How Humanity Gave This Animal the Middle Finger

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I have finally confronted my demons, Ima go take a nap now
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Nebula- Myuu
World Map- Pikmin 2 (Smash Ultimate)
Book of Spells- Runescape
New Donk City- Super Mario Odyssey
Daisy Circuit- Mario Kart Wii
Under Cover- Wayne Jones
Clips used:
Pigeon Domestication TikTok: www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRvgWFTt/
High Fiving Spider: • Genifer, the Adorable ...
Pigeon gets too lit: • Drunk New Zealand nati...
English pouter pigeons: • English Pouter Ivica P...
Opossum eating bird: • Opossum eating a bird ...
Talking raven: • talking raven
Reading pigeon: • Reading Pigeon
Pigeons playing ping pong: • BF Skinner Foundation ...
Navy pigeons: www.military.com/video/forces...
Pigeon walks up to falcon: • 2023 04 07 important b...
Pigeon avoids hawk: • Amazing video of a fal...
Purring pigeon (Outtro): • How do you know you ha...
Research referenced:
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www.sciencedirect.com/science....
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@warbossgegguz679
@warbossgegguz679 7 ай бұрын
Anyone who says pigeons are the rats with wings has never dealt with seagulls. Like everything in this video people think pigeons are, seagulls _actually_ are.
@julien827
@julien827 7 ай бұрын
calling seagulls rats is more of an insults to rats than seagulls
@selalewow
@selalewow 7 ай бұрын
I would love to see where seagulls came from.
@warbossgegguz679
@warbossgegguz679 7 ай бұрын
@@julien827 True
@cuddlecows
@cuddlecows 7 ай бұрын
I dealt with seagulls personally one-on-one. They are very misunderstood. I had a seagull live with me for about a month because he was injured. We used to nap together. He would follow me and would eat from my hands. He was vocal and made these kind of chicken clucking sounds at me and dialate his eyes. After he healed and he left, he would still fly over my place sometimes calling out to me with the same sounds he used to make for me.
@foolishsparky
@foolishsparky 7 ай бұрын
Finally someone gets it
@durkadurka5503
@durkadurka5503 7 ай бұрын
They taught pigeons to read They taught pigeons to read *They taught pigeons to read*
@michaelbrandonpage4929
@michaelbrandonpage4929 7 ай бұрын
THEY TAUGHT PIGEONS TO READ!!
@Amaend8
@Amaend8 7 ай бұрын
We can read too dude
@derealovesurvival7549
@derealovesurvival7549 7 ай бұрын
Wow Pigeons can read?
@cottoncandylover-
@cottoncandylover- 7 ай бұрын
@@Amaend8 oh wow so special
@Amaend8
@Amaend8 7 ай бұрын
@@cottoncandylover- you can read too😑
@GigiBranconi
@GigiBranconi 3 ай бұрын
Also a funfact: Pigeons can pretty much speed run de-evolution. Look up how many generations it takes for pigeons, if you mix their breeds, to return back to becoming a basic rock pigeon. TWO. Well, two to three. But it goes that fast. It takes like a year. That would be like breeding a Chihuahua with a poodle, that offspring with another random dog and they return to being a wolf again.
@Yzerbruh
@Yzerbruh 2 ай бұрын
I'm laughing at the thought of what kind of wolf a chihuahua, dachshund and pug mix would result in.
@GigiBranconi
@GigiBranconi 2 ай бұрын
@@Yzerbruh If they would work like pigeons, legit just an average grey wolf. Pigeons are fascinating ❤️
@glitchei
@glitchei 2 ай бұрын
im more concerned on how breeding a poodle and a chihuahua would even work
@michaelbuckers
@michaelbuckers Ай бұрын
@@glitchei With great difficulty.
@IamJINCHI.
@IamJINCHI. Ай бұрын
@@glitchei it all depends on who is the pitcher and who is the catcher
@carolinamurtha3102
@carolinamurtha3102 6 ай бұрын
The eating pigeon story reminds me of one of the first times I went to the homeland (Colombia) and was walking around with my mom and saw a store with chickens in cages. I asked my mom excitedly “you can have a chicken as a pet?!” And she said “those aren’t pets.” I cried the rest of the day.
@mato4334
@mato4334 6 ай бұрын
so, youre vegan now?
@carolinamurtha3102
@carolinamurtha3102 5 ай бұрын
@@mato4334 nope, just shook me up for a few months. Same thing happened after I dissected a pig in school; I couldn’t eat pork for about a year. I’m fine now 😅.
@woomy2343
@woomy2343 5 ай бұрын
@@carolinamurtha3102 Good news, though, you can totally have a chicken as a pet, provided you have a yard to keep them in. Do your research, obviously, but they're pretty easy to care for. They're also loyal, useful, and just damn cute! I'd recommend to get the chicks' sexes confirmed, because a lot of places won't allow roosters, especially suburbs, because they're LOUD.
@carolinamurtha3102
@carolinamurtha3102 4 ай бұрын
@@woomy2343 I’m actually more of a rodent type person (rabbits, rats, mice, etc), but thank you for the tips 😄. That’s interesting that you can keep hens but not roosters because I live in a suburban type neighborhood and a neighbor in my complex totally has a rooster. We know this because it caws at dawn. Not all the time, we’ve never seen the rooster, but it’s so freaking odd.
@woomy2343
@woomy2343 4 ай бұрын
@@carolinamurtha3102 Oh, then it's probably fine for you to keep roosters then where you live. I would personally look into the laws and policies in your neighborhood just to be sure. Also, not to be "that gal", but rabbits aren't rodents, they're lagomorphs.
@FSAPOJake
@FSAPOJake 7 ай бұрын
Just a reminder: Pigeons are domesticated. Parrots are not. Pigeons are also sweet, gentle, very emotionally sensitive pets, and even if they do attack, their beaks can't break skin like a parrot's can. They're also much, MUCH quieter. Beginner bird owners should consider a pigeon, not a parrot.
@dannybrine8718
@dannybrine8718 7 ай бұрын
Knowing what I know about rats, "Rats with Wings," is soon to become a term of endearment. Especially if Pigeons get a major PR boost like their ground fairing kin.
@Saber23
@Saber23 7 ай бұрын
Some parrots are
@XWierdThingsHappenX
@XWierdThingsHappenX 7 ай бұрын
Legit kinda want a pigeon. They just seem a much better bird to own than a parrot.
@sweetsierrablues5095
@sweetsierrablues5095 7 ай бұрын
​@XWierdThingsHappenX My dad raised pigeons when I was a kid. They really are amusing birds. My childhood was pretty amazing, raising different birds and fowl. You should get one!
@Saber23
@Saber23 7 ай бұрын
@@sweetsierrablues5095 that sounds so great
@iamdarky2360
@iamdarky2360 7 ай бұрын
Fun fact: pigeons purr when they are happy. This is most commonly seen with pet pigeons. They also love being petted and will take being petted over treats when they are pets.
@TheBearInTheChair
@TheBearInTheChair 7 ай бұрын
I just saw that at the end, so cute
@YaakovEzraAmiChi
@YaakovEzraAmiChi 7 ай бұрын
I want a pet pidgin now
@malapertfourohfour2112
@malapertfourohfour2112 6 ай бұрын
I wanna pet a pigeon
@literallyeverythingstaken
@literallyeverythingstaken 5 ай бұрын
we don't deserve pigeons
@ballstealer
@ballstealer 4 ай бұрын
@@YaakovEzraAmiChi I'm definitely planning to get one when I'm in a better spot economically speaking.
@Aster_Iris
@Aster_Iris 6 ай бұрын
I absolutely adore pigeons, especially after hearing how they're actually incredibly intelligent and how they're a rare case of a species of bird not being a jerk whenever they're given the chance, so the positive press here is so appreciated. Also I'm terrified of turkeys (it's a long story) so I totally get where you're coming from.
@spamlives77
@spamlives77 6 ай бұрын
You're wrong.
@Sawrattan
@Sawrattan 5 ай бұрын
They're the only birds in my garden which don't mob attack other birds at the feeding table. Crows, magpies, starlings and robins are bullies but pigeons are so chilled.
@MartinFinnerup
@MartinFinnerup 4 ай бұрын
@@spamlives77 Holy crap, what an argument! This guy wins. Who could possibly compete with a statement like that?
@jeebweez
@jeebweez 4 ай бұрын
@@MartinFinnerup don't worry bro i got this
@jeebweez
@jeebweez 4 ай бұрын
@@spamlives77 they're right
@MidnightDarkness666
@MidnightDarkness666 6 ай бұрын
As the Mother of Pigeons I approve of this video. I know a pigeon fancier with diabetes on Twitter who's pigeon will peck her arm when she needs to take her insulin. And my emotional support animal for my Autism was my old male pigeon JonJon; he loved me as his mate. Fun Fact, Nikola Tesla who was famously anti social in his dealings with people, loved pigeons and would feed them in the park. At one point he saw an injured female, took her to his home and nursed her back to health stating "I love her as any man loves a woman". Also Mike Tyson threw his first punch when some neighbourhood bullies killed one of Pigeons in front of him, inspiring him to become strong enough to defend his birds, the rest is boxing history.
