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February 2006

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A talking, squawking parrot

This whimsical wrap-up of TED2006 -- presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her trainer, Stephanie White -- simply tickles. Watch for the moment when Einstein has a moment with Al Gore.

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This whimsical wrap-up of TED2006 -- presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her trainer, Stephanie White -- simply tickles. Watch for the moment when Einstein has a moment with Al Gore.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Einstein the Parrot

African grey parrot

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Einstein, the African grey parrot, has a vocabulary of more than 200 words and sounds; she can perform nearly half on cue.