Alex the Grey Passes Into Spirit

I have been a fan of Alex the Grey for over 20 years. I studied everything I could about him ever since I first heard of him all those years ago.

I am very saddened by his passing and can only say that the world has lost an important emissary from the winged beings, the angelic realm. He was courageous and also just a bird. Brilliant but still wanting his love and attention. His life as a scientific experiment was an emotionally taxing one for such a sensitive species of parrot.

Yet his contribution to the world and the furtherance of animal cognition and awareness is priceless and trail blazing. Never again will there be one like Alex. And yet, the irony is that there have been many, many like him who were never heard by a scientist and so who are discounted and forgotten. Alex' life is a tribute to all of them, each and every single one of the animals who showed us that they are as aware and as real as we.

It is the vast void of scientific knowledge that makes what is real into what is simply transcendent of objective observation.

Like any bird...