Pigeons are gross. They're also wildly underrated.

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  • @karinam4420
    @karinam4420 Před 4 lety +7656

    When my dad was a kid there was a guy in his neighborhood that would sell pigeons to the kids as pets. but as soon as the kid got his new pet bird out of the cage, they'd fly back to their owner, who'd proceed to sell the same bird to other kids.

    • @yay-cat
      @yay-cat Před 4 lety +628

      I’m gonna try tame the guy outside my window and use this as a side hustle once the pandemic pandemonium relaxes into a recession

    • @bupi.
      @bupi. Před 4 lety +472

      Stonks

    • @charmedprince
      @charmedprince Před 4 lety +39

      @@yay-cat 😂😂😂😂🕊

    • @gaurangawatade8516
      @gaurangawatade8516 Před 4 lety +17

      Seems like the short horror film 'Jigsaw'

    • @shay3355
      @shay3355 Před 4 lety +117

      Merchant : 100

  • @aydenmikita
    @aydenmikita Před 8 lety +5075

    pigeons.... our most mistreated war vets.....

    • @HomeSkillenSLICE
      @HomeSkillenSLICE Před 7 lety +184

      I demand that they receive Pigeon Medicaid and Social Security

    • @ktbeatty
      @ktbeatty Před 6 lety +92

      I'm afraid that distinction goes to the dogs that served in Vietnam. Don't Google it if you are a dog lover. It's heartbreaking beyond words. Dogs like German Shepherds are believe to have saved more military lives in combat (per use) that any other single military advancement. In WWII they literally returned home to parades. Vietnam was an entirely different story.

    • @shewantmydinero7254
      @shewantmydinero7254 Před 4 lety +1

      HomeSkillenSLICE 😂😂😂😂

    • @marcus.the.younger
      @marcus.the.younger Před 4 lety +3

      Pets***

    • @alelimagpayo5641
      @alelimagpayo5641 Před 4 lety +2

      Are they use as food??? Kekekeke

  • @randoseworld5557
    @randoseworld5557 Před 4 lety +2832

    I am happy to see that some people actually care about pigeons. Seagulls just go bonkers, yell, and eat your sandwiches, unlike pigeons.

    • @randoseworld5557
      @randoseworld5557 Před 4 lety +46

      @paper tastes like cardboard Not when they eat your sandwich! I paid subway $10 for that sub!

    • @boythatcant1952
      @boythatcant1952 Před 4 lety +1

      @paper tastes like cardboarduntil u get vanquished lol

    • @mattsupertramp6506
      @mattsupertramp6506 Před 4 lety

      And sometimes they eat pigeons

    • @umokay5285
      @umokay5285 Před 4 lety +13

      Pigeons are the cutest. I always carry around seeds for a reason.

    • @randoseworld5557
      @randoseworld5557 Před 4 lety +2

      @@umokay5285 me too.

  • @7hr338
    @7hr338 Před 4 lety +133

    Birds in general are underrated. They are probably some of the most beautiful and intelligent creatures that live on this planet, but not many people stop to look at a bird and appreciate how amazing they really are.

  • @VipKamaro
    @VipKamaro Před 7 lety +3205

    I actually think that pigeons are chill af.

  • @PigeonShat
    @PigeonShat Před 8 lety +17279

    Coo...

    • @flaya11
      @flaya11 Před 8 lety +557

      Awh.

    • @Sleppa_95
      @Sleppa_95 Před 8 lety +587

      +Pigeon do u mind if i inertvew u how does it feel to be underatted

    • @astronershelloyeah8787
      @astronershelloyeah8787 Před 8 lety +64

      there is a guy called "pigavans" in google..he has 2nd generation baby pigeon that was crossed with hen.. Ask him if anybody wants he showed me a video ....babies are cute and intelligent they resemble hen but that fly high! now he is trying with pigeon and duck cross

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz Před 8 lety +30

      Nice troll Astroners, pigeons and chickens, pigeons and ducks can't produce offspring. Similarly to how you can't crossbreed a dog and a cat, because wouldn't that be awesome?

    • @flaya11
      @flaya11 Před 8 lety +96

      COO COO WHY SUDDENLY RELIGION

  • @heyitsritu
    @heyitsritu Před 4 lety +2030

    I love how even though vox is a huge channel, they still use curses

    • @heyitsritu
      @heyitsritu Před 4 lety +127

      @@Mori They usually avoid to. Or just put a beeeep on curses. As if we all don't know anything. It's just annoying.

