Why People Really Underestimate Pigeons

If you ask a person what their favorite bird is, they are unlikely to nameMany people believe that

pigeons are more likely to be parasites and treated with contempt.Department of Animal Biology and Physiology at King's Holloway College, Steve Portugal believes these birds deserveThere are several reasons for this.

People are often contemptuous of wild pigeons. They stamp their feet to make them fly away and try to drive them off the benches. However, few people think about the role pigeons play in the city.

Modern wild pigeons are descendants of wild rock pigeons and were domesticated by humans because they possessHigh-rises and window sills remind pigeons of their natural habitat: caves, rocks.

Although people are more interested in carrier pigeons, there is not much difference between them and wild individuals.The difference between one and the other is that one livesin a man's attic, others in the town square.

Carrier pigeons orient themselves by smell,Earth's magnetic field, infrasound. In addition, it is known that pigeons can perform simple mathematical operations, like monkeys, and also distinguish real-life words from invented ones.

Pigeon competitions are also held all over the world. Their winners can sell for over a million pounds ($1,225,165).