Alex, a Parrot Who Had a Way With Words, Dies

So sad. I was obsessed with Alex for a while. If you've never heard of Alex the parrot or the things he can do, check out this video of him with Alan Alda (3rd from the top): http://www.pbs.org/saf/1201/video/watchonline.htm

Once, I got to meet Alex. My girlfriend at the time got really jealous, because for the next two weeks all I could talk about was this (brilliant, charming) parrot. She broke up with me shortly thereafter. Sadly, I'm not kidding.