How Pigeons Always Find Their Way Home

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[8] www.jstor.org/stable/4084902
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Пікірлер: 598

  • @gelgamath_9903
    @gelgamath_9903 Жыл бұрын

    Ah yes the BIRD or "Biological Intelligence Reconnaissance Device" is one of the most powerful tools in any spy tool kit

  • @christensolomon3679

    @christensolomon3679

    Жыл бұрын

    A solid chuckle. Enjoy the like.

  • @rufioh

    @rufioh

    Жыл бұрын

    Biomimicry Intelligence Reconnaissance Drones - BIRD We all know birds aren’t biological, they’re drones

  • @dominic.h.3363

    @dominic.h.3363

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rufioh The word you are looking for is biomimetic then.

  • @gabor6259

    @gabor6259

    Жыл бұрын

    Biological Information Retriever Bird - BIRB *(Kurzgesagt intensifies)*

  • @dominic.h.3363

    @dominic.h.3363

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gabor6259 No matter how little you know a language, you do not include the acronym in the acronym.

  • @janmelantu7490
    @janmelantu7490 Жыл бұрын

    Remember folks, bird watching goes both ways

  • @realscience

    @realscience

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @JamesBond-si7xs

    @JamesBond-si7xs

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha, love it. The documentary is good, however !

  • @Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN

    @Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN

    2 ай бұрын

    Oh shit 😂

  • @gem3506

    @gem3506

    Ай бұрын

    Ha 😅

  • @pwolfamv
    @pwolfamv Жыл бұрын

    So, you're basically telling me that birds *are* real and they (the birds) *are* spying on us?! Great video!

  • @neilhibbard519

    @neilhibbard519

    Жыл бұрын

    Birds aren't real. Don't believe the lies

  • @goldog2816

    @goldog2816

    Жыл бұрын

    Ha I was laughing thinking about that too,, but that just QAnon 101,, A little bit of truth mixed in with a whole bunch of outright lies 😁

  • @Musicalmane

    @Musicalmane

    Жыл бұрын

    These were just the first models they originally wanted to outfit them with cybernetics but that didnt work, the final real bird died in 2001

  • @gopnikstyle9148

    @gopnikstyle9148

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Musicalmane you need to seek mental health if you believe birds aren't real.

  • @gopnikstyle9148

    @gopnikstyle9148

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Musicalmane so robot birds poop?

  • @tk45440
    @tk45440 Жыл бұрын

    My dad bought a couple pigeons to train one of his hunting dogs, and didn't 'use' them all. The remaining one was let loose and hung around the house. I gained its trust after a while by feeding it daily....One day i took it about 5 -10 miles away in a box and let it go, thinking it would just live in the new spot... It was waiting on the roof when i got back home myself.

  • @Pigeon.kabotar

    @Pigeon.kabotar

    5 ай бұрын

    😍😍

  • @timothytumusiime2903

    @timothytumusiime2903

    2 ай бұрын

    Hey bro??? What took you so long😂 It's almost time for supper 😏

  • @sunnyy1322

    @sunnyy1322

    Ай бұрын

    Hi, was it a regular rock pigeon? Or was it racing pigeons? Thank you

  • @hobbyhermit66
    @hobbyhermit66 Жыл бұрын

    My dad and uncle had homing pigeons when I was a kid growing up in Ohio. We'd take 2 or 3 to West Virginia when we went to see my grandparents. Dad would turn them loose as we were saying our goodbyes to come back home. Took us 4 hours to drive it, but they'd be home when we got there. It was pretty kool. There have been lots of people that have sold the same birds several times, because the people who bought them turned them loose after a month or so. They always return to where they were hatched.

  • @mantha6912

    @mantha6912

    2 ай бұрын

    sounds like an excellent way to scam people XD

  • @jenniferroberts8370

    @jenniferroberts8370

    2 ай бұрын

    @@mantha6912actually this has been around for a very long time and is more real than any phone call you make Smdh

  • @mustiyavuz

    @mustiyavuz

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes when I was a kid we had exactly you discrabed, the guy got tired of coming to get the bird back and after a while the bird didnt come anymore when we saw the guy asked it hasnt come back for a long time why? He said a cat ate it 😂

  • @JesusMartinez-rr2ry
    @JesusMartinez-rr2ry Жыл бұрын

    I feel glad whenever pigeons are being appreciated and not being called "rats with wings" or worse, "not real."

