I found a half-dead baby pigeon 3 months ago that now rules my household. I've never met such a loving creature in my life. She can't be released since I handled her too much and is basically glued to me 24/7, but she's full of personality and very smart.
"She" turned out to be a "he". So he spent around 2 months watching this brown girl pigeon coming to our window and one day (recently) he decided to open the screen and go after her. He's still here, but they have a nest, and he comes daily to eat and drink water with her, so now I have two in love pigeons
I personally feel like pigeons are really cool-looking. The purple and blue shiny bits, the colorful eyes, the rings and splashes, are just so beautiful and artistic
Ok but most of them DO NOT LOOK LIKE THAT...80% look haggard and busted and not like anything you just described, because the idiot pigeon fans keep feeding them the damn wrong food! The more idiots feed them, the dumber and uglier they become!!! You could choose any other bird; woodpecker, loon, parrot, ostrich, toucan, canary, cardinal, cassowary, and you're trying to argue PIGEONS are the most beautiful? Wtf, get out of here.
@@draum8103 I never said they’re the most beautiful, just that the shiny colors on them are beautiful. Several kinds of birds can be beautiful at the same time.
I’ve loved pigeons for years because on my first day at an old job my boss was berating me for being inexperienced, and a pigeon flew in an open window and pooped on his head right in front of me.
Pigeons are very intelligent and self aware. They recognize themselves in mirrors, learn tricks easily, solve puzzles, and use magnetic fields to navigate.
I have been criticized by other teachers for teaching my secondary students about city ecosystems and putting the pigeon in there... The illusion that a human made structure can not be a 'natural' habitat is not very scientific. All of nature has been influenced by animals and plants, humans are just another animal to do such. Making our cities just another ecosystem.
Show your students (and your critics) the work of Capability Brown. Wealthy Britons hired him to surround their mansions with land that looks natural but is as artificial as a shopping mall.
They most definitely are not. While wild rats do tend to live in unsanitary places, that is merely a human caused problem and a human concept. To them, it is just home. The same with pigeons, which I would argue are probably cleanlier than the sewage rats. To add to that, the rodents and birds which we keep as pets are very cleanly and very good company, definitely not disgusting.
@@5parakeetsvlogs80 I agree, they are an infestation eating our waste and occasionally stealing food directly from us. I had a fat lad crash straight into my head trying to steal a pastry I was eating. You ever lived next to the sea?
I work in a parking lot nowhere near water and im stuck with a small army of seagulls for 8 hours every day. i can totally understand why someone would hate them. I still love them however. They're reliable and have honest hearts.
Same. The way to my school had a popular park and my grandfather would often let me stay for a little while after classes before heading to the bus stop
I rescue injured and orphaned birds and pigeons are my favourite birds to get in. They are so sweet and silly and rarely to poorly to die. Satisfaction is guaranteed with those guys. ❤️
Bi Cycle since I posted this comment, I’ve raised four pigeons from newborn and two were unable to be released so they now live in my house as pets and fly free around the place! Dooder and alexis. They are amazing
When I had a fear of going into big cities (thanks, anxiety), seeing a pigeon actually really relaxed me. It was like... one tiny piece of nature in what felt like a concrete box.
I really like pidgeons since I was a kid, as I love animals and pidgeons are the ones closest to me most of the time. A week back I had a magical encounter with a pidgeon that wasn't scared of me at all even. It came back and even dared to go to sleep 2 meter next to me. I gave it some bread and kept company. Haven't seen him back since but I hope he will one day return and hang out a bit with me again.
Pigeons are actually my favorite animal. They play, they have loving and committed families. They express gratitude! They are just desperate and loving creatures... When you feed the pigeons, they will treat you literally as a giant parent pigeon if you feed them by spitting food at them. They will flock to you by the dozens if you do this.
Pigeons and doves are the only birds that could live on the space station. Most birds drink by scooping up water in their beaks and letting it flow down their throats by gravity, something that would not work in space. Pigeons and doves drink by sucking up water and actively swallowing it like we do.
Yes, but the bird and the water in its beak are accelerated by gravity at the same rate, so as long as gravity is the only force acting on them, as would be the case on the space station, they will not move relative to each other and the water will not go down the bird's throat.
I love pigeons, me and my wife call them "piggins" I love how they are polite, they dont make a fuss to get food (like seagulls do) they dont care what anyone thinks of them, and they just carry on with their day with what little they have, often shared with a loved one, like two love doves :)
Fact: Humans domesticated pigeons thousands of years ago. Pigeons now rely on humans to survive. Domesticating these birds means they have lost their own survival skills. Pigeons served in world wars, delivered messages for humans for many years, and were our closest friends for so long. And now so many people hate them for no reason. The truth is that humans abandoned these beautiful birds. It hurts my heart to think about.
For the record: the reason most people have never seen a baby pigeon is because they look exactly like adults by the time they are 30 days old. So, you probably have seen a baby pigeon, you just didn't know that's what you were looking at. I've raised and hand fed pigeons. It is amazing how fast they develop.
@@samarnadra I own pigeons and yeah I get what you mean they do look like adults but babys definitely dont and you can normally still tell if its a young pigeon or not if you look
They are born yellow, but very quickly grow in the feather patterns and colors they'll have as adults. They look more or less like small adult pigeons for most of their childhood.
that is actually a god weapon. Imagine being a soldier, and flocks of pigeons come towards you. You can't shoot all of them down. Imagine being at concert and a pigeon comes and blows the whole stage. There won't be even proof left. Hol up I gotta go man.
@@Zanthia-06 Yup me too, I got the pigeons by chance because they were tame racing pigeons who landed in my garden at the pond, after having just crossed the English Channel exhausted (different year for each pigeon). Obviously live near the cliffs. I went and hand fed them and each time they decided to stay as a pet and I would pet them and hand feed them every day. I have one rat 🐀 still alive in the next room, poor little thing has been alone for a while because the other’s didn’t have such good genes (probably the breeder was in-breeding). His health isn’t good anymore but he would always enjoy sitting on my chest and looking into my eyes and then closing his eyes with pleasure as I massaged his face, head, and behind his ears.
City/sewer rats transmit diseases. They are loathed for good reason. I know rats are smart and social but pet rats are basically a different species. Pigeons are dirty and often miss a toe or an entire foot. They often have dirty feathers so they don't seem to care too much about taking a bath. So yeah flying rats seems to be a fitting lable for these birds.
@@moladiver6817 not really they are very clean if u watch them for even a short amount of time u will see they constantly groom . they lose limbs cause of the traps we put down or other predators and you can catch more diseases of other humans s.t.d Covid even common colds that are easily transmitted through something as simple as touch unlike pigeon diseases which I can only think of two harmful ones and even then it’s transmitted by poo
@@moladiver6817 You're another misinformed fella... pigeons preen and bathe as much as any other bird would. And they lose feet/toes due to something known as stringfoot. Pretty self-explanitory, but materials such as string, human hair, dental floss, etc. get stuck and constrict their feet.
Had a pet pidgeon I usually woke up at a certian time to go to school When ever i decided to sleep more he would just go COO COO COO COO COO COO in my ear Woke me right up and when i came back he would just dance on me it was so adorable. Loved stealing my garlic bread too so i called him garli
Pigeons and Silver Gulls (seagulls) are two common birds that people don't seem to appreciate how successful they are at living and thriving around human habitation.
The Silver Gull is the species in the Genus Chroicocephalus that we call seagulls here in Australia. Seagull seems to be a catch all term used for many different species of gulls.
