The fable culminates in describing the parrots' imminent extinction, and what they would like to communicate to humanity first. It describes Alex, a grey parrot famous among humans for its ability to communicate, as an exception. The parrot likens this message to the contact call of some social animals, attempting to similarly get the attention of an extraterrestrial intelligence, while noting parrots' intelligence has largely been overlooked. It describes the country's Arecibo radio telescope and how, in 1974, the telescope was used to broadcast a radio message from humanity into deep space to demonstrate humanity's intelligence. The structure of this short story is a fable told from the point of view of a Puerto Rican parrot, a critically endangered species endemic to Puerto Rico. The story also appeared in the 2016 anthology The Best American Short Stories and in the 2019 collection Exhalation: Stories. ”The Great Silence” is a science fiction novelette by American writer Ted Chiang, initially published in e-flux Journal in May 2015. 2015 science fiction short story by Ted Chiang "The Great Silence"
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