  • @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache

    @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache

    Жыл бұрын

    They are real! Really designed by 1960's scientist space nazis who are using them to spy on Antarctica and see if anyone's about to fall off of the edge of the donut shaped earth and into the cheese side of the moon.

  • @heidithesausage

    @heidithesausage

    2 ай бұрын

    me too ☺

  • @daniell1483
    @daniell1483 Жыл бұрын

    I recently saw a video analyzing the probable vocalizations of dinosaurs, and the studies showed that dinosaurs preferred using the low-energy infrasound waves that birds today still use. I think it is amazing that this ability to hear infrasound has lasted so many millions of years in birds (the dinosaur's descendants).

  • @user-hx5rr7wx8e
    @user-hx5rr7wx8e2 ай бұрын

    Not everyone likes pigeons. Some people hate them. Some people even torture them, e.g., by pulling out their feathers and tails or cutting off their toes and etc., etc. Me and my wife have been feeding corn seeds to some 50 wild pigeons 3 times a day for 6 years. Yes, breakfast, lunch and dinner. They naturally fight among themselves a lot. But they do love us and we love them . We feed them and treat them as much as we can when they come and tell us that they are not well. They can understand some short words. Some of them even speak to us by moving they tiny beaks. They are lovely creatures who love and largely depend on human beings. If you don't like them, that's fine. But don't hate them and hurt them for nothing. They surely will suffer a lot. May your god bless you.

  • @ValeDelRey1507

    @ValeDelRey1507

    14 күн бұрын

    You and your wife are good people ❤

  • @CaesiusX
    @CaesiusX Жыл бұрын

    12:58 _"Pigeons, despite their derpiness, have been credited with saving hundreds of lives."_ *_"Derpiness?"_* 🤭😄

  • @zyansheep

    @zyansheep

    Жыл бұрын

    Derp

  • @sergioortiz8219

    @sergioortiz8219

    Жыл бұрын

    I think she said "dirtyness"

  • @CaesiusX

    @CaesiusX

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sergioortiz8219 It's most assuredly, _derpiness._ I believe a number of videos have a transcript you can check under the Description.

  • @FlamingBasketballClub

    @FlamingBasketballClub

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣

  • @heidithesausage

    @heidithesausage

    2 ай бұрын

    Now I know what that means I'm offended on their behalf. LOL

  • @FlamingBasketballClub
    @FlamingBasketballClub Жыл бұрын

    Real Science is close to one million subscribers folks. This KZread channel has done so well since it's inception in early October 2019. I still remember their first video "The Truth About GMOs".

  • @danielscuiry2847
    @danielscuiry2847 Жыл бұрын

    This by far THE BEST pigeon film I’ve ever seen. 🙏

  • @markharris2912

    @markharris2912

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah pigeons are cool, but this video sucks. They never do answer the question; 'How do pigeons always find their way home?". The idea that sound and smell are used to navigate long distances is patently ridiculous and has never been demonstrated. Furthermore, the cutting of the pigeon's brains shows an astonishing lack of intelligence on the part of the 'science researchers'. And still no one knows how the pigeons navigate. "Real Science" needs to turn in their merit badge.

  • @connection7405
    @connection7405 Жыл бұрын

    Not every pigeon has this abillity, homing pigeons are unique sub-spicies. You can recognize them by having larger "noses" (the white thing above the beak). My dad had those when I was a kid. The problem was that they keep multiplying and non of them gets lost, so they run out of place quickly. So now he has a different kind of pigeons

  • @TaLeng2023

    @TaLeng2023

    3 ай бұрын

    Comments in some vids mentioned getting rid of the eggs (throw or eat) and replace them with fakes.

  • @acooper6956

    @acooper6956

    23 күн бұрын

    The "white thing" is the cere. It indicates age, nothing else.