We have random seagulls all over the place where I live, because it's on their migration route I think. I saw one perching majestically on top of a light-pole at the supermarket just the other day, so I totally get what you're talking about with them living around humans. :)
I work in a place that gets a lot of pigeons. Honestly I love watching them wander around picking up nest material and hearing them coo all day. I've also heard they're one of the few animals that can actualy recognize themselves in a mirror
@@nightuniverse8314 Unfortunately white doves often have health issues, so they shouldn't be bred anymore... Many have a disturbed sense of orientation and get lost and then die😖
@Urban Student Prepper no I live in signapore and we eat in these ‘kopi tiams’ Which means coffee shop even doe it has other food and drinks lol go check what it looks like ‘Double yur search’
I love pigeons honestly. Recently i've noticed that pigeons all have different personalities. It's really incredible. It's more than just "some are scared and some aren't". You can see them think and change their mind among weird personality quirks. Physically they're also very different. From how screwed up their feet are, to how well kept their feathers are (of how unbelievably disheveled), how many toes they're missing, list goes on! Also, they're just beautiful. Even the common pigeon that's in every city, the green/purple around their necks is stunning. When they're in the sunlight they shine like jewels.
@@ggmoyang lm from new York the reason we hate them is because if you sit on a park bench try to eat those s.o.b fly up and sit their and stare at you then shoo them away they fly and come right back.
One hundred thousand pegion serve during ww1 yet people still called this bird a sky rats. Come on, Cher Ami saved 200 lives just to deliver her message while lost a eye and her right leg. People still didn't appreciate this bird.
Back then they didn't think of them like that, pigeons (I prefer feral rock dove or city dove, more accurate, biologically all pigeons are doves, not all doves are pigeons...) were loved ever since we domesticated them in neolithic times (yep we've been buds with them for that long) until surprisingly recently. Pigeon hate didn't really begin until the 1930's and only really started big in the 60's. The flying rat term comes from a song and later a movie. A lot of the commonly regurgitated bullshit about pigeons (like them spreading disease) can be traced to, I think it was a park owner, or an urban architect and a deliberate effort to change the public opinion on pigeons so they could, you know, start to get rid of them. Loved/appreciated for thousands of years, suddenly hated within a few decades, because human be fickle like that. The generic overarching reason is, we started living more and more in dense cities. The way buildings evolved makes living with humans even more appealing to pigeons aside from our already standing mutually beneficial relationship, they all stem from rock doves, they nest on rocky cliffs.. What's a tall concrete building from their perspective? And we build those cliffs in close proximity of each other and litter the ground with food. We built the perfect pigeon home. Things like the fact pigeons poop everywhere they perch (they can't when they fly, so whenever a poop hits you from mid air, it wasn't a pigeon .) became more obvious, add marketing, bullshit claims, presto.. (obviously oversimplified but I don't want to write a thesis lol. ) We used to appreciate them a lot. That's why they are still used as symbols of love and peace. "White doves" are actually a white breed of pigeon not a different species of dove... (PS don't release white doves on weddings, most of them will die, they are tame and have no clue what to do after release and have 0 survival skills. Might as well sacrificially kill them on the altar, it's quicker, less cruel...) Pigeons are amazing, intelligent, emotional, make great pets. My carrier pigeon thinks I'm her mate lol. (She was a rescued feral squab, damaged legs and malformed foot. Gave her a forever home and boy I so do not regret it. I love her to bits.) ua-cam.com/video/GgVJipl68ic/v-deo.html Lol sorry wall o text..
This is like saying you should respect the douchebag who lives across the street who is inconsiderate to all of his neighbors because his grandpa stormed Omaha Beach.
Pigeons saved many lives during the two world wars carring vita msgs many were shot down by the germans crossing enemy lines some of the pigeons flying very long distances recieved the highest milatary honors
I rescue and rehabilitate pigeons. I have always loved them. I used to have a lovely mascot called Olive. She attended events, has met the mayor and even had her own Instagram. She was very intelligent. She passed in March, but she left behind an egg. That hatched and now there's Olive Junior.
Similiar, the difference being that i live in a small village and i own pigeons :D They are cute af, the only minus is they will never let anyone pet them
As a birdwatcher focusing on behaviors, I love the pigeon because they're so prevalent. My focus on urban pigeons focuses on foot damage, as many entrapments,by design or accidental, I have seen 20% or more in a feeding group have anything from a missing toe,to a non-existent foot. My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message and pigeons are all around some of the best flyers in the bird kingdom.
I’ve noticed this anecdotally too. When we recently visited Venice the pigeons in Venice proper wear what I’m used to in Philadelphia: lots of missing toes and sometimes whole feet. Occasionally you’d see one with a bit of plastic or string wrapped around their foot. In Murano, the pigeons were much healthier looking and were mostly intact. They were also all doing a lot of mating dances compared to the Venice pigeons just a short distance away.
I found a baby pigeon in a river... it felt from the nest. I forced feed him for a few days, then he started to eat by itself. The first day I brought my pigeon, now looking like an adult, outside and allowed it to fly... I was hoping it would explore a little then come back to land on my shoulder. The pigeon made a large circle then decided to land on the roof of a commercial building. I climbed the firefighter escape ladder, approached slowly and he just stayed there, allowing me to bring him back home. I presume he got scared from his first flight and ould not decide neither to fly back toward me, neither to fly away when I came back. It is very hard to guess the emotional state of birds. They don't express their emotion as clearly as mammals do. Guessing the mood of tyranosaur was probably as hard. What, you want to eat me? Bad dinosaur!
birds that live in the city seem to be used to humans, a bird (idk its name) with sharp lookin long wings with blue outlines flew into my house, it kept clinging on to the curtains, when i reached in to grab it, it simply stared at me and just let me grab it as if it knew i was gonna help it get out, even tho i grabbed it awkwardly on my first try which it didnt like so it chirped and flapped its wings so i would release it and get a better and more comfortable grip on the bird to release it outside
Get a parrot. You'll be interacting with him, and you'll learn how to recognize a lot of his behavior so you'll understand how he's feeling. You might even get him to talk to you.
even better than a parrot, get a pigeon! they're a domesticated species already, better suited to confinement than (still wild) parrots, easily trained, and don't have behaviourally-detrimental hormonal cycles!
Our relationship with pigeons goes back more than 4 thousand years, the film " Our Oldest Feathered Friend " explains this relationship very well, and should be required showing in all schools.
I live in apartments. I have watched 15 (or 17, I'm losing count) pigeons grow up and take off. They really do squeeze into the darkest and quietest places.
Back in the 90s I split an apartment with a coworker and he found a pigeon dying by the sewer. We took care of it for a few weeks and he got better. He had a copper band on his leg and was told he was a racer. I don't know about that, but I used to walk around the neighborhood with him on my shoulder when I was drinking beer. My roommate wanted to get rid of him and dropped him off a few places like the park where he was found. He managed to find his way home every time and just stayed for hours on the back porch. I kept letting him back in but he did eventually leave and I never saw him again. It was a cool experience to have my little friend for a while. I wished I could have kept him.
Everyone hates pigeons? WTF? In from a 3rd world country and we live them. They are so cute and yes they are intelligent. I have raised some at home and I love them.
Roman Popyk all pigeons are still the same type of pigeons...all pigeons have extraordinary navigation abilities. “Homing” pigeons are just faster than their feral counter part. City pigeons are the way they are because we made them that way.
Pigeons are my favourite. Spent most of today keeping an eye on a fledgling perched on my balcony. He was there for a good 8 hours but has just flown off. Probably his first flight. Makes me so happy!
I adore them, weve just had our third beautiful grey ringnecked pigeons come to feed - after only one a year ago, so happy as they're a rare sight in our thorn tree covered surroundings . Love them
They don't explicitly remember their movements but it has been proven that they have certain magnetic receptors in their heads that make it easy for them to find their position in the world. I read something about an experiment where they tied a magnet to a poor pigeon's head and the pigeon couldn't find its way back because the magnet was messing with its internal compass.
