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Parrot Brainiac Dies
Alex, an African Grey Parrot who had learned to talk at the level of a five year old, could count to 6, knew 7 different colors and could describe shapes, died age 31 today. Scientists had learned new techniques to communicate with him over the years. He was said to be intellectually like a 5 year old, and emotionally like a 2 year old. He was still learning new words just before he died.