  • @gaufrid1956
    @gaufrid1956 Жыл бұрын

    I have a deep appreciation of the common pigeon, or "lovey dovey" as my wife and I call them here in Cagayan de Oro City Mindanao. I have watched the behavior of a particular mated pair here (one of them being albino) and how they cared for their offspring. Wherever they may roam, they always return to the area close to our house. The albino dove used to sit on an aerial at the rear of our house, before finding a mate. I think it had lost its previous mate. However, it found another mate and there have been a number of new generations over the five years I have been here.

  • @jimmyroman9239
    @jimmyroman9239 Жыл бұрын

    I have 30 pigeons I love each and every one of them and babies coming pigeons are the best and for so many reasons therapeutic the intelligent and they're just beautiful

  • @doctorsloth213

    @doctorsloth213

    Жыл бұрын

    After I broke up with my wife, I had to get rid of my pigeons. I miss them nearly as much as my ex- wife.

  • @westynufc90

    @westynufc90

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@doctorsloth213fucking hell mate she didn't take em did she?

  • @doctorsloth213

    @doctorsloth213

    28 күн бұрын

    @westynufc90 I gave them away, a few went back to her house. She wasn't feeding them and they eventually left for good.

  • @ferafera20
    @ferafera20 Жыл бұрын

    When someone says you're smart as a pigeon, take it as a compliment 😎

  • @Leanzazzy
    @Leanzazzy Жыл бұрын

    4:40 They deserve medals for being good boys 🕊️

  • @CrackleCat
    @CrackleCat Жыл бұрын

    All the things humans use to navigate birds have pre-installed. Incidently, Nicole Tesla was deeply in love with a pigeon and some people thinks that's weird?

  • @spit_soup

    @spit_soup

    Жыл бұрын

    depends on the kind of love

  • @yvainestelmack7196

    @yvainestelmack7196

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought it was cats.

  • @CrackleCat

    @CrackleCat

    Жыл бұрын

    @@yvainestelmack7196 Usually is.

  • @bostonluyasar7045
    @bostonluyasar7045 Жыл бұрын

    never underestimate a pigeon

  • @Ze_Moose

    @Ze_Moose

    Жыл бұрын

    Tell that to George Costanza

  • @sapelesteve
    @sapelesteve Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video. All migratory birds have the same abilities. What about insects like Monarch Butterflies that migrate from Canada to the region in Mexico where their parents began life. They do this without ever having been to that location in Mexico before! Pretty amazing! 👍👍🦋🦋

  • @whyjerrywhy

    @whyjerrywhy

    Жыл бұрын

    i think these kind of animals and insects have a sense were not aware of.

  • @coconuts7960

    @coconuts7960

    Жыл бұрын

    @@whyjerrywhy we are aware of it we just don’t have it the 5 senses are not the only senses we have and definitely not the only ones animals can have most these migratory animals like butterfly’s and salmon use the magnetic fields of the earth to orient themselves

  • @kellydalstok8900

    @kellydalstok8900

    Жыл бұрын

    If you want to tie a camera to a butterfly it would have to be a very small one.

  • @antsromania469

    @antsromania469

    Жыл бұрын

    Pigeons aren't migratory.

  • @dedykurniawansantoso5279

    @dedykurniawansantoso5279

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh nooo.. not mexico

  • @akshajjgopal
    @akshajjgopal Жыл бұрын

    Is it a bird, is it a plane...it's Tom cruise's successor to both mission impossible and Top gun

  • @leahcotton5315
    @leahcotton5315 Жыл бұрын

    Wow I will never look at a pigeon the same. Impressive!

  • @gracie99999

    @gracie99999

    Жыл бұрын

    so y’all stated pigeons snitch!!?

  • @CrescentUmbreon
    @CrescentUmbreon Жыл бұрын

    Where's my boy Cher Ami??? That pidgion was another who saved the lives of many troops, but at the time he was needed the enemy was trained to shoot down birds. The poor pidgeon was hit but somehow managed to push through it and flew home bleeding and with one leg dangling by a thread. He lived and recieved a medal of honor

  • @soleil5923

    @soleil5923

    Жыл бұрын

    Her name was Cher Ami

  • @CrescentUmbreon

    @CrescentUmbreon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@soleil5923 My bad, my memory screwed that one up

  • @shinigamiryuku2869
    @shinigamiryuku2869 Жыл бұрын

    Severing brain nerves to understand how a pigeon senses direction is to cruel for my liking, if that is what is needed I wish we would live with the mystery.

