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Old 02-05-2004, 10:13 PM   #1
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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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Old 02-05-2004, 10:17 PM   #2
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homing pigeons were around since 2900 BC, how did they find their way when there were no roads?
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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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Or maybe new age pigeons are lazier ?
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wtf? Gay pigeons?
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Old 02-05-2004, 10:21 PM   #6
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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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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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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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