A Parrot Outsmarts 21 Harvard Students?

Published: Sept. 6, 2020, 3:21 a.m.

Is an African grey parrot smarter than a Harvard University Student?  Probably not, but it does appear to be better at the classic Shell Game!

The perspicacious parrot did as well as or bested the Harvard students in 12 out of 14 trials, using his beak to point! Perspicacious is another word for wise or shrewd. Parrots have zygodactyl feet which means they have 2 toes pointing forward and 2 pointing to the back!

Griffin has been the subject of cognitive and communicative studies since he was two months old.  What’s a word for the will to win? Spizzerinctum!