In my city pigeons are quite different from their European counterparts. The noise they make is a mix of a crow and a seagull and they almost never come to the ground, hang out on trees all the time (probably 'cause of many cats). A tiny part of pigeon's evolution?
Pigeons actually have flat feet unlike most other birds. They actually prefer foraging on the ground because that’s what is most comfortable for them! That’s also why they prefer cities, their flat feet are meant for nesting on cliffs and sky scrapers are a great way to mimic that! It also takes a lot of energy for them to fly.
@Ziba Nejad but the pigeons are smarte then those other birds my friend had pigeon and he sold it out about 10 times to diffrent people but he came home 10 times
If you live in a city, go out and find a flock of pigeons, and just watch them. They do a lot more than you might expect. Just don't feed them; It attracts actual rats too.
When I moved into my current home, I started dumping my spent brewing grains across the lawn for mulch. The neighborhood pigeons immediately spotted them and started munching. It took them several months to figure out that all the nutrition had already been removed (burp). Good eyesight, but I question their IQ.
I had 14 pigeons i feed, They’ve gotten so used to me they sit in my Windows and will come inside on my windowsill. HOWEVER a few days ago, I’m feeding the birds, and so quickly a hawk came down and grabbed one so fast. I just couldn’t believe it. It made me so sad still does. Edit I feel guilty. I feed them, did i put them at risk.
@Saad Iftikhar Actually, Húginn is the name of a famous raven, not a swine. But ravens are notoriously bad spellers too, or perhaps it’s on purpose to show disdain for what it considers a lesser bird species.
I love pigeons! A while back, two pigeons went on our balcony and made a nest. By the time we realised, they had already lain eggs, so we let them stay there. Even after the egg didn't hatch, they kept returning! We even got pigeon feed at some point to feed them. After a lot of attempts, they successfully hatched an egg, and we named the baby "Waffles". Waffles grew up, and the couple kept trying and trying, until they hatched another, egg, and we named that new baby "Cheese"! They're both grown up now and all of the pigeons still come back(a few new ones have also arrived too). Pigeons are wonderful animals, and are so different from the "rats with wings" label people put on them. They're an underrated animal and deserve much more love
NO ONE HATES PIGEONS!! THEY'RE SOFT AND ROUND AND EAT BREAD AND THAT'S BEAUTIFUL Also our neighbors had fancy pigeons and I loved them because they pooped on annoying people
If I want to feel like a benevolent God, I just take my breadcrumbs at the park and the pigeons will jump on me to feed. What else can make me feel like that?
@@somegirl4063 Is a selfless act of helping other living creatures a sign of boredom in your mind? Are YOU really that bored to write a negative discouraging comment directed at a person who selflessly cares for other living creatures?
Pigeon fun fact, one of my favorites: the most expensive bird in the world is a racing pigeon, the highest priced racing pigeon was recorded to sell for 1.9 million dollars. They look IDENTICAL to rock doves, they just fly really fast basically. They’re entered into races over six hundred miles long, and only about ten percent of the birds are ever seen again. Also, go look up colorful pigeons and doves, they’re amazing!! Two of my favorites are pink-necked green pigeons and crested pigeons, but even the rock doves you see in the city can be just as stunning with their colorful necks and lovely mottled feathers.
They don’t just look identical, they are Rock doves. Sadly, racers are cruel and cull racing pigeons that don’t fly fast enough. It’s a cruel “sport.” Fun fact, white doves are just rock doves with white feathers. And yet, people don’t hate on them and are quite shocked to realise they’re the same species
How can anyone hate pigeons, they are so friendly and intelligent... Once I helped one with a problem in his leg and he visited me all days for almost a year
I used to, I liked them for like 9 years. A pair of pigeons nested by the front door of my house. They’re so fascinating and docile. They like people and I think they’re like dogs with wings.
I once saw a rock dove in Portland sitting beside some leftover Chinese food. At first I thought it was dead, but then it blinked; it was stuffed and couldn't move.
I once rescued a baby pigeon in my garden. I was so confused. I had no idea what it was. But because I saw a wood pigeon near it I googled "baby pigeon" and saw that that was definitely what I had rescued. I took it to a pigeon sanctuary where it was treated properly (it was severely wounded). I saw all the updates as it grew up and was then released into the wild.
"yeah yeah, pigeons are cute, when you give them bread they are all cool and you pet them, and then a month later suddenly your nose fells of" I don't know, I just heard that from some commedy movie
Just goes to show you that you can't judge a book by it's cover. One time at my job a coworker found a carrier pidgeon that somehow flew into the maintence closet in the back of the shoppe through a hole in the roof. When my coworker found the band around it's ankle he sae a phone number engraved on it. So he called the number and the owner of the carrier pidgeon said he lives in a town over 50 miles away! I wasn't employeed there during that time, but when he told me this story I was impressed. Also, pidgeons will remember you if they see you often. When I take the train home at Night after work there is a pidgeon I named Mama Rock Dove (who you can see in a video on my channel). She had made a nest in the stairwell in the corner of one of the steps. I was worried that some drunks or homeless people would hurt her, or that some commuters would step on her or kick her if they didn't see her. So when I would wait for my train I'd sit next to her, pick her up, and cuddle with her. She didn't like it, but my whole point was to encourage her to find a safer place to nest and lay her eggs. Unfortunately her nest had been destroyed, her eggs smashed, and she flew away. However she is still there, because Mama Rock Dove recognises me! She usually perches on a platform underneath the stairwell at Night. I reach over the railing on the track and call out "Hej Mama Rock Dove!" and she pops her head out from her puffed up body, bobs her head up and down, and watches me! So yeah, Rock Doves/Pidgeons really aren't as dumb as most people believe them to be.
Van Nocturne research actually shows the English pigeons know hundreds of English words correct spelling. Probably by looking at the word around the town or something... I can't learn English like that.
Van Nocturne I think so too, and maybe shop names. But as a foreign learner we used to memorise the vocabularies by repeating "apple, a, p, p, l, e, apple" everyday and yet spell a lot of words wrong.While these birds can learn the spelling by simply looking at them.
I have a pigeon friend, I call him "Gobbler" as he can stuff his head with loads of peanuts, without chewing. He lives in the tree outside my window and he actively watches for me. You gotta love nature.
"Buildings are just cliffs with better architecture."
I want this on a shirt, with a picture of a pigeon.
SAME
Yes please
right when i saw this he said it. i was just looking at comments
Sammeeeeee
PIGEON SHIRT! PIGEON SHIRT!
Human civilization: builds towers to contain the masses.
Pigeons: ooo, pretty cliffs
Also Pigeons: So shiny! T'would be a shame if someone....BLEACHED them eve
You better watch your mouth
Drogone
They are not called 'rock doves' for nothing.
oh no, the pidgeon has acended to our level...
It's free real estate
I found a half-dead baby pigeon 3 months ago that now rules my household. I've never met such a loving creature in my life. She can't be released since I handled her too much and is basically glued to me 24/7, but she's full of personality and very smart.
WOW ...fantastic ..just love it ....
Same here, mine never left and I'm so happy ,he is such a carácter!!
Aww ☺️
bless you for saving her
"She" turned out to be a "he". So he spent around 2 months watching this brown girl pigeon coming to our window and one day (recently) he decided to open the screen and go after her. He's still here, but they have a nest, and he comes daily to eat and drink water with her, so now I have two in love pigeons
I personally feel like pigeons are really cool-looking. The purple and blue shiny bits, the colorful eyes, the rings and splashes, are just so beautiful and artistic
Same My Dad hates them though but I like em
Until you own a house and they start nesting on your roof.