  • @heidithesausage

    @heidithesausage

    2 ай бұрын

    Agree, pigeons really have been used & abused by humans.

  • @jenniferroberts8370

    @jenniferroberts8370

    2 ай бұрын

    I am sorry what??? And you don’t think due to radiation they arnt being killed smdh this is bs and bullshit When everything goes down you’ll be wishing you know of this technology period smdh

  • @Gangstadude77
    @Gangstadude77 Жыл бұрын

    "Despite some commonly held beliefs, pigeons are in fact real" 😂

  • @user-vg7zv5us5r

    @user-vg7zv5us5r

    Жыл бұрын

    Who would've doubt that? XD

  • @stan110

    @stan110

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-vg7zv5us5r r/BirdsArentReal (Its a joke subreddit)

  • @HENCHMARV

    @HENCHMARV

    2 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @CausticLemons7
    @CausticLemons7 Жыл бұрын

    For some reason this topic really grabbed my interest. Excited to watch!

  • @telosevntwlve
    @telosevntwlve Жыл бұрын

    When i used to raise pigeons as a kid in Haiti, id buy from a seller who lived less than 5 minutes from me and my pigeons never went back to her. There are ways to make pigeons stay at their new home. My favorite bird ever.

  • @HighMojo
    @HighMojo Жыл бұрын

    After being rendering service to mankind for centuries, pigeons have been abandoned to fend for themselves. In many cities, they don't have food or drink, they are left to fight for scraps and rely on the kindness of strangers to send them some seed once in a while. It would have been better to make some public fountains so pigeons have water to drink and plant some fruit trees so pigeons and other wild birds have something to eat instead of paving every inch of earth with concrete.

  • @MrPottsTeaching

    @MrPottsTeaching

    Жыл бұрын

    They do tha Same things to Military vets. Lmao hahah ;D some how they find their way home after being moved Thousand of miles away lmao hahah ;D Just to fend for themselves on tha streets looking dirty lmao hahah ;D.

  • @jonathanblack6728
    @jonathanblack6728 Жыл бұрын

    Another interesting use of pigeons was proposed by psychologist B.F. Skinner, who taught pigeons to help aim bombs from within them. The program, meant for use in WWII, was never actually used in combat, thankfully for the pigeons

  • @N1njaSnake
    @N1njaSnake Жыл бұрын

    Loved the video, production values are through the roof

  • @zappedguy1327
    @zappedguy1327 Жыл бұрын

    Pretty amazing birds.Same as Albatrosses flying from on hemisphere to the other.Thanks for the vid.

  • @unbeatabel
    @unbeatabel10 ай бұрын

    My family moved house and this one typical dark coloured pigeon decided it's their home too, they always come back for food or hang around the front yard, they love walking around the place like a little security guy (until a stray cat decided to jumpscare him of course), now he's got 2 more friends over and they're all brown-white colours, so pretty. So we've got 3 pigeons who would walk into the house until they get their food now🤣 they're cute ngl, though I can't really get close or pet them

  • @asheshpathak5260
    @asheshpathak5260 Жыл бұрын

    I just discovered this channel and this discovery has been the best. Keep spreading the knowledge. Respect from Nepal 🇳🇵

  • @tjsyam921
    @tjsyam921 Жыл бұрын

    Your videos are truly top tier on this platform! Bravo!! 👏👏

  • @driesketels805
    @driesketels805 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, great content. Happy to find a channel that surprises me and i’m learning something new

  • @Rapidly_
    @Rapidly_7 ай бұрын

    Cher Ami was much more impressive than G.I. Joe. Cher Ami delivered a message from an encircled battalion despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, and had a leg hanging only by a tendon. He was the best pigeon.

