collision detection: The parrot that knows “zero”

collision detection: The parrot that knows “zero”:

A while ago, I blogged about the amazing intelligence of Grey parrots — which one MIT researcher claims have “the sentience of a four- to six-year-old child”. Today, I read about some new evidence: A Grey parrot that has developed — entirely under its own steam — an understanding of the concept of zero.

Alex is at it again.

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