@@ansemcruz1360 Still love
Ok but most of them DO NOT LOOK LIKE THAT...80% look haggard and busted and not like anything you just described, because the idiot pigeon fans keep feeding them the damn wrong food! The more idiots feed them, the dumber and uglier they become!!! You could choose any other bird; woodpecker, loon, parrot, ostrich, toucan, canary, cardinal, cassowary, and you're trying to argue PIGEONS are the most beautiful? Wtf, get out of here.
@@draum8103 I never said they’re the most beautiful, just that the shiny colors on them are beautiful. Several kinds of birds can be beautiful at the same time.
I adopted a pigeon who had neurological damage.
She's adorable and I call her Pidge.
Can i see it -w-
ya ma bro...there are pigeon breeders...also, it’s very hard to keep feral pigeons. You need a lot of space for a feral pigeon.
Ohh same~ my pigeon also has neurological damage ^^
Wow very creative name
Had a chance to name it pidgeot but pidge is also cute
I’ve loved pigeons for years because on my first day at an old job my boss was berating me for being inexperienced, and a pigeon flew in an open window and pooped on his head right in front of me.
Hilarious!!!
I bet he hates pigeons more than I do!
Petty karma jk but that's hilarious
OH MY GOD THAT'S HILARIOUS
@@Aurora666_yt wait why do u hate pigeons?
"A building is just a cliff.... with better architecture"
Loved this line!
Pinomial three rings for the elven-Kings under the sky
Pigeons are very intelligent and self aware. They recognize themselves in mirrors, learn tricks easily, solve puzzles, and use magnetic fields to navigate.
Air gunners don't give af
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I have been criticized by other teachers for teaching my secondary students about city ecosystems and putting the pigeon in there... The illusion that a human made structure can not be a 'natural' habitat is not very scientific. All of nature has been influenced by animals and plants, humans are just another animal to do such. Making our cities just another ecosystem.
+Joel Reid +1 to that
Show your students (and your critics) the work of Capability Brown. Wealthy Britons hired him to surround their mansions with land that looks natural but is as artificial as a shopping mall.
You must be working with total ignoramus hipsters who think that the human race is some sort of an anomaly and not a part of nature....
They most definitely are not. While wild rats do tend to live in unsanitary places, that is merely a human caused problem and a human concept. To them, it is just home. The same with pigeons, which I would argue are probably cleanlier than the sewage rats. To add to that, the rodents and birds which we keep as pets are very cleanly and very good company, definitely not disgusting.
It's kind of like giant predatory beavers descended from prosimians.
"If pigeons were humans, their eyes would be the size of grapefruits."
... ...
So, anime girls, then?
Pigeons are anime girls confirmed?
@@WhittyWhitts "S-Senpai open the door.."
Oh gosh lmao
Catattack957 I’m getting hatoful boyfriend flashbacks lol
Sexist much
I used to dislike pigeons, then I saw seagulls. I adamantly now believe that pigeons are cute
@@5parakeetsvlogs80 I agree, they are an infestation eating our waste and occasionally stealing food directly from us. I had a fat lad crash straight into my head trying to steal a pastry I was eating. You ever lived next to the sea?
Blair Group prepare, they can be crazy sometimes.
Pigeons leave waste on statues and chairs. Seagulls are much worse and can fly whislt doing it, and dive bomb people.
@@5parakeetsvlogs80 say that after seagulls starts living nest to you and they "scream" 24/7 for about 5 months. Veri funni.
I should get a shotgun.
I work in a parking lot nowhere near water and im stuck with a small army of seagulls for 8 hours every day. i can totally understand why someone would hate them. I still love them however. They're reliable and have honest hearts.
i personaly love pigeons.When they walk,that always put a smile on my face.
pigeons.when
haha so i'm not crazy xD
Yeah, they are cute)
Same. The way to my school had a popular park and my grandfather would often let me stay for a little while after classes before heading to the bus stop
@@shahza1bb Glad to see another pigeon around
I was at a cafe and a pigeon just walked in so I fed it my bread then it left, it was a thicc boi....
I like Cheese you shouldn’t feed birds breed. Breed gives them angel wing disease which is fatal in birds...
@@wintershock oh, I'll keep that in mind next time, thanks for telling me. These pigeons were so thicc
I like Cheese you’re welcome. At least you know now.
@@wintershock I hope the pigeon is okay
I like Cheese let’s just hope he managed to stay alive.
Japan : We have a bomb powered by a rocket that is controlled by a human!
USA : hold my pigeon.
XDDDDD
Hahaha it's beautiful xD
@@czernm200 O, cześć, rodaku! :)
Great use of the mem
We are clearly not living in the right timeline
I rescue injured and orphaned birds and pigeons are my favourite birds to get in. They are so sweet and silly and rarely to poorly to die. Satisfaction is guaranteed with those guys. ❤️
Feather Moon aww how sweet, good job
You sound awesome! Keep helping those birds
Bi Cycle since I posted this comment, I’ve raised four pigeons from newborn and two were unable to be released so they now live in my house as pets and fly free around the place! Dooder and alexis. They are amazing
All pigeons are amazing :D
I really hope that you can help more pigeons, you sound like someone I inspire to be.
Bi Cycle aww thankyou. I have a 5 day old pigeon chick at the moment. It’s so cute
Joe:why does everyone hate pigeons?
Me: this is my favorite animal
Im ok with them i like feeding them like squirels
When I had a fear of going into big cities (thanks, anxiety), seeing a pigeon actually really relaxed me. It was like... one tiny piece of nature in what felt like a concrete box.
King Louis!! It’s called they’re trying to run away from you cause you might eat it
Nice profile pic
I really like pidgeons since I was a kid, as I love animals and pidgeons are the ones closest to me most of the time. A week back I had a magical encounter with a pidgeon that wasn't scared of me at all even. It came back and even dared to go to sleep 2 meter next to me. I gave it some bread and kept company. Haven't seen him back since but I hope he will one day return and hang out a bit with me again.
@@damienmichiels4119 Pigeons are *_chill_* and I like them!
In cities they actually come close to me like 1-2 meters!
Why are you scared of living in cities?... I can't really relate cause I was BORN in Dubai but I can't understand how cities make people anxious
I was sitting on some grass in a park kinda alone. A pigeon came up to me and just walked near me. I would watch it.
Yay a friend
I've always loved pigeons. Any bird, granted, but seing some cute pidgeys around, it always cheers me up :3
awakenedCrowlStudios I love all birds,pigeons are my favorite🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊I also love crows ,and parrots too!!
Randy Barnett I love them all too 😊🥰 !!!
Awww. I love you❤❤
Oh i love them too, in a homemade soup. Love any bird really
Didn't know you like pokemons
Pigeons are actually my favorite animal. They play, they have loving and committed families. They express gratitude! They are just desperate and loving creatures... When you feed the pigeons, they will treat you literally as a giant parent pigeon if you feed them by spitting food at them. They will flock to you by the dozens if you do this.
I LOVE pigeons. Because they DON'T WAKE ME UP at 6 in the morning!!
I don't wake you up at 6 in the morning, do you love me?
Well you're welcome to meet me in Paris to figure it out ^^@@stephaniesmith5454
You made me lol
I've made a bird feeder.
Apperantly they do.
And i didn't make it fo pigeons!
the ones that live on my building's windowsills wake me up at 6 a.m.
Pigeons and doves are the only birds that could live on the space station. Most birds drink by scooping up water in their beaks and letting it flow down their throats by gravity, something that would not work in space. Pigeons and doves drink by sucking up water and actively swallowing it like we do.
Haha, I knew that pigeons drink differently from other birds, but I never thought about it that way!
