the novel with a vision of a happy trans-species blended family, including a multi-lingual African gray parrot and a 4-year-old humanzee.
 
 
 
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