🦜 This Parrot Understands "Nothing" Better Than Most Toddlers

A bird looked at an empty tray.

And said a word nobody had ever taught him to use for it.

He said: "None." 😶

Now here's the part that's going to mess with you a little. 👇

The number ZERO — the actual idea that "nothing" can be a thing you count — is something most human toddlers can't fully wrap their heads around until they're three or four years old. It's one of the LAST number ideas to click into place in a little kid's brain.

A parrot got there first. 🤯

His name was Alex. Grey feathers, red tail, a little bit grumpy, and a brain the size of a walnut. And over thirty years, he qui ...