Francois Lacombe isn't there gravity in space?
Yes, but the bird and the water in its beak are accelerated by gravity at the same rate, so as long as gravity is the only force acting on them, as would be the case on the space station, they will not move relative to each other and the water will not go down the bird's throat.
Another weird pigeon fact: some pigeons lactate and "breast"feed their young.
Space Pigeons - DISNEY MAKE THAT FILM PLEASE
I love pigeons, me and my wife call them "piggins" I love how they are polite, they dont make a fuss to get food (like seagulls do) they dont care what anyone thinks of them, and they just carry on with their day with what little they have, often shared with a loved one, like two love doves :)
I call them piggins too, they’re so cute!
They spread diseases
we also call them piggins! I even had one nicknamed Piggin!
"wE'rE pOiSoNiNg PiGeOnS iN tHe PaRk"
Me: *Spits my Sprit out*
lOL SPIRIT
me: doesn't laugh
Fact: Humans domesticated pigeons thousands of years ago. Pigeons now rely on humans to survive. Domesticating these birds means they have lost their own survival skills. Pigeons served in world wars, delivered messages for humans for many years, and were our closest friends for so long. And now so many people hate them for no reason. The truth is that humans abandoned these beautiful birds. It hurts my heart to think about.
Pigeons are sweet. One accompanied me on the bench while waiting for a bus transfer. :)
@@TheBryLife You sick bastard
@@TheBryLife 😂😂😂😂😂😂
ARAM ACTION you horrible person!
@@TheBryLife
Good lord man 😂
@@TheBryLife You got us in the first half, not gonna lie.......
For the record: the reason most people have never seen a baby pigeon is because they look exactly like adults by the time they are 30 days old. So, you probably have seen a baby pigeon, you just didn't know that's what you were looking at.
I've raised and hand fed pigeons. It is amazing how fast they develop.
lol have you ever seen a baby pigeon
@@samarnadra I own pigeons and yeah I get what you mean they do look like adults but babys definitely dont and you can normally still tell if its a young pigeon or not if you look
They are born yellow, but very quickly grow in the feather patterns and colors they'll have as adults. They look more or less like small adult pigeons for most of their childhood.
i always thought sparrows were baby pigeons
What's crazy isn't the fact that some guy built kamikaze pigeon bombs prototypes. What is crazy is that they WORKED.
that is actually a god weapon. Imagine being a soldier, and flocks of pigeons come towards you. You can't shoot all of them down. Imagine being at concert and a pigeon comes and blows the whole stage. There won't be even proof left. Hol up I gotta go man.
As someone who loves pigeons and rats, hearing “feathered rat” used as a pejorative slur is particularly exasperating and depressing.
Bruh I feel that I used to have two rats then I got my pigeons
@@Zanthia-06 Yup me too, I got the pigeons by chance because they were tame racing pigeons who landed in my garden at the pond, after having just crossed the English Channel exhausted (different year for each pigeon). Obviously live near the cliffs. I went and hand fed them and each time they decided to stay as a pet and I would pet them and hand feed them every day.
I have one rat 🐀 still alive in the next room, poor little thing has been alone for a while because the other’s didn’t have such good genes (probably the breeder was in-breeding). His health isn’t good anymore but he would always enjoy sitting on my chest and looking into my eyes and then closing his eyes with pleasure as I massaged his face, head, and behind his ears.
City/sewer rats transmit diseases. They are loathed for good reason. I know rats are smart and social but pet rats are basically a different species. Pigeons are dirty and often miss a toe or an entire foot. They often have dirty feathers so they don't seem to care too much about taking a bath. So yeah flying rats seems to be a fitting lable for these birds.
@@moladiver6817 not really they
are very clean if u watch them for even a short amount of time u will see they constantly groom . they lose limbs cause of the traps we put down or other predators and you can catch more diseases of other humans s.t.d Covid even common colds that are easily transmitted through something as simple as touch unlike pigeon diseases which I can only think of two harmful ones and even then it’s transmitted by poo
@@moladiver6817 You're another misinformed fella... pigeons preen and bathe as much as any other bird would. And they lose feet/toes due to something known as stringfoot. Pretty self-explanitory, but materials such as string, human hair, dental floss, etc. get stuck and constrict their feet.
Had a pet pidgeon
I usually woke up at a certian time to go to school
When ever i decided to sleep more he would just go
COO COO COO COO COO COO in my ear
Woke me right up and when i came back he would just dance on me it was so adorable.
Loved stealing my garlic bread too so i called him garli
I have 2 baby pigeons and I keep them as pets. Will they keep pooping every where in the house? Pls reply.
Man i just got 4 pidgeons hoping to get some tips on training them
I had a pet fly
@@omar_1880
They have specific spots to poo or will poo anywhere, you can train them tho, they're pretty smart
@@stefanosadam5236
Since it was pretty long ago i dont exactly remember but food seems to motivate them
Pigeons and Silver Gulls (seagulls) are two common birds that people don't seem to appreciate how successful they are at living and thriving around human habitation.
Silver Gulls? I have never heard seagulls called that before...
The Silver Gull is the species in the Genus Chroicocephalus that we call seagulls here in Australia. Seagull seems to be a catch all term used for many different species of gulls.
Bird Spy Australia what about bagels?
We have random seagulls all over the place where I live, because it's on their migration route I think. I saw one perching majestically on top of a light-pole at the supermarket just the other day, so I totally get what you're talking about with them living around humans. :)
You forgot crows
This is such an interesting video Joe! Thanks for being part of our Planet Earth II celebrations.
My pleasure! Thank you for making such an incredible series.
BBC Earth Unplugged
Where is Attenborough you Monsters?!?
BBC Earth Unplugged
Peregrin falcons are used in Atlanta to keep the pigeon population down.
Marcus Vachon that sounds Dangerous
@@scottishguy399
Peregrin falcons hunt and eat pigeons. It is not dangerous at all, unless you are talking about the safety of the pigeon.
I work in a place that gets a lot of pigeons. Honestly I love watching them wander around picking up nest material and hearing them coo all day.
I've also heard they're one of the few animals that can actualy recognize themselves in a mirror
Joseph Kony, look at bird bath
I love pigeons. My fam has rehabilitated many injured pigeons. As my mom says, "All birds are beautiful".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-48802655
You are a good person god bless you we do the same thing I love animals a lot more than people lol
:)
Same, they are so cute; especially smaller female all white doves.
@@nightuniverse8314 Unfortunately white doves often have health issues, so they shouldn't be bred anymore... Many have a disturbed sense of orientation and get lost and then die😖
the fancy pigeons are literally just bird versions of jojo characters
NANI
@Angeł Myłæ just stay off of pixiv and sankaku complex
Lol
What...what is Kanna doing in your pfp
That yummy profile pic. 👅
I never hated them. They're cute.
LL T I don’t Hate Pigeons n Doves either
neither do i, i just dont care about them at all
LL T until they eat ur food
@Urban Student Prepper no I live in signapore and we eat in these ‘kopi tiams’
Which means coffee shop even doe it has other food and drinks lol go check what it looks like
‘Double yur search’
Urban Student Prepper to you Americans or whatever race r different k?
I love pigeons honestly. Recently i've noticed that pigeons all have different personalities. It's really incredible. It's more than just "some are scared and some aren't". You can see them think and change their mind among weird personality quirks. Physically they're also very different. From how screwed up their feet are, to how well kept their feathers are (of how unbelievably disheveled), how many toes they're missing, list goes on! Also, they're just beautiful. Even the common pigeon that's in every city, the green/purple around their necks is stunning. When they're in the sunlight they shine like jewels.
everyone in this comment section:
wAAt I DoNT hAte PiGuaNeS?!?