@mastershake8018
@mastershake8018 2 ай бұрын
That Pigeon cartoon with Mike voice acting makes so much more sense now lol.
@MidnightDarkness666
@MidnightDarkness666 2 ай бұрын
@@mastershake8018 What cartoon?
@mastershake8018
@mastershake8018 2 ай бұрын
@@MidnightDarkness666 I got it mixed up, Mike didn't voice the pigeon but it was his cartoon called Mike Tyson mysteries. The pigeon in the show was voiced by Norm McDonald.
@DavidsonEgg
@DavidsonEgg 27 күн бұрын
did you give birth to a pigeon??
@Dekubud
@Dekubud 7 ай бұрын
Pidgeons are honestly the only bird I could keep as a pet without going insane. I also never understood the hate, especially since I grew up in a town with way too many seagulls and those WILL aidrop you and steal your food.
@vivk2932
@vivk2932 7 ай бұрын
I get what you mean. I've lived in a city with pigeons and seagulls and the seagulls are way more intimidating. Also, while I do like birds and I like watching other people's videos of their pet cockatoos and macaws, I don't think I have it in me to deal with parrots, especially the large ones, 24/7 for like 70 years. Huge respect to those who do! Pigeons seem a bit more calm in comparison, but I haven't seen as many videos about people talking about their pet pigeons so idk for sure.
@sharkboo7122
@sharkboo7122 7 ай бұрын
Same, my grandma had pigeons as indoors pets. They were easy to clean after since some will prefer to have a potty spot, they are very smart and feisty. They could fend off cats and dogs, literally never had any of the cats even attempt to attack it. And one would just walk around the house and eat from their food bowls like the little prick it was. You can let them free fly without a worry (minus hawk danger but ours were lucky) since they always find a way back home. They also form bonds with people (which I was not happy about because that makes the bird hormonal but explain that to my grandma) and they like pets. Excellent pet, made my grandma very happy. I might also add that it was just a wild pigeon, we found a baby on the street and kept it (twice).
@Bionickpunk
@Bionickpunk 7 ай бұрын
Yeah, Pigeons are actually really polite not to poop above a person. Oh sure your parked car or side of the building might not be safe, but they dont bukake the streets like Seagulls do.
@coffee_2234
@coffee_2234 7 ай бұрын
As someone who use to have pigeon because they would fall off their nest that in the tree that i use to have they are way better pets than parrots and don't require constant playtime unlike what you need to do with parrots they are chill too and don't become agressive all of the sudden like parrots do
@maozedong8370
@maozedong8370 7 ай бұрын
There is no "d" in pigeon. You are thinking of it as if it were a word like "bridge."
@The_Crimson_Fucker
@The_Crimson_Fucker 7 ай бұрын
Genuinely never got why people don't like pigeons. 90% of what they do is hang around and clean up the sidewalk. They're not even ugly, they look like the generic definition of a bird.
@fexgy5595
@fexgy5595 7 ай бұрын
the even have a heart shape on ther beak!
@junjiscomb7909
@junjiscomb7909 7 ай бұрын
they shit on our heads.
@Mom-pl2xb
@Mom-pl2xb 7 ай бұрын
they poop on yo head
@zenchost4216
@zenchost4216 7 ай бұрын
@@Mom-pl2xb If you watched the video then you know it's not true. They don't do their business while flying.
@Argonikron
@Argonikron 7 ай бұрын
@@zenchost4216They sit on the ledges of buildings, tree branches and roofs to shit on your head.
@TheDragonSafyras
@TheDragonSafyras 6 ай бұрын
I had a pet pigeon I raised from an egg, named Pidgey. He was legit one of the best birds I ever had, and I own parrots! Whenever I was sick and bed ridden, he would lay beside me in bed and just coo anytime he saw me wake up. He always wanted cuddles an to hang with the family, also dude was potty trained. I am so glad to see you face your fears and learn about these smart lil guys, thank you for sharing this wonderful video! They are amazing creatures and deserve far more love than majority of the world will ever give them.
@sol-leks6122
@sol-leks6122 3 ай бұрын
Pidgey, that's so cute.
@user-jy3gl4rc3w
@user-jy3gl4rc3w 3 ай бұрын
That name is so good😆
@rafy.h.3108
@rafy.h.3108 Ай бұрын
omg!!!! pokémon refference
@kesorangutan6170
@kesorangutan6170 6 ай бұрын
Here in Turkey some historical mosques have stone nests for pigeons. Like they built miniature stone houses for them. Also they can learn tricks and stuff. They are really great pets too. My neighbor has 10 pigeons and he flies them regularly. Also I never saw a super dirty pigeon in my life. I think they are the second most popular avian pet in Turkey (first is the budgie, we are obssessed with budgies)
@vahlak6554
@vahlak6554 7 ай бұрын
That Cher Ami, despite its injuries, half dead, still flew to where he was supposed to go, instead of literally anywhere else in its pain and panic, is more proof than anything else in this video, that these birds are loyal and intelligent.
@jameshughes6355
@jameshughes6355 7 ай бұрын
Cher Ami is a god damn legend.
@Wex_Six
@Wex_Six 7 ай бұрын
Pigeons have a innate ability to find home, where ever they are they will return home. So Cher Ami was probably going to that place from pain and panic, still an absolute legend.
@jsully8076
@jsully8076 7 ай бұрын
An absolute avain unit.
@solascripturaPR1517
@solascripturaPR1517 7 ай бұрын
...and is a role model,@@jameshughes6355 !
@syrthdr09sybr34
@syrthdr09sybr34 7 ай бұрын
If they really are that smart and observant, just imagine how well they know us just by watching us all day like in NYC.
@thechickenwizard8172
@thechickenwizard8172 7 ай бұрын
I'll never understand why people hate pigeons so much. They're one of the most amazing and important birds in history, not to mention that they're one of the best pet birds out there
@mlem6951
@mlem6951 7 ай бұрын
Why do people hate sharks? All mouth to mouth propaganda and people not caring about actuall information :/.
@garlicbread1107
@garlicbread1107 7 ай бұрын
Now seagulls on the other hand...
@electricfishfan7159
@electricfishfan7159 7 ай бұрын
I didn’t even know people disliked pigeons. They’re nice, sound nice, and they look nice. They’re no different than any species which lives close to humans. They only become dirty when the human settlement becomes dirty first.
@JasonBoyce
@JasonBoyce 7 ай бұрын
I love pigeons. I’ve got a couple pigeon tattoos
@Namrec_Molai
@Namrec_Molai 7 ай бұрын
I dont hate pigeons but i hate where they dump their s***
@Blaze00XD
@Blaze00XD 3 ай бұрын
This video really opened my eyes on how disrespected pidgeons are by the entire human population on top of everything else. Poor goobers literally got bullied by basically every animal on the planet and then to add insult to injury they were straight up abandoned and humiliated by humans despite how much good they’ve done for them.
@Florasheela
@Florasheela 6 ай бұрын
It baffles me how pigeons are considered pests rather than pets. When I was little, it was me and my pet pigeon forever. Then my dad got a pug, and I was scared of it because I was so used to my pigeon being so kind to me and then the pug was growling at me and stuff and I hated the pug. Pigeons are the nicest, sweetest pets you could have. (Ignore the pfp this is my troll account)
@teddiiursula
@teddiiursula 7 ай бұрын
The fact that they named the pigeon "my dear friend" made me tear up
@aeblink1332
@aeblink1332 7 ай бұрын
same, i love pigeons, i think they’re really cute too
@onyxstewart9587
@onyxstewart9587 7 ай бұрын
Smartest pigeon I ever saw was one who faked an injury to get food. When it saw someone eating it would droop it's wings and limp towards them, looking as pathetic as possible. The people it approached seemed to feel sorry for it and threw it some food. Once it finished the food it stood up as normal and strutted away perfectly fine to find it's next victim. I saw it use the same trick successfully on multiple people!
@s-w
@s-w 7 ай бұрын
I wonder how it learned that. Crazy.
@onyxstewart9587
@onyxstewart9587 7 ай бұрын
@@s-w I'm guessing it was maybe genuinely sick/injured at some point, realised people gave it more food during that time and so kept up the act. I've also seen pigeons wait at street crossings for the lights to change before walking across and hopping onto trains to travel to different parts of the city.
@centuriondominicus7871
@centuriondominicus7871 7 ай бұрын
@@onyxstewart9587 OK, on that part of how they navigate cities, I assume its just them learning from humans since they're apparently domesticated.
