主题：【ZT】转一个好玩的给大家看看---会说话的鹦鹉 -- 吴健
不知道要驯多久才能这么听话。那个女嘉宾的表情也太夸张了点。
我的训练方法不行，我儿子现在吹口哨吹得挺好，但说话还是不利索。亚利桑那大学的一只非洲灰鹦鹉Alex the African Grey有四岁孩子的智力，会数数和分辨物件的形状及颜色。
这一段挺有意思的，另一只Arthur正在学上网呢。
So we put a number of differently colored letters on the tray that we use, put the tray in front of Alex, and asked, ''Alex, what sound is blue?'' He answers, ''Ssss.'' It was an ''s'', so we say ''Good birdie'' and he replies, ''Want a nut.'' Well, I don't want him sitting there using our limited amount of time to eat a nut, so I tell him to wait, and I ask, ''What sound is green?'' Alex answers, ''Ssshh.'' He's right, it's ''sh,'' and we go through the routine again: ''Good parrot.'' ''Want a nut.'' ''Alex, wait. What sound is orange?'' ''ch.'' ''Good bird!'' ''Want a nut.'' We're going on and on and Alex is clearly getting more and more frustrated. He finally gets very slitty-eyed and he looks at me and states, ''Want a nut. Nnn, uh, tuh.'' - That Damn Bird - A Talk with Irene Pepperberg. Referential Communication with an African Gray Parrot. Irene Pepperberg says that Arthur, an African Gray parrot, is so smart that she and a group of students at the Media Lab are teaching him to go online.