  • @99672
    @99672 Жыл бұрын

    I think it should be pointed out that not all the birds return home. In WW2 downed aircraft would release more than one bird with the same message of their location.

  • @morkovija
    @morkovija Жыл бұрын

    Top shelf quality content once again!Thank you

  • @GGiblet
    @GGiblet Жыл бұрын

    Pigeons are magic. I'm satisfied with that💕

  • @ferydounfareed6930
    @ferydounfareed6930 Жыл бұрын

    Great programme . Thank you for the good work.

  • @chrzanik666
    @chrzanik666 Жыл бұрын

    I got into a strange argument with a Westminster council worker recently when eating croissant outside on of lockal food establishment, he wanted to fine me because I decided to give crumbs to pigeons. In his words its vermin and they shit everywhere, I couldn't hold back laughter and calmly explained that those species fought the war, they want to eat just as he does and we share same planet with many species and biggest shit we make its our own and we conveniently flush it down the oceans.. as you can imagine he boiled and was fuming and possibly I took things little to far when in the heat of an argument I stated large shit sits right between his ears.. when finally he managed to get around it.. I left. Live and let live.

  • @GodisMyNo1

    @GodisMyNo1

    Жыл бұрын

    Excellent answer. And bravo for standing up for our little feathered fellas. Love pigeons

  • @AnneAndersonFoxiepaws
    @AnneAndersonFoxiepaws Жыл бұрын

    Lol! my local pigeons sit on my bedroom windowsill and I felt sorry for them so put out bird feeders. Now they peck the windows and are always spying on me to see if I am getting ready to feed them. Used to be just a couple of crows and some little birds, now I have about 10 regular pigeons, 3 wood pigeons, Trick and Pook the crows and a really bold squirrel....they all crane their necks to get my attention...in fact the squirrel would be right inside given half a chance. Oh I also have 3 regular foxes and a couple of stray cats too!

  • @GodisMyNo1

    @GodisMyNo1

    Жыл бұрын

    Lucky you. I love pidgeys

  • @lordwolfgangjosephuskaiser6778
    @lordwolfgangjosephuskaiser6778 Жыл бұрын

    The greatest Channel ever. I love it so much, thank you very much 🌹. Everything in those videos is amazing: The explanation, the biology facts, the pictures, the video, the music 🎶 just everything is amazing.

  • @decasinolo126
    @decasinolo126 Жыл бұрын

    So it is sound what tells them where to go. It makes sense, it reminded me of owls, their super hearing is what makes them so good at flying at night. 🐦

  • @VinnyUnion
    @VinnyUnion Жыл бұрын

    By being adorable, that's how they manage

  • @imogen1
    @imogen1 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine being the American intel officer who sees the brass walk in with a medal only to see it go to the bird.

  • @sbomorse
    @sbomorse Жыл бұрын

    This was genuinely fascinating!

  • @Trag-zj2yo
    @Trag-zj2yo Жыл бұрын

    I find their abilities amazing yet never thought to torture some to find out why.

  • @chicovicente2845
    @chicovicente2845 Жыл бұрын

    And people still believe birds are real 🤦‍♂️

  • @wildlifesuport

    @wildlifesuport

    Жыл бұрын

    And people belive all they see on internet 🤦‍♂️

  • @tompoynton

    @tompoynton

    Жыл бұрын

    I know right 😂

  • @Moto_Medics

    @Moto_Medics

    Жыл бұрын

    r/woosh

  • @sethjansson5652

    @sethjansson5652

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wildlifesuport So you're meaning to say that espionage pigeons aren't real?

  • @piedpiper1172

    @piedpiper1172

    Жыл бұрын

    SMH my head these SHEEPLE continue to believe in the lies of Operation Big Bird. I’m just like, “dinosaurs went extinct sweetie, birds aren’t real.”

  • @SMASH_REVIEWS
    @SMASH_REVIEWS Жыл бұрын

    Hats Off to your Effort !