@raymakbutwithmoustache6413
@raymakbutwithmoustache6413 7 ай бұрын
​@@s-wfrom Neymar
@thephoenix4093
@thephoenix4093 7 ай бұрын
​@@onyxstewart9587cats do the same thing, maybe pigeons watched them.
@Anurepa
@Anurepa 4 ай бұрын
The fact that pigeons are all essentially strays that we abandoned makes me so sad. Like, I consistently will go buy birdseed and peanuts and stuff like that so they have healthier things to nibble on than leftover fries, cigarette butts, and garbage.
@kamenrex
@kamenrex 6 ай бұрын
I grew up in a pigeon household. So I was taught from basically birth all the wonderful things about them. I actually used to do educational lectures on them with my personal rescue pigeon on my shoulder. The fact that they can read and correctly identify patterns with such a high rate of accuracy is incredible. One of my favorite stories is of a dyslexic person that taught their pet pigeon how to read ingredient labels because they had some pretty severe food allergies. If the pigeon saw one of the allergens on the label, the bird would wing slap the food item. Pigeons are heroes and partners from ancient times, they’re one of the oldest domesticated animals and we’ve turned our backs on them.
@Nirrrina
@Nirrrina Ай бұрын
That's amazing!!! Both for the very intelligent pigeon & the human that taught the smart bird.
@anthonyoliver418
@anthonyoliver418 7 ай бұрын
Man I hate how humanity goes from respecting the potential of an animal, to blaming them for stuff they are not even related to, like imagine how much could’ve got done if we didn’t give up on using them and showed their abilities respect
@benparker3224
@benparker3224 7 ай бұрын
People in general have shown we're not even able to respect all other humans. If we can't even do that, I'm not surprised we vilify other animals
@InsaneLaughter01
@InsaneLaughter01 7 ай бұрын
Humans don’t like accepting responsibility. Just look at men.
@Andyisgodcky
@Andyisgodcky 7 ай бұрын
Should probably hate how just ONE public official, and ONE celebrity, are enough to do that.
@eliasmg9144
@eliasmg9144 7 ай бұрын
​@@Andyisgodcky and it turned out those two were scumbags so shame on us as a society for paying attention to them in the first place
@LunaP1
@LunaP1 7 ай бұрын
I found out that the Catholic Church was souly to blame for the black plague that devastating Europe and other countries. They were so suspicious of cats being connected to the devil that they murked them on site. After that, the rats that were carrying the fleas who had the plague went wild.
@minxyayala
@minxyayala 7 ай бұрын
I find it funny that they are called "rats with wing." Because rat are smart as hell. They can learn tricks and be potty trained. They are also really clean and social creatures to. So, ya, it is a huge compliment to be called "rats with wings."
@madtabby66
@madtabby66 7 ай бұрын
Pigeons are smart as well. They can find there way home over 300 miles.
@KyanoAng3l0
@KyanoAng3l0 7 ай бұрын
Just goes to show how ignorant we are about pigeons _and_ rats.
@coffee_2234
@coffee_2234 7 ай бұрын
​@@madtabby66don't they have a build in compass thought the reason why they can do that is because they can sense the magnetic field in the earth
@Fern635
@Fern635 7 ай бұрын
Pigeons, rats, crows, coyotes - all victims of their own intelligence. They are smart enough to benefit from human activity instead of being displaced by it, and as a result, we see them as pests.
@BunjiKugashira42
@BunjiKugashira42 7 ай бұрын
"Because rat are smart as hell. They can learn tricks and be potty trained. They are also really clean and social creatures to." Same goes for rats. So I guess the description is fitting. It's just that neither animal deserves the negativity associated with it. Edit: Just noticed that that's basically what you wrote. I blame it on being tired.
@missywink1504
@missywink1504 3 ай бұрын
The little heart-shaped pillow on their beak is called the 'cere' and it's velvety soft. It actually grows as the bird ages, and looks more like a buildup of coral.
@sol-leks6122
@sol-leks6122 3 ай бұрын
Ok I will never disrespect a pidgeon again. I'm tearing up over how brave and loyal that bird was. He saved so many lives, good on him.
@heyhey97777
@heyhey97777 7 ай бұрын
We give most animals that aren’t cute the middle finger
@staticbuilds7613
@staticbuilds7613 7 ай бұрын
Including humans
@Nothingtoseehereanyway
@Nothingtoseehereanyway 7 ай бұрын
okay, okay, but ever seen pigeons when they are all fluffed up or pudgy? THEY ARE, ADORABLE. On the serious note, poor pigeons, they don't deserve this.
@minaashdio9373
@minaashdio9373 7 ай бұрын
I love peigons I would often chase them to catch them It never worked
@SearcherRyan
@SearcherRyan 7 ай бұрын
The same with people lol
@Protect_all_ljf3forms
@Protect_all_ljf3forms 7 ай бұрын
Sad part even being cute doesn’t help
@superyid2010
@superyid2010 7 ай бұрын
Don't forget the 'Passenger Pigeon'. At one time they were the most numerous bird in the world, numbering 3 billion. Then humanity decided to hunt them to extinction, yes EXTINCTION! Christ, the pigeon certainly has had a raw deal.
@theoneandonlyartyom
@theoneandonlyartyom 7 ай бұрын
bird: exists usa: NO *casually makes them go extinct*
@steveluvscows2490
@steveluvscows2490 7 ай бұрын
So if you see one today, know that you have most likely fallen into a rip in the fabric of time.
@thrashingputz5163
@thrashingputz5163 7 ай бұрын
Don't forget that the Passenger Pigeon solely kept Lyme Disease in check and now that it's gone there's been outbreaks ever since. It also had other important roles but I forgot the others.
@anidiot4992
@anidiot4992 7 ай бұрын
​@@theoneandonlyartyomapparently the usa is all of humanity now?
@theoneandonlyartyom
@theoneandonlyartyom 7 ай бұрын
@@anidiot4992 no, but the bird only lived in north america, specifically eastern usa and southern canada
@HypnoticChronic1
@HypnoticChronic1 2 ай бұрын
We also attempted to use them as a guidance systems for bombs in the aptly named "Project Pigeon", they were basically the precursor to GPS guidance, but got shelved once electronic systems proved more reliable and cost effective. We also attempted to use bats in a very similar manner, which is also a very interesting read.
@pixobit5882
@pixobit5882 Ай бұрын
I'm German and my Grandpa was breeding Pigeons for Sports and Prizes. Once a Pigeon was too old to fly competitive, they've been slaughtered and eaten (as soup). Most people i told this story are completely disturbed, but they taste basically like Chicken. Most people don't understand, that those pigeons don't walk around the City and eat cigarettes and trash. They've been very healthy and eaten proper pigeon food like seeds.
@SpaceHazmat
@SpaceHazmat 7 ай бұрын
Only this man can perfectly time an ad on my face and not have me grunt
@koganeitou
@koganeitou 7 ай бұрын
Adblocker/YT Red bro
@drewluczynski9609
@drewluczynski9609 7 ай бұрын
Failed for me sadly
@willowthelyxra
@willowthelyxra 7 ай бұрын
I have ad block 👁👄👁
@kentekuzan
@kentekuzan 7 ай бұрын
ay yooo
@veganninja5886
@veganninja5886 7 ай бұрын
get KZfaq Premium you broke boy
@mrreyes5004
@mrreyes5004 7 ай бұрын
Now I see why Nikola Tesla (yes, THE inventor Tesla) basically considered pigeons to be his best friends. The man purportedly even built a special apparatus just to allow one pigeon he found to heal its broken leg and wing, along with having made a point to feed pigeons in the areas where he lived. Yet another way in which Tesla was ahead of his time: recognizing that pigeons are actually pretty cool, smart birbs and not unhygienic menaces.
@katier9725
@katier9725 7 ай бұрын
Thankfully Tesla died before pigeons' reputation tanked like this, so he didn't have to witness it himself. I'm sure it would have broken his heart if he had to see that.
@Cuchilain
@Cuchilain 7 ай бұрын
This makes sense now. I thought the implication was that he was going crazy in the end. But he was really just a bit lonely and adopted some dogs. I mean, they use a litter box? What a great video.
@Kneon_Knight
@Kneon_Knight 7 ай бұрын
But Tesla was clinically insane, so there's that.
@youngdresbaby
@youngdresbaby 7 ай бұрын
​@katier9725 If he was alive when they started claiming pigeons are rats with wings, he could have swayed public opinion to think otherwise.
@DellikkilleD
@DellikkilleD 7 ай бұрын
@@youngdresbaby not ikely, he was by and large looked at as a nutter.
@cloud-zd7zm
@cloud-zd7zm 3 ай бұрын
as a bird vet, bird owner and birdwatcher... it's so satisfing to see your character development. i wish more people had the balls to simply google pigeons and learn something, like you did. thank you for the video!!
