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Domestication of
pigeons led to
significant use of
homing pigeons for communication,
including war
pigeons, such as the 32
pigeons who were
awarded the...
- distances.
Because of this skill,
homing pigeons were used to
carry messages, a
practice referred to as "
pigeon post".
Until the
introduction of telephones...
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genus Columba is the hill
pigeon,
followed by the
other rock
pigeons: the snow, speckled, and white-collared
pigeons.
Pigeon chicks are
called "squabs"...
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homing pigeons, owl
pigeons, and
those with
exaggerated wattles. Over the
millennia of
human interaction with
pigeons, a
multitude of
pigeon breeds have...
- p****enger
pigeons bought from
Whittaker beginning in 1896. He had an
interest in
studying pigeons, and kept his p****enger
pigeons with
other pigeon species...
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Feral pigeons (Columba
livia domestica or
Columba livia forma urbana), also
called city doves, city
pigeons, or
street pigeons, are
descendants of domestic...
- messengers.
Carrier pigeons of the
Racing Homer breed were used to
carry messages in
World War I and
World War II, and 32 such
pigeons were
presented with...
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Pigeon racing is the
sport of
releasing specially trained homing pigeons,
which then
return to
their homes over a
carefully measured distance. The time...
- Columbidae, respectively.
Columba species are
mostly termed "
pigeons", and in many
cases "wood
pigeons", but some (including the type
species of the genus),...
- "No
Pigeons" by the
Sporty Thievz featuring Mr. Wood$, the song
discusses the
dilemma that "No Scrubs"
alluded to, but
referring to
women as "
pigeons" instead...
