Scientists Discover how homing pigeons work.

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  •  Smokey The Bear 
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    • Dec 2003
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    Scientists Discover how homing pigeons work.

    Secret of Homing Pigeons Revealed
    Thu Feb 5, 7:45 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!

    LONDON (Reuters) - The secret of carrier pigeons' uncanny ability to find their way home has been discovered by British scientists: the feathered navigators follow the roads just like we do.


    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...e_pigeons_dc_1
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    • stevecore
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      • May 2003
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      #2
      homing pigeons were around since 2900 BC, how did they find their way when there were no roads?

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        •  Smokey The Bear 
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          • Dec 2003
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          Originally posted by stevecore
          homing pigeons have been around since 2900 BC. how did they follow roads back then when there were no roads?
          Dirt paths ?? they say that they even follow turnpike's and waste time following the highways. If they actually had a built in compass they would fly in straighter lines.

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            •  Smokey The Bear 
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              • Dec 2003
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              Or maybe new age pigeons are lazier ?

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                • <IMX>
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                  • Jun 2002
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                    • stevecore
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                      • May 2003
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                      Originally posted by  Smokey The Bear 


                      Dirt paths ?? they say that they even follow turnpike's and waste time following the highways. If they actually had a built in compass they would fly in straighter lines.
                      with todays' ever expansive highways and thoroughfares, it be alot easier. but you gotta think about just how many dirt paths there may have been back then in 2900BC... like one?

                      i think they just made a guess after wasting ten years on it. LOL

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                        •  Smokey The Bear 
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                          • Dec 2003
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                          Originally posted by stevecore


                          with todays' ever expansive highways and thoroughfares, it be alot easier. but you gotta think about just how many dirt paths there may have been back then in 2900BC... like one?

                          i think they just made a guess after wasting ten years on it. LOL
                          LOL thats a good theory as well


                          Also there could be other factors involved. Maybe there more bugs ( to eat ) over the highways , or maybe they follow food paths that follow the highways. ?

                          Seems like a fairly quick assumption to make. I hope they got a grant and not a loan to fund that.

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                            • stevecore
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                              • May 2003
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                              Originally posted by  Smokey The Bear 


                              LOL thats a good theory as well


                              Also there could be other factors involved.
                              well pigeons do like to shit on cars...

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