@shinytogebre
@shinytogebre 4 ай бұрын
Humans disowning pigeons always made me sad growing up. Last year some mourning doves made a nest in one of my plants and it was so wonderful just to watch them from my window. 💜
@elijahherstal776
@elijahherstal776 7 ай бұрын
In 2017, I was on a military training exercise in the Mojave desert. It was night, and I was on day 4 without any sleep, barely functioning, and sitting in my Humvee with the door open and eating an MRE. I was out of it, to say the least. So this dog comes over, looks at me kinda confused and startled, and I just instinctively held out a piece of food for him and he comes over and takes it- and I just idly scratched his head and told him 'good boy'. He walked away, and that's when I realized something. I'm in the Mojave desert, the middle of nowhere, on a military exercise at night. No one has dogs here. I suddenly realized "I just gave a coyote some of my food and pet him like a dog, and that just happened" and did a double take on the animal that walked about 20 yards away- yep, coyote. The thing is, the coyote also realized this at the same time and did a double-take on me. I think we were both kind of embarrassed.
@magentaplatinum1430
@magentaplatinum1430 6 ай бұрын
"what just happened?" "what just happened?"
@elijahherstal776
@elijahherstal776 6 ай бұрын
@@magentaplatinum1430 there was a silent agreement between us to not speak of this I guess I violated it. Sorry Coyote Bro, but I think we were both in the same headspace
@Haru_Shirasaki
@Haru_Shirasaki 6 ай бұрын
He forgot he was a coyote for a moment, and turned into a dog.
@DamianSzajnowski
@DamianSzajnowski 6 ай бұрын
And that was the exact moment he became a good boy.
@mordecairigby4190
@mordecairigby4190 6 ай бұрын
What can you tell about patrolling Mojave desert? Did you wish for a nuclear winter?
@usulu1
@usulu1 7 ай бұрын
Other things to note: They produce crop milk, and males also roost and get broody when they have an egg. They're good fathers and mothers.
@The_Kharski
@The_Kharski 2 ай бұрын
what's crop milk?
@YagamiKnight08
@YagamiKnight08 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for recognizing these chubby little gems!
@anothersettlementneedsyour9628
@anothersettlementneedsyour9628 6 ай бұрын
From the video title and thumbnail, I thought it was meant literally. As in “we have selectively bred the pidgeons so much that they grew extra digit.”
@Legacy-sw7bv
@Legacy-sw7bv 7 ай бұрын
I'm so glad to see this. Pidgeons are crapped on by media left and right, fiction and non, but I never knew where it all started. As shared here, they have such a rich history of companionship and symbiosis with humans. People bred and trained them like dogs, but pigeons don't get to be man's dear friend anymore. Man rejected his dear friend. Hopefully we don't see even more rejection of his best friend. What's worse is that doves are seen as symbols of purity, goodness, life, and peace... but they're just pigeons with pretty privilege.
@Xtino1989X
@Xtino1989X 7 ай бұрын
“Pigeons with pretty privilege” just sounds dope lol
@justaguychilling5465
@justaguychilling5465 7 ай бұрын
I agree with the media part. Pokemon did them poor with tranquill
@slappy8941
@slappy8941 7 ай бұрын
WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE NOT KNOWS HOW TO SPELL "PIGEON"? 😫😫😫😂😂😂😂😂
@tengentoppagurrenlmao5907
@tengentoppagurrenlmao5907 7 ай бұрын
​@@slappy8941 "Pidgeon" is the more ancient of outdated words, while "Pigeon" is the more modern one. Both are CORRECT.
@DM-bd9kd
@DM-bd9kd 7 ай бұрын
@@slappy8941oof
@getoutofmyface
@getoutofmyface 7 ай бұрын
Yeah, pigeon intelligence is way underrated. I recall reading a post by a wildlife rehabilitator talking about how they were training falcons and other 'cool' birds to do tricks for school programs, and realizing that a random pigeon had been watching from the sidelines and learnt the tricks too. Which is how they ended up with a pigeon in the show too. They are hella trainable and honestly quite pretty too. It's kind of a shame people don't appreciate them more.
@disunityholychaos7523
@disunityholychaos7523 7 ай бұрын
now im interested to watch such show
@Kneon_Knight
@Kneon_Knight 7 ай бұрын
Surprised the raptors didn't eat the little asshole.
@sarahallegra6239
@sarahallegra6239 7 ай бұрын
Aww, that’s so cool!! I’d totally watch that show!
@GRAFRU68
@GRAFRU68 7 ай бұрын
Mike Tyson owns many pigeons
@erichzannbusoumuzan
@erichzannbusoumuzan 7 ай бұрын
"Yeah, pigeon intelligence is way underrated". I'm sorry, underrated?! One of them beat a certain games' journalist at solving puzzles and the whole world witnessed it!
@RodneshaGreen
@RodneshaGreen 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for the positive PR on pigeons! I honestly never understood why people went so hard hating on them. You can tell they’re smart and I actually used to feed some on the quad of my college campus. I also never knew where the whole “rats with wings” phrase originated… now I know. 🙌🏾
@mazenmoftah5605
@mazenmoftah5605 5 ай бұрын
my friend had a pigeon named Fareed that he trained without prior knowledge to come to him and only him if he snapped his fingers , my pet cat also tried so hard to get him but could not even touch him , pigeons here in Egypt are precious pets and lovable creatures ( and meals ) . R.I.P Fareed 💔
@pigeongod3450
@pigeongod3450 7 ай бұрын
As the Pigeon God, I'm glad you're finally giving pigeons the recognition they deserve
@_BubblGum_
@_BubblGum_ 7 ай бұрын
i love you pigeongod3450
@grayire
@grayire 7 ай бұрын
Praise be
@IW3527
@IW3527 7 ай бұрын
All hail the pigeon god!
@Psion_Phoenix
@Psion_Phoenix 7 ай бұрын
Praise be to our new overlords the pigeons, may they bless use with their coo’s….. I mean. They cute.
@Awaken-pz4yd
@Awaken-pz4yd 7 ай бұрын
coo
@Blue_Shamu_Gaming
@Blue_Shamu_Gaming 7 ай бұрын
Another fun fact: Mike Tyson also loved pidgeon since he was 9 years old, he claimed that they were an escape from the bullying he endured as a child. He still loves them to this day, and his pidgeon coupe is quite luxurious, in fact he only gives them Fiji water to drink.
@aeden8008
@aeden8008 7 ай бұрын
That explains the pigeon character in his animated series.
@sarahallegra6239
@sarahallegra6239 7 ай бұрын
@@aeden8008I was going to say this exact thing. It has always seemed like a random choice to me, but I never investigated it.
@verifios
@verifios 7 ай бұрын
wow hes even cooler now
@unaffected_covid
@unaffected_covid 7 ай бұрын
All facts. I was just about to say the same thing, but I found this comment already exists. 🎯🤔🦾
@sarahlou7796
@sarahlou7796 7 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie, I have gained a lot of respect for Mike over over the last few years. Mostly due to his sense of humor. The man literally sold candies in the shape of an ear, I cannot help but respect that lol.
@holyarmor578
@holyarmor578 2 ай бұрын
You first said their eyesight is bad then you explain how good their sight is lol
@AndriaTheKobold
@AndriaTheKobold 3 ай бұрын
I didn't know HALF this stuff about pigeons!! Daaamn. I also really like how much research and stuff you do. AH THE ENDING CLIPS, they're so cuuute
@petrab.7780
@petrab.7780 7 ай бұрын
There’s a quote by primatologist Frans de Waal that I will never forget: “The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing politicians with those poor, underestimated creatures.” Being compared to a rat is a compliment. Like pigeons they are smart, clean and genuinely interesting creatures we could do much to learn from.
@tiagobelo4965
@tiagobelo4965 7 ай бұрын
So.... We are calling politicians "flightless seagulls" from now on?
@petrab.7780
@petrab.7780 7 ай бұрын
@@tiagobelo4965 yes.
@therockphilosopher1678
@therockphilosopher1678 7 ай бұрын
No truer statement
@bastienx3420
@bastienx3420 7 ай бұрын
​@@tiagobelo4965or we could call them 'homo sapians' that sounds about right! (Sorry I can't spell)
@bitchplease123
@bitchplease123 7 ай бұрын
And this is why I’m Vegan. Because animals have sentience, emotions, attachments, can feel pain, fear, terror, betrayal, hopelessness. Anyone who claims to be an animal lover but consumes animals and animal products is a hypocrite. Think about not WHAT you’re eating, but WHO you’re eating.
@kentuckyfriedfarfetchd7317
@kentuckyfriedfarfetchd7317 7 ай бұрын
As a kid, we had this brown and white pigeon that hung around our house. We named him Rupert, and he would occasionally just walk inside for a snack or hang out. I can fully attest that they're smarter than people give them credit for.
