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A sad day for bird lovers...
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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I've thought about him a lot since this story broke late last week. His final words were pretty heartbreaking.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 
Oops. I was on vacation earlier. Missed it. 
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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Two memorial threads for a bird? Meanwhile, 700 Iraqis are annihilated by a suicide bomb.
I'll never understand.
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Clinically Insane
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Originally Posted by Tiresias
Two memorial threads for a bird? Meanwhile, 700 Iraqis are annihilated by a suicide bomb.
I'll never understand.
Way to go to make this political. 
And real smooth.
-t
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We could understand the bird when it talked.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
Way to go to make this political.
And real smooth.
-t
Oh, so now I'm desecrating the sacred memory of the bird? Eat this.
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That's a Norweigen Blue. Notice it's bright plumage.
On a happier note, we rescued this fella yesterday from an animal shelter.
We had to wait a week to get him.
He speaks Spanish. 
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All men are created equal, but what they do after that point puts them on a sliding scale.
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Clinically Insane
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Originally Posted by Tiresias
Oh, so now I'm desecrating the sacred memory of the bird? Eat this.
Alright, you got me convinced. Screw this bird.
-t
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IBTL®. OP, sorry to hear about the bird. It's always hard to lose a close pet.
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Goodbye Alex  You are in Heaven now.
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Originally Posted by Sky Captain
That's a Norweigen Blue. Notice it's bright plumage.
On a happier note, we rescued this fella yesterday from an animal shelter.
We had to wait a week to get him.
He speaks Spanish.
a 600 € bird on an animal shelter !? 
as for speaking spanish, I can give that guy a home… here in Spain 
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I have a hat.
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster
Goodbye Alex You are in Heaven now.
In this case do the Pearly Gates lead into a very large cage?
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.”
Sun Tzu
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I have a good parrot gumbo recipe if they need it
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster
Goodbye Alex You are in Heaven now.
I thought animals didn't have souls?
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Sad. African Grey's are amazing birds.
My dad had an African Grey when he was a teenager living in Africa. The bird is still alive today, approximately 40 years old, except now it lives in London. I visited the bird 5 years ago, and it knew tricks that my dad taught it 35 years back. It even recognized the family.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
I thought animals didn't have souls?
Hmmm. A little presumptuous, no?
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
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I have a nice parrot gumbo recipe if they need it
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
I thought animals didn't have souls?
you haven't seen "Dead Like Me?
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Originally Posted by design219
Hmmm. A little presumptuous, no?
Not more than the presumption that humans have them
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
I thought animals didn't have souls?
They have birdsouls which, like birdbrains, are not much to get excited about.
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I doubt bird heaven would have a cage. I think they would be free to go anywhere they want.
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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Originally Posted by angelmb
My favorite:
“Want a nut!” Alex demanded. The interview was over. “Want a nut!” he repeated. “Nnn ... uh ... tuh.”
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
Off to join its brother and sister apps that could not
keep up with the ever updating iOS. RIP Nesen Probe.
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Originally Posted by Eriamjh
My favorite:
“Want a nut!” Alex demanded. The interview was over. “Want a nut!” he repeated. “Nnn ... uh ... tuh.”
My thought as well, pretty impressive given the exercise they were teaching to Alex.
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Update: I can't find a link online, but here's a new entry in Wikipedia:
On October 4, 2007 The Alex Foundation posted the Pathology results: "Alex died quickly. He had a sudden, unexpected catastrophic event associated with arterosclerosis ("hardening of the arteries"). It was either a fatal arrhythmia, heart attack or stroke, which caused him to die suddenly with no suffering. There was no way to predict his demise. All of his tests, including his cholesterol level and asper levels, came back normal earlier that week. His death could not be connected to his current diet or his age; our veterinarian said that she has seen similar events in young (<10 year old) birds on healthy diets. Most likely, genetics or the same kind of low-level (impossible to detect in birds as yet) inflammatory disease that is related to heart disease in humans was responsible."
No more french fries for my birds.
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I wonder if the researchers have any way of looking at Alex's family history, you know, like they say in the commercials?
YouTube - Vytorin Ad
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America should know the political orientation of government officials who might be in a position to adversely influence the future of this country. http://tinyurl.com/4vucu5
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