  • @guyjohnson3775
    @guyjohnson3775 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks great job on this video 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @UniteFoundation1
    @UniteFoundation1 Жыл бұрын

    I love pigeons. I've always loved them. When is a windy day and to see them fly and enjoy the currents it's great. One day I was in the highway doing a good 65 in the pidgeot was right next to me keeping it moving just like me man it was so cool

  • @Scarlet_Soul
    @Scarlet_Soul Жыл бұрын

    Picture perfect pigeons

  • @edouard1580
    @edouard1580 Жыл бұрын

    I had to check the date twice to make sure this wasn't 1st April

  • @Promis_QS_Panda
    @Promis_QS_Panda Жыл бұрын

    I love this channel so much.

  • @peachtea4369
    @peachtea4369 Жыл бұрын

    It is cool that pigeons can navigate so well! But please, do not get a pigeon and expect them to be able to do this. So many pigeons are eaten or injured by hawks or cars in events like pigeon races, where they are expected to find their way back home. Pigeons deserve safety and safe homes (they are domestic birds!)

  • @mr.randomgamer888

    @mr.randomgamer888

    Жыл бұрын

    Forget hawks or cars, am straight up eating them myself 😂

  • @maiwritesmovies0560

    @maiwritesmovies0560

    Жыл бұрын

    No species deserves anything, but do what? Most people have no need for a smart navigating pigeon, maybe because they're cute as pets for humans, but people aren't letting them fly away. Pigeon coups are common with outside sheds where people feed them for relaxation. Most would be sad to let their pigeons go.

  • @maiwritesmovies0560

    @maiwritesmovies0560

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@mr.randomgamer888 You eat pigeon?

  • @mr.randomgamer888

    @mr.randomgamer888

    Жыл бұрын

    @@maiwritesmovies0560 yeah they're sweet and delicious, it's a delicacy here in Egypt

  • @Cyanide_and_Loneliness

    @Cyanide_and_Loneliness

    Жыл бұрын

    @@maiwritesmovies0560 People have have been eating pigeons for a very, very long time

  • @davidpacifico1019
    @davidpacifico1019 Жыл бұрын

    Conspiracy theorists: “BirDs ARe GovERnMeNT sPy dRonES!” CIA: “Well yes but actually no.”

  • @slcpunk2740

    @slcpunk2740

    Жыл бұрын

    Pigeon 1: *poop* YES! Got him! Direct hit on Hitler! Report back to HQ. Pigeon 2: You idiot, our orders were to coop in his shed not poop on his head.

  • @AyAy008

    @AyAy008

    Жыл бұрын

    The spy drone thing is more of a meme.

  • @gracie99999

    @gracie99999

    Жыл бұрын

    it’s like the religion and ones practicing it..try not to compare latter to former

  • @theowl2044
    @theowl2044 Жыл бұрын

    Pigeon: navigates entire countries during wartime carrying vital intelligence Human: gets lost finding own car after shopping

  • @rihadalif1670
    @rihadalif1670 Жыл бұрын

    me an asian who had pigeons as pet and where its pretty common of people having a lot of pigeons at their rooftop (some even have 100 at the same time) hearing them being called urban nuisance !!

  • @screwedagain1

    @screwedagain1

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here. I flew English Tipplers for years. Great hobby.

  • @travisbicklejr
    @travisbicklejr Жыл бұрын

    Insane biology of the hummingbird would be amazing!

  • @listerjne
    @listerjne Жыл бұрын

    WOW!!!! amazing vid as always i LOVE ur work

  • @the-human-being
    @the-human-being Жыл бұрын

    Great video, as usual.

  • @jfdc8402
    @jfdc8402 Жыл бұрын

    After the flood Noah released a bird to check surroundings . Indeed birds are underrated supernatural creatures!

  • @joelover2631
    @joelover2631 Жыл бұрын

    Different cities and places does sound different. We subconsciously store the memory of the sound. I can only imagine How it would be to fly above and hear what it sounds in the distance. Maybe it's just me.

  • @3Speedboy
    @3Speedboy Жыл бұрын

    "Pigeons are in fact real" ok CIA

  • @GroovyVideo2
    @GroovyVideo2 Жыл бұрын

    well done -Thanks

  • @akale2620
    @akale26207 ай бұрын

    Also pigeons: what what! A fan spinning at hundreds of times a minute? Let me run straight into it and get decapitated.

