<div>“You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you” were the last words of Alex the Parrot, who may have been the only animal to understand and engage in human speech<br><br>We cover the life of Alex, and the controversy surrounding his supposed ability to actually speak English. <br><br>References and Further Reading</div><ol>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/science/10cnd-parrot.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/science/10cnd-parrot.html</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/13/usa.stephenmoss">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/13/usa.stephenmoss</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/rrX1nrvPbLY">https://youtu.be/rrX1nrvPbLY</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/62rXKjXgr60">https://youtu.be/62rXKjXgr60</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/science/10cnd-parrot.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/science/10cnd-parrot.html</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-parrots-mimic/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-parrots-mimic/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/how-do-parrots-talk/amp/">https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/how-do-parrots-talk/amp/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://whoami.sciencemuseum.org.uk/whoami/findoutmore/yourbrain/whatisspecialabouthumanlanguage/howdoesyourbraincontrollanguage/howdoyouspeak">http://whoami.sciencemuseum.org.uk/whoami/findoutmore/yourbrain/whatisspecialabouthumanlanguage/howdoesyourbraincontrollanguage/howdoyouspeak</a></li>
<li><a href="https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=129083762">https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=129083762</a></li>
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32: Eugenics

Sci Guys is a podcast all about the weird and unbelievable ways that scientists learn about the world around us. Each week, Corry (@notcorry) tells the story of a particularly strange scientific study while his cohost Luke (@lukecutforth) does his best to derail the conversation with questions, jokes, and whatever nonsense he can think of.