Are you angry that people like pigeons?
FinnyThePorg no i hate people are copy pasting comments to farm likes. I also hate relatable comments
I hate em, rats of the sky.
i hate pigons becuse i can never spell thare name right...
Why add so much empty lines
Pigeons are CUTE!!! I never ever will hate them. Their too beautiful
Why would you hate them? They are the only animal that doesnt hurt or eat absolutelly any other animal, they simply dont do bad to anyone!
They’re
@@eduardodiaz1791see 3:27 lol
@@ggmoyang lm from new York the reason we hate them is because if you sit on a park bench try to eat those s.o.b fly up and sit their and stare at you then shoo them away they fly and come right back.
@@Blue_Happiness you have a desease in your brain
I think more people hate seagulls
seagulls or gulls???
Purge the seagulls ahhhhhh!!!🤬🤬🤬
I like seagulls lol
Mine, Mine...Mine
I don't hate seagulls.
Me:
Pigeon:
Me: Lil' dinosaur come hereee
Pigeon: *wierdly stares* *flies away*
One hundred thousand pegion serve during ww1 yet people still called this bird a sky rats. Come on, Cher Ami saved 200 lives just to deliver her message while lost a eye and her right leg. People still didn't appreciate this bird.
Same can be said of black men who served.
Back then they didn't think of them like that, pigeons (I prefer feral rock dove or city dove, more accurate, biologically all pigeons are doves, not all doves are pigeons...) were loved ever since we domesticated them in neolithic times (yep we've been buds with them for that long) until surprisingly recently.
Pigeon hate didn't really begin until the 1930's and only really started big in the 60's. The flying rat term comes from a song and later a movie. A lot of the commonly regurgitated bullshit about pigeons (like them spreading disease) can be traced to, I think it was a park owner, or an urban architect and a deliberate effort to change the public opinion on pigeons so they could, you know, start to get rid of them.
Loved/appreciated for thousands of years, suddenly hated within a few decades, because human be fickle like that.
The generic overarching reason is, we started living more and more in dense cities. The way buildings evolved makes living with humans even more appealing to pigeons aside from our already standing mutually beneficial relationship, they all stem from rock doves, they nest on rocky cliffs.. What's a tall concrete building from their perspective? And we build those cliffs in close proximity of each other and litter the ground with food. We built the perfect pigeon home. Things like the fact pigeons poop everywhere they perch (they can't when they fly, so whenever a poop hits you from mid air, it wasn't a pigeon .) became more obvious, add marketing, bullshit claims, presto.. (obviously oversimplified but I don't want to write a thesis lol. )
We used to appreciate them a lot. That's why they are still used as symbols of love and peace. "White doves" are actually a white breed of pigeon not a different species of dove...
(PS don't release white doves on weddings, most of them will die, they are tame and have no clue what to do after release and have 0 survival skills. Might as well sacrificially kill them on the altar, it's quicker, less cruel...)
Pigeons are amazing, intelligent, emotional, make great pets. My carrier pigeon thinks I'm her mate lol. (She was a rescued feral squab, damaged legs and malformed foot. Gave her a forever home and boy I so do not regret it. I love her to bits.) ua-cam.com/video/GgVJipl68ic/v-deo.html
Lol sorry wall o text..
@@hershekissed like the Harleem Hellfighter of ww1, Tuskegee Airman(Red Tail) and 761st Tank Battalion(Black Panther) of Patton 3rd army.
ima bemedou except Black people have nothing to do with this lmao. We’re talking about birds not humans
This is like saying you should respect the douchebag who lives across the street who is inconsiderate to all of his neighbors because his grandpa stormed Omaha Beach.
Title: why does everyone hates pidgeons?
Me: dont involve me in this.
😀😀 do not involve me in this.... like your comment.
Splatoon pfp
Pigeons saved many lives during the two world wars carring vita msgs many were shot down by the germans crossing enemy lines some of the pigeons flying very long distances recieved the highest milatary honors
military honors to animals shows how f'g dumb humans are
TheJeezab your existence shows that humans can make mistakes
@@TheJeezab Actually, the wars only show how dumb we humans are...
Why humans got to cause war, destruction, and hate towards other humans?
@Adam's Origami ツ pigeons are tasty
I rescue and rehabilitate pigeons. I have always loved them. I used to have a lovely mascot called Olive. She attended events, has met the mayor and even had her own Instagram. She was very intelligent. She passed in March, but she left behind an egg. That hatched and now there's Olive Junior.
Humans: builds cities
Pigeons: its free real estate
Why does this make me laugh sooo much
We also built pigeons...
Wait, did he actually answer the question in the title?
Kay Bechtel
No. Absolutely no. The title is misleading.
No
It's a rhetorical question
a big fat NOPE
The Answer is : Because there are so many from them, pooping, eating and some beeing ill.
I love them and feed them. Every morning at 07:00 sharp, they are looking through my window, waiting for breakfast. Pigeons are awesome.
I read it as "Breaking through my window"
@@Tonatsi Well you are not far off. At my gf's place, a pigeon walked into her room through the window, looking for food. :D
Similiar, the difference being that i live in a small village and i own pigeons :D They are cute af, the only minus is they will never let anyone pet them
Same here
As a birdwatcher focusing on behaviors, I love the pigeon because they're so prevalent. My focus on urban pigeons focuses on foot damage, as many entrapments,by design or accidental, I have seen 20% or more in a feeding group have anything from a missing toe,to a non-existent foot. My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message and pigeons are all around some of the best flyers in the bird kingdom.
I’ve noticed this anecdotally too. When we recently visited Venice the pigeons in Venice proper wear what I’m used to in Philadelphia: lots of missing toes and sometimes whole feet. Occasionally you’d see one with a bit of plastic or string wrapped around their foot. In Murano, the pigeons were much healthier looking and were mostly intact. They were also all doing a lot of mating dances compared to the Venice pigeons just a short distance away.
I'm finding myself to be strangely attracted to pigeons now.
Those are some fancy pigeons.
How have you autentified your channel?
Just like the dating sim.
You should try the game "Hatoful Boyfriend". Best Pigeon game.
if you dont understand andres c's coment
nikola tesla feel in love to a pigeon
I found a baby pigeon in a river... it felt from the nest. I forced feed him for a few days, then he started to eat by itself. The first day I brought my pigeon, now looking like an adult, outside and allowed it to fly... I was hoping it would explore a little then come back to land on my shoulder.
The pigeon made a large circle then decided to land on the roof of a commercial building. I climbed the firefighter escape ladder, approached slowly and he just stayed there, allowing me to bring him back home. I presume he got scared from his first flight and ould not decide neither to fly back toward me, neither to fly away when I came back.
It is very hard to guess the emotional state of birds. They don't express their emotion as clearly as mammals do. Guessing the mood of tyranosaur was probably as hard. What, you want to eat me? Bad dinosaur!
He gone now?
birds that live in the city seem to be used to humans, a bird (idk its name) with sharp lookin long wings with blue outlines flew into my house, it kept clinging on to the curtains, when i reached in to grab it, it simply stared at me and just let me grab it as if it knew i was gonna help it get out, even tho i grabbed it awkwardly on my first try which it didnt like so it chirped and flapped its wings so i would release it and get a better and more comfortable grip on the bird to release it outside
Get a parrot. You'll be interacting with him, and you'll learn how to recognize a lot of his behavior so you'll understand how he's feeling. You might even get him to talk to you.
look at their feet. doesn't they look a little like a tyranosaur? it's because... dinosaurs becomes birds. ;)
even better than a parrot, get a pigeon! they're a domesticated species already, better suited to confinement than (still wild) parrots, easily trained, and don't have behaviourally-detrimental hormonal cycles!