@nasis18
@nasis18 7 ай бұрын
That's awesome. 😂
@Saul_Espinoza
@Saul_Espinoza 7 ай бұрын
Wow, i had one too, he got in our house with an injured wing, we build him a house, after 2 weeks he left, it was also brown and white
@Thenoobestgirl
@Thenoobestgirl 7 ай бұрын
We had a wood knocker who kept knocking on one of our windows for hours on end. I think you got the better deal. 😂
@Zholat
@Zholat 6 ай бұрын
I remember talking to a friend not long ago, calling pidgeons 'nasty rats with wings'. Here in germany. I not only did not come up with that term, i also never knew it was popularized the way it was. I am part of the problem. I'll never do them dirty again.
@amineayadi4894
@amineayadi4894 2 ай бұрын
I had a folk of pigeons when I was a kid and it was one of my best experiences, people need to know more about these beautiful feathery creatures
@leeswift7883
@leeswift7883 7 ай бұрын
Learning about how smart and vengeful crows and ravens can be I've grown a certain amount of respect for them not to mess around
@jibranbhat8711
@jibranbhat8711 7 ай бұрын
You should be. We had a crow nest near our house and whenever they got scared of us. They would pluck our plants out from the soil. They're way smart than we assume
@spiritthingw
@spiritthingw 7 ай бұрын
They are extremely intelligent and you can teach them too talk. They also have a great memory.
@EC-dz4bq
@EC-dz4bq 7 ай бұрын
Jewelry store around here has a vending machine for crows... they drop a coin or "ring mostly" inside and it spits out food (anything heavy and shiny is what they grab).@@jibranbhat8711
@Volvith
@Volvith 7 ай бұрын
I used to have a genuine crow plague in the park near my old house. _(entirely my fault, but i love crows so i didn't mind as much as everyone else did)_ We at some point started feeding the crows there, and when more arrived, we fed more. _This went on for about 5 years._ By the time we decided we should stop, there were probably about a couple hundred (if not more) crows gathered in the park, waiting every time for when we would dump local bakery's left over bread by the metaphorical truckload. Our street neighboring the park ended up calling it 'Crow's Nest' (Dutch: het Kraaiennest). About 4 years ago i moved. I stopped feeding them 6-7 years ago, but they never stopped coming, and made our park their local hang-out. I still occasionally fed some in my garden at my old home, but never again the wheelbarrow full of treats i'd bring them weekly, and the amount of crows in my garden was usually limited to only 20 to 30. Now, i didn't move that far, only some 45 kilometers down the road, but one thing i didn't expect is for the crows to follow me to my new home. I had one tapping on my window about 2 weeks after i moved in. I can't confirm they're the same crows, but everywhere i go both crows and to some small degree jackdaws just kind of sit there, waiting for the master of treats to bestow upon them the deliciousness they've come to expect. They camp in my garden, patiently waiting for me to hand them their weekly meal. And whenever i'm in public, especially on my lunch walk to the supermarket, crows actively follow me, and fly overhead. The reason why i believe they followed me is because usually you only really see a fuckton of Jackdaws in the Netherlands, but now my town has been practically overrun by crows, and the jackdaws have almost become a rare sight. I have become the Crowfather. Bringer of blessings to generations of crows. And i will carry on my duty for the rest of my life, however many crow-centuries that might be. They have blessed me with their trust, and so i shall in turn reward their trust with food. TL;DR: I fed crows and now my weekly blessings of food have been ingrained in local crow culture, and i have an army of crows follow me around. 👍 Crows are smart. Respect the crows. _They probably know where you live. Like, literally._ Pigeons i hate, but blackbirds i have come to have huge respect and appreciation for.
@LexYeen
@LexYeen 7 ай бұрын
crows can be as smart as some kids. ain't surprising that pigeons got that cranial chill too.
@Dirtnap12
@Dirtnap12 7 ай бұрын
I spent some time working at a wildlife rescue and we had one 'failure' wood pigeon who never left the sight after rehabilitation and release. Anyone who stepped outside was at risk of being the unwitting perch for a very friendly bird demanding cuddles.
@dylanhaugen3739
@dylanhaugen3739 7 ай бұрын
Me and my girlfriend are suckers for small affectionate animals so if this happened to us we'd probably adopt a pigeon if one took a liking to us.
@GamerBravo7
@GamerBravo7 7 ай бұрын
This is most wholesome story I read this morning
@Gyrfalcon312
@Gyrfalcon312 7 ай бұрын
That's a risk I'm willing to take.
@disunityholychaos7523
@disunityholychaos7523 7 ай бұрын
i remember we were in an public farm (where folks visit and sometimes buy products from) it was autumn so they had a week event like corn maze to tractor riding, to touching rabbits and goats... this time it was a pigeon who followed the father and daughter before the guy gave to me this domesticated pigeon which we dont know the owner of.. (possibly the farmer or some bird keeper nearby) as it was tagged.. i felt happy to caress it, give gentle pets, showed to my cousin.. before a lady along with her 5 friends was interested with the pigeon I picked along with and gently gave it to her as I was living with my family who might get weirded out due to the same scared of being near 'wild/dirty' birds and our home not open of a big place with a bird.. I was asking anybody if anyone knew any owner of the bird to identity the colored tag... i cant help but wonder whether the lady ask out the farmer about the bird or kept it themselves
@Manticorn
@Manticorn 7 ай бұрын
Sounds delightful.
@nancylamadani8623
@nancylamadani8623 2 ай бұрын
Also i love how you made a video for pigeons, even when you don't feel comfortable around pigeons.
@deadlineuniverse3189
@deadlineuniverse3189 2 ай бұрын
“Here is an ad while you grapple with that” 2 ads start playing…..son of a…
@lordthunder4343
@lordthunder4343 7 ай бұрын
The worst thing that humans did to any pigeon was the tragedy of the passenger pigeon. They went from billions to extinct in less than a century due to overhunting and destruction of nesting and habitat. The flocks were so big that there was a report from like 1855 Columbus Ohio of a flock flying over the city. They blotted out the sun and took two hours to pass over completely. People were running and screaming and hiding to get out of the streets and once the flock was gone the town was basically painted white. Famous conservationist Aldo Leopold once called them "feathered tempests" which is cool as hell.
@Nox.x_ART
@Nox.x_ART 7 ай бұрын
That passenger pigeon flock story is the funniest thing I’ve read this week
@darthsilversith667
@darthsilversith667 7 ай бұрын
Only in Ohio
@AuraAi
@AuraAi 7 ай бұрын
I think, I want to also mention, that another reason they went extinct, is that I think I read somewhere, is that these swarms of them were the only way the could breed. Like, they didn't have good conception rates, and these swarms helped them with that. I'd assume once a swarm started to die down, they too would.
@matthewburrow3089
@matthewburrow3089 7 ай бұрын
@@AuraAi We learned in evolutionary bio about that. It was an excellent strategy until firearms became common and the increase of humans during the industrial revolution. Most animals would not be able to consume a whole flock, but a group of people with shotguns could cause terrible damage.
@Twiggo_The_Foxxo
@Twiggo_The_Foxxo 7 ай бұрын
​@@darthsilversith667unfunny
@MeredithLikely
@MeredithLikely 7 ай бұрын
i once saw a pidgeon with most of its skull exposed and sunbleached, and it was still walking around like nothing was wrong with only one eye. they practice necromancy too.
@stephanniemorin
@stephanniemorin 2 ай бұрын
Poor thing.
@bobograndman
@bobograndman 2 ай бұрын
They’re just extremely tough. There’s a reason their population is so high despite rarely getting their correct diet and living in bad conditions. They can get something called string foot where their feet can fall off due to lack of blood, but even without feet they’ll still be able to walk
@TheHive616
@TheHive616 5 ай бұрын
I've been with this young man from the beginning, and seeing how much the videos have evolved has been fascinating enough, but also seeing how our host has grown more comfortable and open, and become more personable within the presentation... It's been a very interesting, entertaining, and incredibly informative journey. I think this guy should be teaching kids about animals, because taking this more casual approach keeps it from feeling like LEARNING (in the strictured, academically oppressive sense). Love this channel and all the videos, thank you for all you do!
@TheHive616
@TheHive616 5 ай бұрын
Also, does anyone know his name? The host, I mean.... I feel weird calling him CASUAL GEOGRAPHIC, cause that's certainly not meant to be his personal handle.... That's just the name of the corporation.
