Pigeon

Sara and Maria discuss pigeons as domesticated animals and as a feral menace.

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Stupid dove nests subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/stupiddovenests/?rdt=38535

Neanderthals eating pigeons: https://phys.org/news/2014-08-ancient-pigeon-bones-reveal-secrets.html

Pigeon intelligence: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/201907/the-surprising-neuroscience-pigeon-intelligence

Ancient Mesopotamian dovecotes: http://www.anthropology.uw.edu.pl/15/bne-15-02.pdf

Pigeons in ancient Rome and the Near East: https://www.asorblog.org/2017/11/28/not-just-birds-pigeons-roman-byzantine-near-east.html

Pigeon and thrush dung: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jpln.202300152

The last known population of wild rock doves: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222008926

Thailand Laugher and Arabian Trumpeter images: https://www.pigeontype.info/2018/08/31/thailand-laugher-pigeons/

Arabian trumpeter sound: https://youtu.be/bQif1fSBhe8

Stargard shakers: https://youtu.be/GxkxTyDk3s8

Homer’s reference to the silver doves of Messina: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Homer_-_Iliad,_translation_Pope,_1909.djvu/67

Parlor rollers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiQOb6dMN28

Tumbler pigeon: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sKzhk2zR340

Mike Tyson’s pigeon spending habits: https://www.essentiallysports.com/boxing-news-how-much-are-mike-tysons-pigeons-worth/

Pigeon pants (diapers): https://www.pigeonrescue.org/faqs-2/where-can-i-get-pigeon-pants/

Pigeon contraception: https://www.audubon.org/magazine/cities-are-testing-birth-control-solve-pigeon-problems

Weight of pigeon poop per bird per year: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4494298/

Pigeons as research model animals: https://academic.oup.com/socpro/article-abstract/55/1/72/1640224

Jiguet et al., 2019, Urban pigeons losing toes due to human activities: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320719306901

Pigeon crop milk, signalling pathways (oxytocin etc.) and also stats on pigeon meat consumption in China: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123002043

Pigeon racing in Belgium, from 1818 to now (with doping!): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8880243/

Pigeon racing at the 1900 Olympics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_racing_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics

Chinese government cracks down on gambling on pigeon racing: https://www.pigeonsfci.net/news-detail-661f3a242f2a3.html

Pigeon racers in the Mishnah: https://www.sefaria.org/English_Explanation_of_Mishnah_Rosh_Hashanah.1.8.2?lang=bi

The most expensive pigeons ever sold: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54953594

Fastest pigeon racing stats: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/63785-fastest-pigeon-race

Pigeons in warfare: https://bjmh.gold.ac.uk/article/download/808/930

Pigeons in the Franco-Prussian war: https://scholarworks.harding.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=tenor

Pigeons smuggling contraband into Brazilian prisons: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/01/pigeons-mobile-phones-brazil-prison

Project Pigeon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon

Cher Ami, the decorated war pigeon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami

Pigeons can detect breast cancer in medical images: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4651348/

Orthographic learning: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1607870113

Visual pattern recognition: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1989.tb00495.x

Painting style discrimination: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1901/jeab.1995.63-165

Pigeons prefer Bach to Stravinsky: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1985-00463-001

Pope’s dove of peace: https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/29/popes-dove-of-peace-attacked-by-seagull-of-irony/

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Music used in this episode: Nashville Vibes by Andy Warner https://tunetank.com/track/6477-nashville-vibes/