Pigeons

Pigeons use unexpected super sense to find home

by JoAnna Wendel
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Rock dove or common pigeon or feral pigeon in Kelsey Park, Beckenham, Greater London. Close up of th...
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Imagine walking home from the grocery store or a friends’ house...

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But instead of finding the way using street signs or landmarks, you instead follow the scent of the honeysuckle flowers on your neighbor’s fence, make a turn at the aroma of a bakery 5 blocks away, and cross the street at that one alley that always smells like weed.

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