@ghoultooth
@ghoultooth 5 ай бұрын
@@TheHive616 Mamadou
@MorticiaRS
@MorticiaRS 6 ай бұрын
Although your clips are fabulous, and the facts are so deliciously satisfying, what I absolutely adore is the narration! Witty,engaging,dry-BRAVO 👏. I look forward to every episode.❤
@bananasinfrench
@bananasinfrench 7 ай бұрын
The fact that someone named their homing pigeon "Dear Friend" is the cutest thing
@alexanderdoherty902
@alexanderdoherty902 7 ай бұрын
One of the main reasons why rats are commonly blamed for the plague is because while they did carry the plague, it was caused by the fleas on the rats instead of the rats themselves
@Duamerthrax
@Duamerthrax 7 ай бұрын
I think there's a theory that people were what was carrying the plague from city to city. Reason being is that rats can't travel fast enough to account for how fast it spread.
@timetravelingpenguin
@timetravelingpenguin 7 ай бұрын
@@Duamerthrax Could be that it originally came from the fleas on the rats, and then once a couple people were infected they continued to spread it
@jolenetheredhead9761
@jolenetheredhead9761 7 ай бұрын
@@Duamerthrax This theory does track a bit, but rats traveled via ships (People had ships back then) Which made it to major coastal cities much faster. People going horse from the origin is going to have a much slower spread and their gonna die fairly quickly in their journey, ultimately it seems like it it was the fleas on the rats that spread. It started with the fleas, and ended up with human transmission, but not just human transmission.
@jolenetheredhead9761
@jolenetheredhead9761 7 ай бұрын
@@fenixleonor Well it didn't help things, but the plague was already rampant by the time they started doing churchy shit like killing cats.
@fenixleonor
@fenixleonor 7 ай бұрын
@@jolenetheredhead9761 they started killing cats around 13 century check that please😺
@cinderling5472
@cinderling5472 6 ай бұрын
This was seriously one of your best videos ever! And that's saying something man! Thank you so much, i learned a lot 🎉❤❤❤
@spunstricken9065
@spunstricken9065 12 күн бұрын
Brilliant video! This is the first of yours that I have seen. Amazing presentation, fascinating details, broadly researched, what more could we ask for. I love the humor and illiteration. Pigeon heroes… who knew? I love that they have been memorialised and received medals and commendations. Looking forward to viewing more of your content. Thank you!
@murphychurch8251
@murphychurch8251 6 ай бұрын
Once my boyfriend and I were standing at a quai wall at the riverside, holding hands and looking at the sunset when I noticed a pigeon couple about 20 metres away from us, sitting on the railing. It was not mating season, they were just a couple sitting close to each other, enjoying the view at the riverside, exchanging kisses and snuggles and showing each other true affection. Just like us. It had a lasting impact on how I think of them (though I never hated them to begin with).
@RobotronSage
@RobotronSage 5 ай бұрын
Pigeons often seem to have partners and even families. Honestly people should be kinder to these birds
@CrimsonRose29
@CrimsonRose29 4 ай бұрын
That’s adorable 🥹
@GigiBranconi
@GigiBranconi 3 ай бұрын
​@@RobotronSageYeah, they mate for life
@KeaneCJK
@KeaneCJK 3 ай бұрын
I mean not even humans are that loyal sometimes, just give them a break 😶
@kaze1440
@kaze1440 2 ай бұрын
Are u gay?
@audreymuzingo933
@audreymuzingo933 7 ай бұрын
Don't forget 'pigeon' also used to be an affectionate nickname to call someone, typically a girl or woman, like the Tramp called Lady. Basically it meant 'sweet little thing' because people used to regard pigeons that way.
@beastmaster0934
@beastmaster0934 7 ай бұрын
I always wondered why he always called her that whenever I watched Lady and the Tramp.
@audreymuzingo933
@audreymuzingo933 7 ай бұрын
@@beastmaster0934 My guess is that calling a girl "pigeon" was from Beatnik culture. Note how Lady's humans call each other "Jim Dear," and "Darling." -Dear and darling were older, more 'establishment' affectionate nicknames, whereas young Beatniks were bringing all kinds of new slang to American dialogue. Considering the movie came out in 1955 and the Tramp was a freewheeling rebel type, I suspect his lingo was meant to emulate Beat talk.
@BastosFC2
@BastosFC2 7 ай бұрын
In france a "pigeon" is a gullible person, easily tricked and manipulated
@SevScout
@SevScout 7 ай бұрын
The nicer version of it is still understood as that. Dove can be used as an old-fashioned way of calling someone "sweet little thing"
@lambsauce8937
@lambsauce8937 7 ай бұрын
they’re also a sign of peace
@14fluffies
@14fluffies 2 ай бұрын
2:48 unc's brain grew on his beak.
@Tivallia9010
@Tivallia9010 3 ай бұрын
I remember when I was little I used to love birds. When I moved to Texas, I caught notice of a species known as the "White-Winged Dove" and I always loved looking at some from a distance. One day at a park, I noticed one with a bullet wound and told my parents if we could take it to the vet. I held it in my arms, and it was so sweet to me. It knew I wasn't danger the moment I wasn't attacking it. Unfortunately, it passed away recovering from the wound, but that moment always wanted me to get a pet pigeon or dove. I never knew why these birds get bad rep...
@Rocklobster6285
@Rocklobster6285 7 ай бұрын
In the early 1940s, the british government launched a program (Operation Columba) to gather intelligence from occupied territories by air-dropping pigeons over civilian areas in France and Belgium. This was actually moderately successful, and caused enough of a problem for the germans that they made it illegal to possess pigeons in France. This killed the pigeon-keeping hobby and is a major factor in why there are so many feral pigeons. The book "Secret Pigeon Service" by Gordon Corera provides some very interesting information on the subject and talks about how the british were *this* close to having a full map of the german defenses on the northern french coastline.
@Whammytap
@Whammytap 7 ай бұрын
Those were the pigeons with cameras, right? I've seen pictures.
@Incompetent_Hero
@Incompetent_Hero 7 ай бұрын
Thats not even the only 1940s Pigeon-based military operation. In the early 1940s the US Military piloted a program called "Operation Pigeon" which placed pigeons in the nose cone of aerial bombs in order to guide them, using lenses and a screen, which would project the intended target in such a way that pigeons would peck at the screen. Using pivots and sensors, the birds would peck at the target. If the target drifted offcenter, the offset pecking would pivot the screen, and the sensors sent that data to the control surface, effectively guiding the bomb to the target. It didnt work. It got picked up by the Navy a few years later and rebranded to "Project Orcan" It also didnt work, then computers happened. Real good use of the R&D budget 🙃
@cloudwalker9572
@cloudwalker9572 7 ай бұрын
So that's why my grandfather had to stop catching pigeons to feed himself and his family during WWII...
@Ad_Inferno
@Ad_Inferno 7 ай бұрын
That is really fascinating!!
@Nylon_riot
@Nylon_riot 7 ай бұрын
I added it to my goodreads list, thank you for the recommendation!
@toomanyhungrycats0554
@toomanyhungrycats0554 7 ай бұрын
As someone who works in a bird rescue I understand why Steve was afraid of large parrots. They can be pretty unpredictable and dangerous if you don't learn and respect their communication.
@millenial90
@millenial90 7 ай бұрын
This. I have a rescued Pacific parrotlet. She weighs 31 grams (close to one ounce) and while I love her more than anything, she was returned to the shelter multiple times for her aggression. I'm very cautious around the large parrots, because the damage they can deal with those beaks is no joke. My snake on the other hand? He doesn't get jealous, fly at people, and bite their necks.
@whimsysmith2835
@whimsysmith2835 7 ай бұрын
Parrots are really scary! Growing up, one of my friends had a pet store, and I got to hold all manner of crazy pets from boa constrictors to tarantulas, bearded dragons to ferrets. All the animals I handled, only the parrot caused injury- it took a big chunk out of my hand with its beak.
@hegemonycricket2182
@hegemonycricket2182 7 ай бұрын
No doubt. They can be tempermental and can hurt you with their powerful bite.
@TaraAndFriends
@TaraAndFriends 7 ай бұрын
If you train it right, they're amazing. The problem is that most people aren't dedicated trainers with enough time or knowledge on their own to do it. Then there are some parrots who are utterly insane and terrifying- these are Amazons, cockatoos, and scarlet macaws. I would own a blue and gold or a green wing or a hybrid macaw, and I would own basically any other parrot. Budgie, cockatiel, conure, eclectus, african gray, galah, ringneck, alexandrine, pionus, Senegal, etc. I would own any of those. And many other species. If a hyacinth macaw was dropped into my lap, even for a price that is not $18,000+, I might get one. Honestly my favourite parrots are blue and gold macaws, camelot macaws, catalina macaws, ruby macaws, and blue throat macaws. Oddly, my next favourite parrots are... Budgies. Yup, budgies! I love them!!
@murphychurch8251
@murphychurch8251 6 ай бұрын
Yup. And once you know how surprisingly painful the bite of a tiny budgie/parakeet beak can be already, you just shudder to think about the level of injury an African Grey or Macaw can give you. This beak shape means business.
@spitfire2361
@spitfire2361 2 ай бұрын
Pigeons will eventually get that group mentality to become a jjk jump squad roided out after having the worst hangover.
