Re: OT: Parrot Grasps Concept of Zero

In article <1121013264.966108.292100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"kuff (Isaac Adams)" <kuff_1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Alex, a 28-year-old African gray parrot who lives in a lab at Brandeis
> University in Massachusetts, has a brain the size of a walnut.

Very interesting story but walnut size? Nopers. When you get that
feathered little head between your fingers, the head is only about the
size of a grape. His brain is much smaller. But brain size may be
irrelevant. Parrots are rather smart.

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