TIL the first animal to ask an existential question was from a parrot named Alex. He asked what color he was, and learned that it was "grey".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_%28parrot%29#Accomplishments



Submitted March 16, 2015 at 11:18PM by SeductiveOne http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2z961t/til_the_first_animal_to_ask_an_existential/