@_Wiseguy7
@_Wiseguy7 6 ай бұрын
That short clip at the end of the pigeon dancing to the music was the most adorable thing I've seen in a while. Fun fact: During WW2, the US Navy experimented with training pigeons to recognise enemy warships and using them as guidance systems for their bombs. The system actually worked so well that early guided bomb technology were based on this system, just without the pigeons. The reason pigeon guided bombs were never used was because nobody else took it seriously.
@Velkhana22
@Velkhana22 7 ай бұрын
I instantly teared up the literal second I saw the picture of Cher Ami. I didn't realize I would recognize a picture of a pigeon, but I recognized him immediately. One day, I hope to go to the Smithsonian, and I'm gonna cry just being near him.
@Topdoggie7
@Topdoggie7 7 ай бұрын
He gave it all for us.
@BarkerVancity
@BarkerVancity 7 ай бұрын
hw survived you know@@Topdoggie7
@leirumf5476
@leirumf5476 7 ай бұрын
Lesser known fact about pigeons, they are incredibly affectionate. I once found a 5 days old one in the street and picked it up to care for it, as soon as it could fly it decided to do the cuddles with me and no barrier could stop it.
@gildedmothroot
@gildedmothroot 6 ай бұрын
ive always absolutely adored pigeons, theyre so cute and a lil chubby!! where i grew up, we primarily had mourning doves, but being smol and the english language not making any sense, i called them good morning doves and since my early childhood ive always associated them with peace and comfort. i love them lil dudes :D
@InkyWinkDink
@InkyWinkDink 4 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Bromine was found in 1826, and since pigeons “first touched amercian soil” in early 1600.. bromine was found around 2 CENTURIES after pigeons started appearing in amercia.
@tranquilthoughts7233
@tranquilthoughts7233 7 ай бұрын
You forgot one really cool thing that only pigeons can do. Normally birds have to drink by taking some water into their beak and then raise their head up so that the water flows down their gullet. But pigeons have small hole at the tip of their beak that allows them to use their beak like a straw. No other bird can do that.
@uesugigenki6078
@uesugigenki6078 7 ай бұрын
Thats so cool
@TheGreatThicc
@TheGreatThicc 7 ай бұрын
Cher Ami's story is actually a bit better than what he says. Cher Ami wasn't released just because they had no food/water/ammo, but also because the soldiers were trapped in a zone being shelled by US artillery batteries. His ears were getting violated and organs getting vibrated by bombardment and even with multiple gunshot wounds delivered the message that stopped the bombardment and got them rescued. For you Sabaton fans out there Cher Ami had saved The Lost Battallion.
@Corleone1891
@Corleone1891 Ай бұрын
Good Lord, your narrative delivery is amazing. You just gained a new fan.
@sorrel_leaf_vespers
@sorrel_leaf_vespers 3 ай бұрын
Pigeons are awesome birds. Their navigation skills, their memory, everything. I really want to own one someday, if I can. They're sweeties.
@berserkhunter1981
@berserkhunter1981 7 ай бұрын
A bit more context with Cher Ami. The battalion wasn't just getting attacked by the enemies, they were also getting attacked by their allies as well. So they were sandwiched between 2 lines of fire, and it took 3 pigeons, Cher Ami being the third pigeon, that was sent out for the battalion to get rescued
@mofushi3163
@mofushi3163 7 ай бұрын
Mike Tyson has had pigeons for pets since he was a kid. As a matter of fact, the first fight he ever got in was over a pigeon. One of the kids in the neighborhood saw him carrying it around, and asked to see it. Young Mike Tyson showed him the pigeon, and the kid ripped its head off. He still keeps them as pets to this day.
@mndiaye_97
@mndiaye_97 7 ай бұрын
Pigeons possibly being directly responsible for one of the most iconic boxers and athletes ever might be my favorite random fact lol
@kspoo10_
@kspoo10_ 7 ай бұрын
Jesus christ... what sort of kid fucking *does* that...
@derangedlazyartist
@derangedlazyartist 7 ай бұрын
⁠@@mndiaye_97 He races em too apparently.
@chuck9693
@chuck9693 7 ай бұрын
That kid had it coming to him. Don’t kill animals for fun.
@ZhanTodorov
@ZhanTodorov 7 ай бұрын
That’s actually a pretty cool origin story.
@jaylivingstone6340
@jaylivingstone6340 3 ай бұрын
I live in New Zealand and the kereru is my fave bird the sound its wings make as it lands in a tree drunk or otherwise is beautiful
@thecontentcreator2513
@thecontentcreator2513 Ай бұрын
12:37 I've seen baby Pigeons before. Their dad was super productive. Once pair flew into our house on accident and landed on our selves and then flew back out. Honestly they are beautiful & I have always loved them ♥ Even though I already know a lot about birds (including Pigeons) I still live watch videos like these . Not only because it makes me happy but can re touch up my knowledge about them. Especially if it's been a while since I have researched that particular topic or a particular Fauna or whatever I have researched in the past. Because who knows when you will be researching something again after a while 😉 12:49 I've heard that story before 😊It's both sad yet beautiful 😊 13:37 Also an other beautiful story 😊 13:50 An other absolutely beautiful story 😊
@aeronlangheim3462
@aeronlangheim3462 7 ай бұрын
Finally, someone is talking about this. It always makes me sad how we just threw pigeons away. They deserve better.
@MissCellanious1
@MissCellanious1 7 ай бұрын
Yall
@krishadyn5211
@krishadyn5211 7 ай бұрын
Its called rewilding. Not every animal needs human captivity.
@R0CKYROARS
@R0CKYROARS 7 ай бұрын
@@krishadyn5211tbf maybe if humans stopped fucking around with animals and fucking them up we wouldn’t need to rewild them in the first place.
@Persona6Blue
@Persona6Blue 7 ай бұрын
​@@krishadyn5211Incorrect. The indomitable human race shall conquer all animals and we will pet every single one.
@eldritchcupcakes3195
@eldritchcupcakes3195 7 ай бұрын
⁠@@krishadyn5211dude it isn’t captivity. It’s like if we all decided we hated golden retrievers and threw them out, let their coats get matted and nails overgrown, and then made fun of them for it. Would you call it “captivity” then? Knowing they rely on us?
@ari4340
@ari4340 7 ай бұрын
I have a ''pet pigeon'', I rescued her when she was a little chick that fell from the nest in the middle of the city. When she had grow enough I set her free, but she never wanted to leave! She's pure love, she loves napping on my lap and asking for attention, and yes, she surprises me every day with how intelligent she actually is. She also loves my mother and she is capable of identifying her voice through the phone, she always comes flying from the other side of the house when she hears her!! They're incredible 🥰
@sophieprime4669
@sophieprime4669 7 ай бұрын
Me and my gf have one and she is the sweetest flying thing in the world He pecks my partner when she doesnt give him scritches, but i cant blame her.
@graynoita
@graynoita 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for rescuing the baby, last year I found a hatchling whose parents had apparently chosen an unfortunate spot for a nest. Unsure if the baby had just started hatching or was about to but wound up on the ground still mostly in its shell, no longer alive. My heart still hurts for the poor thing but it’s always soothing to hear not all of these stories end that way
@bluesteno64
@bluesteno64 7 ай бұрын
What’s her name? She sounds like such a loving pet
@ari4340
@ari4340 7 ай бұрын
@@bluesteno64 her name is Marie Curie, we call her Marie or Curicuri 🤭💖
@memedude8303
@memedude8303 7 ай бұрын
damn you must be doing well in life
@harekix
@harekix 6 ай бұрын
I love this :) I had pigeons up until a week ago, when I was unfortunately diagnosed with bird fancier’s lung. I am making a quick comeback after rehoming, distancing myself, and taking medications, but it’s a heartbreaking time for me. It’s really wild, they say it takes years of exposure and lots of birds to cause it, but it seems to be more of a bad luck thing as I only had two birds.
@greydevorator49
@greydevorator49 3 ай бұрын
Awe! This was a lovely video, thank you for posting it.
@Ralph-ny1ey
@Ralph-ny1ey 7 ай бұрын
Fun fact. Carrier pigeons were used in WW1 to deliver messages into enemy territory. They were so effective that germans trained peregrine falcons to intercept them. Soilders would shoot at them on sight, sometimes taken prisoner if caught. A very short life expectancy but some flew so many missions that they would retire them with medals. They literally played a major part in battle and who knows if they were never used. Edit: I typed this before I watched the whole vid where the uploader later states all this info.
@tiredanddepressed
@tiredanddepressed 7 ай бұрын
The crazy part is the effectiveness of a peregrine falcon was 35%!!!! Yes that's alot but considering the falcon should literally dominate. They were still fast enough and agile enough to make maneuvers the falcons couldn't.