Our relationship with pigeons goes back more than 4 thousand years, the film " Our Oldest Feathered Friend " explains this relationship very well, and should be required showing in all schools.
I live in apartments. I have watched 15 (or 17, I'm losing count) pigeons grow up and take off. They really do squeeze into the darkest and quietest places.
Back in the 90s I split an apartment with a coworker and he found a pigeon dying by the sewer. We took care of it for a few weeks and he got better. He had a copper band on his leg and was told he was a racer. I don't know about that, but I used to walk around the neighborhood with him on my shoulder when I was drinking beer. My roommate wanted to get rid of him and dropped him off a few places like the park where he was found. He managed to find his way home every time and just stayed for hours on the back porch. I kept letting him back in but he did eventually leave and I never saw him again. It was a cool experience to have my little friend for a while. I wished I could have kept him.
Everyone hates pigeons? WTF?
In from a 3rd world country and we live them. They are so cute and yes they are intelligent. I have raised some at home and I love them.
Home pigeons are good. It's city pigeons who are bad
@@romanpopyk City Pigeons descended from Homing Pigeons, dipshit.
3rd world.... , to me its sounds like 3rd class country
Roman Popyk all pigeons are still the same type of pigeons...all pigeons have extraordinary navigation abilities. “Homing” pigeons are just faster than their feral counter part. City pigeons are the way they are because we made them that way.
Same here✋🏼 they're cute af and make really obedient pets ❤
Well....Now I respect pigeons. Great. Thanks.
Pigeons are my favourite. Spent most of today keeping an eye on a fledgling perched on my balcony. He was there for a good 8 hours but has just flown off. Probably his first flight. Makes me so happy!
CLICKBAIT - The video never explains why everyone hates pigeons!!
Yeah
And To Kill a Mockingbird doesn't provide any instructions on how to do that! ;)
That’s because nobody hates pigeons
... By God
what a waste
Not everyone hates pigeons. I for one think pigeons are awesome
Yea ne to
X2
x3
they’re cute
You're right they do make good pigeon strips
*"why does everyone hate pigeons"*
*Slowly raises hand in defiance*
I never hated pigeons :T
I adore them, weve just had our third beautiful grey ringnecked pigeons come to feed - after only one a year ago, so happy as they're a rare sight in our thorn tree covered surroundings . Love them
Pigeons can still find the way home by remembering how they got there (remembering their movements)
They don't explicitly remember their movements but it has been proven that they have certain magnetic receptors in their heads that make it easy for them to find their position in the world. I read something about an experiment where they tied a magnet to a poor pigeon's head and the pigeon couldn't find its way back because the magnet was messing with its internal compass.
@@vinylhedgehog5574 dude, you can read but still you cant listen 4:58
Nature's wonder is everywhere… even in that pigeon over there that's eating a hot dog out of the garbage.
I
Nice Attenborough impression there... :)
In my city pigeons are quite different from their European counterparts. The noise they make is a mix of a crow and a seagull and they almost never come to the ground, hang out on trees all the time (probably 'cause of many cats). A tiny part of pigeon's evolution?
Simply not true
Bullshit or prove it.
I love how in the city they be walking with us, almost as if they forgot they got wings
Lol..some will go up to you for food..
yeah it actually takes a lot of energy to fly so they just walk lol
Pigeons actually have flat feet unlike most other birds. They actually prefer foraging on the ground because that’s what is most comfortable for them! That’s also why they prefer cities, their flat feet are meant for nesting on cliffs and sky scrapers are a great way to mimic that! It also takes a lot of energy for them to fly.
@Ziba Nejad but the pigeons are smarte then those other birds my friend had pigeon and he sold it out about 10 times to diffrent people but he came home 10 times
A pigeon had laid two eggs, which hatched in to two babies, in front of my bedroom window and I'm watching them grow up
Title:Why does everybody hates pigeons?
Me:BisH wHO sAid ThAT
Hold my bird food!
Exactly my reaction
If you live in a city, go out and find a flock of pigeons, and just watch them. They do a lot more than you might expect. Just don't feed them; It attracts actual rats too.
Eh, if you don't dump a huge package of seeds right there, and just feed them little by little, they wont leave *anything* for the rats, I promise.
True, but as general rule, it's a bad idea.
In SF we have pigeons, conures, and hawks -- hunting the pigeons and conures. I favor the hawks myself.
EDIT: Forgot the seagulls.
When I moved into my current home, I started dumping my spent brewing grains across the lawn for mulch. The neighborhood pigeons immediately spotted them and started munching. It took them several months to figure out that all the nutrition had already been removed (burp). Good eyesight, but I question their IQ.
Pigeons can't much, because they have no teeth.
I love pigeons??? they're so beautiful and soft looking
Like hore
Ive had a few. They cool birds and u can teach them stuff.
I agree
Pigeons/Doves make wonderful pets honestly, my friend had doves before and they're really docile and sweet and love cuddling.
I think you do
I had 14 pigeons i feed, They’ve gotten so used to me they sit in my Windows and will come inside on my windowsill. HOWEVER a few days ago, I’m feeding the birds, and so quickly a hawk came down and grabbed one so fast. I just couldn’t believe it. It made me so sad still does.
Edit I feel guilty. I feed them, did i put them at risk.
Don't feel bad. There's nothing you could do
Was that supposed to be an impression of David Attenborough?
sounds like Kurzgesagt
blitzwaffe Even a good David Attenborough impersonator is too expensive for PBS.
think that was the point
Difeas think that was the point
I think so. But it was painfully unfunny, like most attempts at humor in these videos
I disagree on one thing, baby pigeons are CUTE! The sounds, the squirming, everything. I am in love with pigeons!
DuneDemon8 so like Nikola Tesla
I like baby pigeons too!
DuneDemon8 Ikr, me too😁
damn those were some fancy pidgeons!
Search up the Budapest Highflyer pigeon and if you look very closely you can see something rather peculiar about its eyes.
Húginn they're called pigeons,you uncultured swine
Especially the Indian fantail pigeons!
@Saad Iftikhar
Actually, Húginn is the name of a famous raven, not a swine. But ravens are notoriously bad spellers too, or perhaps it’s on purpose to show disdain for what it considers a lesser bird species.
I love pigeons! A while back, two pigeons went on our balcony and made a nest. By the time we realised, they had already lain eggs, so we let them stay there. Even after the egg didn't hatch, they kept returning! We even got pigeon feed at some point to feed them. After a lot of attempts, they successfully hatched an egg, and we named the baby "Waffles". Waffles grew up, and the couple kept trying and trying, until they hatched another, egg, and we named that new baby "Cheese"! They're both grown up now and all of the pigeons still come back(a few new ones have also arrived too). Pigeons are wonderful animals, and are so different from the "rats with wings" label people put on them. They're an underrated animal and deserve much more love
I love pigeons
They're so friendly and cute
That bobbing motion gets me too
where i live if you kiss a pigeon you go to hospital.
They're not friendly they're afraid of us
@@sanosu87, some but now they walk in streets with the human. In which I found it weird. That they are not afraid of us.
You might change your mind if they poop regularly in your balcony
Look, who trashes the city?
Pidgeons or humans?
But think about this... who *builds* the cities?
Humans? Or humans?
B O T H
Humans trashes the city more
Obviously Humans
pigeons are smart and gentle
NO ONE HATES PIGEONS!! THEY'RE SOFT AND ROUND AND EAT BREAD AND THAT'S BEAUTIFUL
Also our neighbors had fancy pigeons and I loved them because they pooped on annoying people
i hate pigeons
@Sundown the Vampire then I think you should never visit a slaughter house
@Sundown the Vampire I hunt pigeon, I doubt someone with an anime profile picture could harm a fly
bread actually makes them sick
Well pigeons probably should not eat bread, seeds are way better(bread is empty calories)
I love pigeons they remind me of my early early childhood
If I want to feel like a benevolent God, I just take my breadcrumbs at the park and the pigeons will jump on me to feed.
