http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/the-little-parrot-that-could-%e2%80%93-irene-m-pepperberg%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98alex-me%e2%80%99-the-true-story-of-a-lovable-bird-that-could-%e2%80%98say-better%e2%80%99-than-others/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:28:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/the-little-parrot-that-could-%e2%80%93-irene-m-pepperberg%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98alex-me%e2%80%99-the-true-story-of-a-lovable-bird-that-could-%e2%80%98say-better%e2%80%99-than-others/#comment-8136 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:15:10 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=7202#comment-8136 Thanks! My interpretation of that passage was that she was using the word “obituary” loosely, not in a strictly literal sense, but you could be right …

]]> http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/the-little-parrot-that-could-%e2%80%93-irene-m-pepperberg%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98alex-me%e2%80%99-the-true-story-of-a-lovable-bird-that-could-%e2%80%98say-better%e2%80%99-than-others/#comment-8135 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:22:27 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=7202#comment-8135 Just seen this post, which I enjoyed reading (and I love anything to do with Alex the parrot). I would however like to say re the Guardian piece that it is quite obviously not an obituary (no newspaper obituary would start with a crack at US presidents – they are much more formal than that). I looked it up and sure enough it is just a standard little news piece by one of the reporters. Secondly, the line about the US presidents is meant to be a joke, not a statement of fact!! It’s not a particularly serious article. Apart from that, great stuff.

]]> http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/the-little-parrot-that-could-%e2%80%93-irene-m-pepperberg%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98alex-me%e2%80%99-the-true-story-of-a-lovable-bird-that-could-%e2%80%98say-better%e2%80%99-than-others/#comment-7216 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:47:12 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=7202#comment-7216 So smart that some of the anecdotes in this book would be hard to believe if they hadn’t had so many witnesses, such as the author’s vet, student lab assistants and others.

]]> http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/the-little-parrot-that-could-%e2%80%93-irene-m-pepperberg%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98alex-me%e2%80%99-the-true-story-of-a-lovable-bird-that-could-%e2%80%98say-better%e2%80%99-than-others/#comment-7215 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:01:39 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=7202#comment-7215 That is ONE SMART PARROT!!

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