@charityquill4965
@charityquill4965 7 ай бұрын
​@@tiredanddepressed wow I didn't know that. I remember watching this kid movie called Valiant, about the carrier pigeons of the war and there were these nazi falcons that I just assumed were there because they had to have animal bad guys, and falcons were a natural predator. The more you know!
@Ralph-ny1ey
@Ralph-ny1ey 6 ай бұрын
@@tiredanddepressed The falcon is built for them, but the pigeon has one defense move where it dive bombs right before its snatched. It's a one shot maneuver, obviously. There was one pidgeon that flew so many missions, they had to retire her to let her live out her life. She came back ruffled up and scratched up, but always came back. Amazing birds.
@FlamingVaIIey
@FlamingVaIIey 6 ай бұрын
There's an animated movie about carrier pigeons named Valiant, don't know how well it's aged since last I watched it but I remember it being a pretty solid movie.
@tjallingdalheuvel126
@tjallingdalheuvel126 6 ай бұрын
Incorrect. Falcon does the dive bomb in the pigeons blind spots. The pigeons dodges it, using its overpowered breast muscles and manouvrebility.
@Sarixis
@Sarixis 7 ай бұрын
Maybe I'm a weirdo, but I've always found pigeons cute. Much like rats, they also have been observed to clean themselves a lot and enjoy baths. Their ability to find the way home despite being in the dark and put in random places in tests is actually insane.
@littlerat760
@littlerat760 7 ай бұрын
i think they're cute to, definitely one of my favorite animals
@nckojita
@nckojita 7 ай бұрын
they make lots of cute lil noises, a lot like cats. the cooing when you pet them really gets me lol
@HopeIsADrug11037
@HopeIsADrug11037 7 ай бұрын
no cuz they're absolutely adorable how do people hate them 🙁
@Sarixis
@Sarixis 7 ай бұрын
@@nckojita I love watching videos of them acting like feathered cats and being cute lil goobers.
@kaiocrap6965
@kaiocrap6965 6 ай бұрын
8:20 Doo Doo Dust is crazy 😂
@merrylderrickson3147
@merrylderrickson3147 2 ай бұрын
bro your ability to produce fresh and interesting and hilarious content in this space is unmatched
@TimSlee1
@TimSlee1 7 ай бұрын
4:13 A Pigeon nest so minimalistic that it looks like modern art 💀
@AngelBirdo
@AngelBirdo 7 ай бұрын
As a bird lover I am fucking devastated, honestly
@therecombinant6215
@therecombinant6215 7 ай бұрын
Much like the asteroid that wiped out the Dino’s
@SillyTransmasc_Duck
@SillyTransmasc_Duck 7 ай бұрын
same
@MeadowsMiniFarm
@MeadowsMiniFarm 7 ай бұрын
Same here 😂😢
@Archo_Studios
@Archo_Studios 7 ай бұрын
I too am devasted by this news as an avian archosaur appreciator.
@jtjames79
@jtjames79 7 ай бұрын
I read a study where pigeons could look at a circuit diagram and prefer the ones that worked, from the ones that didn't. 🤯
@iainengland8058
@iainengland8058 3 ай бұрын
Bro how I been sleeping on this channel, straight gold
@coni2267
@coni2267 6 ай бұрын
i always loved pigeons, when i found out there's so much of them in the city i live and that we abandoned them i cried more than once they're beautiful in every sense of the word
@jenniferroach4153
@jenniferroach4153 7 ай бұрын
My sister rescued a pigeon with a broken leg. He made my sister his girlfriend. Funniest thing I’ve ever witnessed. She took him to a bird specialist/ vet and they told her she could drop him in Alaska and he would fly back to her in Texas. She was stuck with him. I still laugh about it.
@coffee_2234
@coffee_2234 7 ай бұрын
Tbh that vet isn't lying because some pigeon has a build in compass inside of them that can help them navigate thanks to earth magnetic field
@abyssstrider2547
@abyssstrider2547 7 ай бұрын
​@@coffee_2234They have a GPS system in their brain lol.
@opheliamunroe1110
@opheliamunroe1110 2 ай бұрын
Yeah that's not necessarily because it was attracted to her BUT that is actually pretty common in captive raised pigeons. But they generally will only view people as competition or a potential partner if they were hand reared by people without any other pigeons to bond with. A lot of people who keep pigeons now recommend that you have at least two so they don't get aggressive and horny when they get older. Which. I mean an aggressive pigeon isn't really a big deal or even dangerous but it lowers their stress levels. So she either rescued it quite young or it just bonded with her normally. Like the people above have said, most pigeons have honest to God GPS. That's how we used them to race and to carry messages. You raise them at home and as long as they consider your home their home.. . they're coming back. In fact that's basically how some people in the city get pigeons to their coops. They just ..scoop them off the street and start taking care of them. And because pigeons are very much still a domestic species it's not that hard to get them to stick around. They're very intelligent and affectionate birds and can be kept indoors like parrots too.
@ozzypawsborneprinceofbarkness
@ozzypawsborneprinceofbarkness 7 ай бұрын
My grandpa raised Birmingham Rollers since he was a child. He helped me build my own coop and gave me some breeding pairs. I kept a full genealogy and cared for those birds every day. My grandpa died a couple years later and I remember going out to the coop and crying for hours. I was so glad that I had that time with him and my pigeons to remember him by.
@cheryl3895
@cheryl3895 7 ай бұрын
Those are so cool!
@audreymuzingo933
@audreymuzingo933 7 ай бұрын
What became of the birds he had when he died?
@ozzypawsborneprinceofbarkness
@ozzypawsborneprinceofbarkness 7 ай бұрын
@@audreymuzingo933 by the time he had died he was living in an apartment and had already given me and a friend his birds.
@audreymuzingo933
@audreymuzingo933 7 ай бұрын
@@ozzypawsborneprinceofbarkness Thank you. And sorry if I was nosy, I just couldnt' imagine a whole flock of birds not having anyone to care for them after he did so well for them.
@khallsgotit
@khallsgotit 6 ай бұрын
I love this channel fam!!!! 😂 this man just keep on keeping on lol
@k4zj
@k4zj 2 ай бұрын
I remember when I was 7 years old I went to a park full of signs about poison for pigeons. I was so mad I took all of them down
@maggie6152
@maggie6152 7 ай бұрын
Every time I go to the state fair where I am, I am shocked at the horrifying abominations pidgeon breeders have created. I don't think any other animal has been this gruesomely twisted by us--not even dogs.
@The-22nd-koi-the-color-of-blue
@The-22nd-koi-the-color-of-blue 7 ай бұрын
Goldfish
@aiden6612
@aiden6612 7 ай бұрын
Also came here to say goldfish, and in very similar ways
@ashiningsoul449
@ashiningsoul449 7 ай бұрын
Have you heard of Bubble Eye Goldfish.
@Asylar343
@Asylar343 7 ай бұрын
I'm not so sure. The pit bull family as a whole is a genetic mess, not only mentally, but physically. Higher frequency of allergies, mouth breathers because their block skulls limit how much they can get through their nostrils. Then you have the weirder ones, like the dachshund that literally looks like someone stitched a pit bulls head on it, or the pocket/toad bullies, that can barely walk, have short lifespans and literally cannot mate or give birth most of the time without human intervention. The whole idea behind pocket/toy breeds in general is crazy. Shrink a breed until it has countless physical and mental issues from having to stuff everything in a tiny "cute" package. To be honest I will never understand the appeal some people have for breeding inbred mutants and making a fortune off them. But the relationship between wealth and inbreeding sure helps explain the Habsburgs
@electricfishfan7159
@electricfishfan7159 7 ай бұрын
Hamsters apparently have their eyes fall out too, dunno for sure if that’s our fault but I’m gonna guess so.
@veppart3462
@veppart3462 7 ай бұрын
As someone with a pet pigeon, I’m so glad you made this! They make phenomenal pets, and they really have the worst wrongful reputation!
@Cx10110100
@Cx10110100 7 ай бұрын
More like phenomenal alarm clock
@chouleo
@chouleo 7 ай бұрын
But dont they poop everywhere in the house? Or can you train them to poop in the toilet sand like a cat?
@ArtisticlyAlexis
@ArtisticlyAlexis 7 ай бұрын
@@chouleo They can, but it's super easy to follow them around and wipe it away when they poop. Or you can buy special diapers for them to wear that catch the poop. They're really cute; look like little overalls.
@helenanilsson5666
@helenanilsson5666 7 ай бұрын
Damn. I just blanket assumed that they'd be the obligate outdoors kind of pets.
@officecallscartoons
@officecallscartoons 2 ай бұрын
"Bum doves." 🤣 Awesome description. 👍
@ludmiladiasandrade8281
@ludmiladiasandrade8281 24 күн бұрын
THANK YOU! Pigeons are so misunderstood and underappreciated. They deserve better
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