{"product_id":"9781890932411","title":"CONVERSATIONS WITH COSMO: AT HOME WITH AN AFRICAN GREY PARROT","description":"In Conversations with Cosmo: At Home with an African Grey Parrot, Dr. Betty Jean Craige tells the story of her parrot's education in the language and culture of her human friends. Cosmo is a seven-year-old female Congo African Grey Parrot who by the age of six had learned more than a hundred words and had uttered more than two hundred different phrases. Craige recounts how Cosmo learned to talk, developed social skills and a sense of humor, and became an adorable feathery little person, a real party animal. Cosmo is funny-her first joke was \"Telephone for bird!\"-and so is Craige. Craige's purpose in writing this very entertaining book is not only to report and explain her parrot's acquisition of language and cognitive abilities, but also-through Cosmo's story-to awaken readers to the mental activities of all the animals with whom we humans share space on our planet. The book has a preface by Irene Pepperberg, author of Alex and Me, and two appendices: a list of \"Cosmo's utterances\" and a list of \"Forty-Four Tips for Living with an African Grey.\" Preface by Irene M. Pepperberg, author of The Alex Studies and Alex and Me","brand":"SCB Distributors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157708554480,"sku":"9781890932411","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781890932411_p0.jpg?v=1763607996","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781890932411","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}