] This week I met Irene Pepperberg and Alex, the African
] gray parrot that she has taught to understand and use a
] large number of words.

RMS gave a talk at Pitt yesterday. He mentioned his interest
in meeting parrots and asked the audience if anyone had a parrot that would like to meet him afterwards. This seemed more than slightly batty and I decided to look into the matter further...

RMS' Blog: Conversation with a Parrot (2005-01-05)