  • @ejoshcoron
    @ejoshcoron Жыл бұрын

    This channel is all bangers 🤘🏼

  • @LouseGrouse
    @LouseGrouse Жыл бұрын

    I love these brilliant silly birds so much

  • @toomanyspreedsheets9802
    @toomanyspreedsheets98029 ай бұрын

    I love that the birb was called GIJoe, thats amazing

  • @ClaysCoins
    @ClaysCoins Жыл бұрын

    The algorithm is really suppressing this video

  • @60ncid
    @60ncid Жыл бұрын

    keep it coming!

  • @joyknowles2508
    @joyknowles2508 Жыл бұрын

    I can understand how these pigeons found their way back home, but how did they know who and where to fly too?😳

  • @cau1471
    @cau1471 Жыл бұрын

    My grandfather, who died when my brother was 2 and before I was born, apparently had a LOT of homing pigeons, whom he doted on. My dad didn't have a great relationship with him (though he was great with the birds, he was not that great of a father in terms of leaving and then just kinda forgetting about them, but I digress) so I only know this because my mom met him a few times, the last of which was to introduce him to his first grandson lol

  • @Overthought7
    @Overthought7 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for (indirectly) teaching me the difference between passenger pigeons & messenger pigeons! I've apparently been mixing those 2 up for decades!

  • @treborsirrah7916
    @treborsirrah7916 Жыл бұрын

    6 minutes in and still not explained how they navigate their way home

  • @fazsyard

    @fazsyard

    Жыл бұрын

    no one real knows

  • @BBBrasil
    @BBBrasil Жыл бұрын

    Funny how we humans can understand only cartesian relations. For every Y there's only one X. We really need computers to aggregate and correlate pigeons different senses. Even small performance on one aspect can be enhanced by others in the overall mesmerizing homing results.

  • @davidegaruti2582

    @davidegaruti2582

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean we can aggregate much more than 2 values , We can associate colours,shapes,smells,tastes and tactile feelings , simple example : your favourite food

  • @davidegaruti2582

    @davidegaruti2582

    Жыл бұрын

    Matematician s do that because it can be easily graphed on paper and because you can get a surprising amount of milage from 2 dimensions

  • @BBBrasil

    @BBBrasil

    Жыл бұрын

    @@davidegaruti2582 I agree! But we still need computation power to aggregate other data points.

  • @BBBrasil

    @BBBrasil

    Жыл бұрын

    @@davidegaruti2582 But we can't take much quantitative and qualitative information from what defines my favourite food: How much I like it, or what could change in my favorite food and I still love it? I remember a database project where the student produced a n-axis graph, the client had some 50 data points and the program could easily view 4 of them in a 3D field. It was a little dumb bcs the program could be tweaked to search for optimization using much more, but the client wanted to visualize the results.

  • @Phoe
    @Phoe Жыл бұрын

    2:28 Up until this point I thought pigeons aren't real

  • @AngelMachariel
    @AngelMachariel Жыл бұрын

    They recharge on power lines! If it flies it spies!

  • @JamesBond-si7xs

    @JamesBond-si7xs

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol, exactly 😂

  • @JamesBond-si7xs

    @JamesBond-si7xs

    Жыл бұрын

    BAR

  • @LutraLovegood

    @LutraLovegood

    Жыл бұрын

    How does that work in places that don't have powerlines, ie European cities?

  • @anitacoogan4822
    @anitacoogan4822 Жыл бұрын

    Can see how folks would ignore pigeons as we tend to look down on them as very common in the city of Newark). I only saw a wedding pigeon that was not use to the city, hit the glass window and was injured. A friend & I rescue songbirds . A recent youtube video shows us in Newark NJ, the video is named ( Volunteers give migrating birds injured in N.J’s biggest city a second chance )' Also TRT made a older video when we first started named ( Window Strikes in the Business District ) of us picking up injured Warblers.

  • @zachnewby4739
    @zachnewby47398 ай бұрын

    Lets hear it for pigeons!