What else can make me feel like that?
Hand feeding peanuts to squirrels. Try it, it's awesome.
LSD
I love pigeons and took care of some homeless baby ones until they grew up
White racing pigeons
What am I there is no such thing as a homeless bird it was probably living on its own and was better till it saw ur ugly face.
@@beestrack7745 shut up
@@somegirl4063 Is a selfless act of helping other living creatures a sign of boredom in your mind? Are YOU really that bored to write a negative discouraging comment directed at a person who selflessly cares for other living creatures?
Pigeons are beautiful
I agree. I love your name and picture!
did you change your name to pigeon just to say this? lol
@@aarzily8424 lol
Dissolves foot with own poop.
Plese no
Pigeon fun fact, one of my favorites: the most expensive bird in the world is a racing pigeon, the highest priced racing pigeon was recorded to sell for 1.9 million dollars. They look IDENTICAL to rock doves, they just fly really fast basically. They’re entered into races over six hundred miles long, and only about ten percent of the birds are ever seen again.
Also, go look up colorful pigeons and doves, they’re amazing!! Two of my favorites are pink-necked green pigeons and crested pigeons, but even the rock doves you see in the city can be just as stunning with their colorful necks and lovely mottled feathers.
Some pigeon fun fact: pigeon can live 1 to 2 year or maybe like 16 year
(I look this on google
They don’t just look identical, they are Rock doves. Sadly, racers are cruel and cull racing pigeons that don’t fly fast enough. It’s a cruel “sport.” Fun fact, white doves are just rock doves with white feathers. And yet, people don’t hate on them and are quite shocked to realise they’re the same species
How can anyone hate pigeons, they are so friendly and intelligent... Once I helped one with a problem in his leg and he visited me all days for almost a year
kamikaze pigeon bombs?! That'd save money on computer Components!
But it costs the training and the food for the pigeon. You don't build a pigeon bomb because it's cheap. You build because it's awesome yet cruel!
But there's so much more efficient ways to get rid of them! May I refer you to the song in this video?
During WW2 you couldn't fit a computer into a bomb. That's why they used pigeons. They had more potential than primitive captors.
Guys, guys, I've got the BEST IDEA! Okay, here it goes: Pigeon. Powered. Computers!
Ankyri Oh man, imagine a computer where every sound effect is a pigeon coo.
I love pigeons ❤. I have a pet pigeon named Pidge and she's soooo sweet.
What an original name
I just adopted one that was hit by a car, and named it Pidge. ❤️ She loves UA-cam.
LUCKY
You should try raise Home race pegion.
MeghanTheHerper I have two old german owl pigeons a Spread blue check and Blue bar a female and male named capper and celaeno
I used to, I liked them for like 9 years. A pair of pigeons nested by the front door of my house. They’re so fascinating and docile. They like people and I think they’re like dogs with wings.
Im a big defender of these birds. They are super SMART!
How does it feel to be a cancer to society then?
04 Yeah, no maybe you are.
@@DV-xu7ps only you can tell that.
They're also brave, because i once stood close up to one and it just ignored me and standed there like it's nothing
Everyone I know hates pidgeons but they are kind and intelligent
I love them, they're so cute. Whenever a pigeon comes to nest at my balcony, the parents always allow me to handle their babies. They're so lovely.
Mom: walks in at 1:13
Me: MOM I CAN EXPLAIN
2:45
Daniel Toader 😂
I never get why people dislike pigeons. They’re a cool part of the city scape and a harmless bird.
I once saw a rock dove in Portland sitting beside some leftover Chinese food. At first I thought it was dead, but then it blinked; it was stuffed and couldn't move.
Did you pet le birb
@@sciencewizard2861 Nope. Wish I had taken a video, though.
I once rescued a baby pigeon in my garden. I was so confused. I had no idea what it was. But because I saw a wood pigeon near it I googled "baby pigeon" and saw that that was definitely what I had rescued. I took it to a pigeon sanctuary where it was treated properly (it was severely wounded). I saw all the updates as it grew up and was then released into the wild.
pidgey has fainted
It lost bc my Rattata is in the top percent
"yeah yeah, pigeons are cute, when you give them bread they are all cool and you pet them, and then a month later suddenly your nose fells of"
I don't know, I just heard that from some commedy movie
I love how they move their head every time they walk. As a kid I wished I was a pigeon and I acted like one when I saw them.
Just goes to show you that you can't judge a book by it's cover.
One time at my job a coworker found a carrier pidgeon that somehow flew into the maintence closet in the back of the shoppe through a hole in the roof. When my coworker found the band around it's ankle he sae a phone number engraved on it. So he called the number and the owner of the carrier pidgeon said he lives in a town over 50 miles away! I wasn't employeed there during that time, but when he told me this story I was impressed.
Also, pidgeons will remember you if they see you often. When I take the train home at Night after work there is a pidgeon I named Mama Rock Dove (who you can see in a video on my channel). She had made a nest in the stairwell in the corner of one of the steps. I was worried that some drunks or homeless people would hurt her, or that some commuters would step on her or kick her if they didn't see her. So when I would wait for my train I'd sit next to her, pick her up, and cuddle with her. She didn't like it, but my whole point was to encourage her to find a safer place to nest and lay her eggs. Unfortunately her nest had been destroyed, her eggs smashed, and she flew away. However she is still there, because Mama Rock Dove recognises me! She usually perches on a platform underneath the stairwell at Night. I reach over the railing on the track and call out "Hej Mama Rock Dove!" and she pops her head out from her puffed up body, bobs her head up and down, and watches me! So yeah, Rock Doves/Pidgeons really aren't as dumb as most people believe them to be.
Van Nocturne research actually shows the English pigeons know hundreds of English words correct spelling. Probably by looking at the word around the town or something... I can't learn English like that.
Nina Z
My guess would be that they recognise the shapes of the letters in the town name.
Van Nocturne I think so too, and maybe shop names. But as a foreign learner we used to memorise the vocabularies by repeating "apple, a, p, p, l, e, apple" everyday and yet spell a lot of words wrong.While these birds can learn the spelling by simply looking at them.
- king- actually we get these alphabets as pictures too. That's why yoy can still undrestnad some incrrectly spelled words.
Yeah and pigions are one of the few animals that can reconize there own reflection and not think its just another bird.
pigeons are beautiful I love their throat colors
Thank you
You should see tropical pigeons
outside you say neck not throat throat is inside
@@pigeon2556 omg it is you! Lmao
@@pigeon2556Pigeon
Me: reads title
Also me who loves pigeons: what are you implying good sir?!!!?!
I always thought seagulls were the rat in the sky
Ionnatsu Phobia do you live in the U.K.?
Ionlymadethistoleavecoments what makes you say that I don't live in the UK but I am asked if I'm from there a lot
Ionnatsu Phobia Watch a lot of seagull videos?
Davebill Davebill no I just thought they ment bottom feeders of the planet I was wrong
Ionnatsu Phobia people from the U.K. Complain about seagulls a lot (at least they do on the internet)
Who also thinks pigeons are gud bois?
TimBroKaz :)
@TimBroKaz yep:)
@@gruvypigeon4062 hello
Meh
No one
Pigeon babies look like little dodos haha.
well, the dodo was a species of pigeon.
They are related. Not closely, but yeah.
I have a pigeon friend, I call him "Gobbler" as he can stuff his head with loads of peanuts, without chewing. He lives in the tree outside my window and he actively watches for me. You gotta love nature.