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Author
Pepperberg, Irene
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Descriptors
Animal Rights
Biography
Memoirs
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Location/Setting:
Arizona
Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
New York (City)
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Time Period:
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
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Summary
Irene Pepperberg recounts her life as a groundbreaking research scientist studying bird behavior using a gray parrot named Alex. As their relationship grows, Irene learns that Alex has astonishing mental abilities, far beyond anything that anyone has ever seen in a bird with the brain the size of a walnut.
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Critique
Highly recommend this book to animal lovers -- especially those who loved Dewey: the Small-Town Library Cat.
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# of Pages
240
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Published
2008
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Reviewer's Initials: EJ ED
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