  • @ConsultingHumor
    @ConsultingHumor Жыл бұрын

    The front facing photo is so menacing

  • @SBA_poiko
    @SBA_poiko Жыл бұрын

    The thumbnail was top notch!

  • @dovigertelman1264
    @dovigertelman1264 Жыл бұрын

    I was lucky enough to see a real spycam pigion used in the cold war

  • @dovigertelman1264

    @dovigertelman1264

    Жыл бұрын

    It was stuffed of coarse lmao

  • @ddd.777-
    @ddd.777-4 ай бұрын

    Mad props for G.I Joe for his service, they actually even did moovies about him, or at least his name

  • @InsaneCitizenErased
    @InsaneCitizenErased Жыл бұрын

    gosh the included ads are always so seamless

  • @valprem6401
    @valprem6401 Жыл бұрын

    I just love pigeons. Threy are THE BEST

  • @pandanganmatiyn1487
    @pandanganmatiyn1487 Жыл бұрын

    Best thumbnail so far.

  • @jamesfry8983
    @jamesfry8983 Жыл бұрын

    You killed and ate speckled Jim, I had him since he was an egg dawn firing squad for you, anyone who gets the reference is epic

  • @kellydalstok8900

    @kellydalstok8900

    Жыл бұрын

    Blackadder?

  • @jamesfry8983

    @jamesfry8983

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kellydalstok8900 Excellent got to love good ol Blackadder

  • @jeremysmith7176
    @jeremysmith7176 Жыл бұрын

    I'm sure the pigeons appreciated this more than the pigeon bomb.

  • @locochicken6757
    @locochicken67574 ай бұрын

    Some of these experiments seem to be ethically ambiguous

  • @begimaizhumgalbekova6152
    @begimaizhumgalbekova61529 ай бұрын

    Now I get why in Spies in Disguise Sterling was a pigeon

  • @voodoochile7581
    @voodoochile7581 Жыл бұрын

    I love her soothing voice.

  • @Ruby-kj4jb
    @Ruby-kj4jb Жыл бұрын

    Now i know why Eren turned into BIRB after rumbling, he want to spy on Mikasa

  • @noellundstrom7447
    @noellundstrom7447 Жыл бұрын

    fascinating!

  • @TheAgentTexas
    @TheAgentTexas Жыл бұрын

    I don't know, I'm still not convinced that pigeons are real. I still have never seen a baby pigeon or a dead pigeon. So checkmate :D But for real though this gives me a lot more respect for pigeons.

  • @d.e.b.b5788

    @d.e.b.b5788

    Жыл бұрын

    Baby birds grow to adult size in only a few weeks, so by the time they leave the nest, they look like adults (my lovebirds appear adult size in two weeks). Dead pigeons get eaten by other birds and animals, that's why you don't usually see dead ones.

  • @TheAgentTexas

    @TheAgentTexas

    Жыл бұрын

    @@d.e.b.b5788 Or its because they are manufactured and are never actually babies. And when they reach their life span they fly back to the pentagon to be recycled. Ever wonder why the pentagon looks the way it does? Its because it's a giant bird nest :D *just kiddin around btw

  • @gracie99999

    @gracie99999

    Жыл бұрын

    legions of pigeons

  • @GOOD_FARMER
    @GOOD_FARMER Жыл бұрын

    So basically pigeons have their built-in GPS, wow 😃

  • @gracie99999

    @gracie99999

    Жыл бұрын

    supposedly unless bill gates had some due witit

  • @Veptis
    @Veptis Жыл бұрын

    I visited a spy museum in Berlin years ago. And their guided you through the history of espionage. And it also begun with pigeons.

  • @hashslingingslabber859
    @hashslingingslabber8594 ай бұрын

    The frosted glasses test is kind of fucked up lol Imagine the pigeon couldn’t make it back. Then it would just be stuck in nature partially blinding them

  • @yehoshuacirt8645
    @yehoshuacirt8645 Жыл бұрын

    You see divinity in His creation. Fascinating.

  • @gabrieltoledano5560
    @gabrieltoledano5560 Жыл бұрын

    Good Job!

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