Extraordinary Animals

1x04 The Genius Parrot

Air Date: 2008-01-05

Runtime: 30 minutes

Overview: Dr Irene Pepperberg details the unique abilities of Griffin, a grey parrot being studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The bird is capable of performing tasks previously thought to be exclusive to humans, great apes and monkeys, such as labelling objects, identifying colours and shapes and forming simple phrases.