    • @tapeadeadworm
      @tapeadeadworm Před 4 lety +129

      Many big youtubers don't curse to please and seek respect from their big daddy CZcams.

    • @heyitsritu
      @heyitsritu Před 4 lety +11

      @@tapeadeadworm Haha true dat!

    • @sbyoutub3
      @sbyoutub3 Před 4 lety +4

      @@tapeadeadworm rich daddy

    • @taysmd
      @taysmd Před 4 lety +1

      Destiny ya there not

  • @isabellamiller6320
    @isabellamiller6320 Před 3 lety +44

    1:23 that parent pigeon “busy raising families of more flying messengers” melted my heart :)

  • @emmamacdonald82
    @emmamacdonald82 Před 4 lety +8577

    My favourite thing about pigeons: they did a study in Toronto that discovered that pigeons always divide themselves among food sources so that each pigeon gets about the same amount of food. So if you start feeding pigeons at a park everyday, as you increase the amount of food you put down, you will only attract more pigeons rather than feed those initial pigeons more. They have a mysterious way of communicating with each other to equitably divide the food throughout the entire city among the thousands of themselves. It’s a beautiful case of solidarity. If only humans were so progressive...

    • @hakah
      @hakah Před 4 lety +771

      Its not solidarity, its biological communism

    • @hakah
      @hakah Před 4 lety +313

      They don't do it because of their good will, they do it to survive, and they are R strategist

    • @90AlmostFamous
      @90AlmostFamous Před 4 lety +267

      That explains why they are successful to the point of being treated as pests

    • @grzegorzcichosz8240
      @grzegorzcichosz8240 Před 4 lety +56

      could you link or name the study?

    • @Oraleproductions23
      @Oraleproductions23 Před 4 lety +68

      Didn’t know y’all spoke pigeon

  • @shivamchaudhry5959
    @shivamchaudhry5959 Před 4 lety +11481

    When you realise a pigeon had more impact on history than you.

    • @YerSiNia14
      @YerSiNia14 Před 4 lety +204

      Are u seeing all pigeons as an individual?

    • @adeeb1787
      @adeeb1787 Před 4 lety +50

      Yes, humans have way more impact than pigeons but still pigeons are cool!!!

    • @boimesa8190
      @boimesa8190 Před 4 lety +88

      @@YerSiNia14 there's the pigeon that saved 200 men...

    • @HanadiH
      @HanadiH Před 4 lety +67

      @@adeeb1787 You missed the point - he's saying pigeons were more useful to humanity than him

    • @adeeb1787
      @adeeb1787 Před 4 lety +12

      @@HanadiH Hmm, yes you're right.

  • @destinationaddictionsamsar7894

    Its exstreamly easy to clean up after them... we have a automatic cleaner in our pigeon coop. (The floor is non stick and with a press of a botton moves and the poo rolls off into a trash bucket) they're exstreamly smart buggers and much easier and cheaper to care for than a parrot. A hella alot quieter to.
    They purr like a cat and love affection.

    • @Iugeer
      @Iugeer Před 3 lety +5

      i confirm

    • @swaap3792
      @swaap3792 Před 3 lety +4

      Can u send some link or something of the cleaner u talking about.i need it

    • @solar0wind
      @solar0wind Před 3 lety +5

      Their poop is easier to remove of they're well fed. The poop people complain about is starvation diarrhea :(

    • @overlord3481
      @overlord3481 Před 3 lety

      I've never heard of such an auto cleaner, you're lying

    • @vanman757
      @vanman757 Před 3 lety +1

      @@solar0wind Why, what's that ?..

  • @JanekateFitness
    @JanekateFitness Před 4 lety +79

    I picked up a pigeon injured from a cat attack and wouldn’t fly, I’m still taking care of it, 4 dats later and she’s better. Can’t wait to let her go when she’s okay

    • @rpa2001
      @rpa2001 Před 3 lety +5

      I know it’s been a year but did the pigeon make a full recovery?

    • @JanekateFitness
      @JanekateFitness Před 3 lety +14

      @@rpa2001 she recovered and I let her go

    • @blankname7737
      @blankname7737 Před 3 lety +3

      I used to have a pigeon who had a broken wing, one day he left and never came back. Rest easy Ed ♥️

    • @Araksi_N
      @Araksi_N Před 3 lety +3

      Thank you for helping her

  • @Keys879
    @Keys879 Před 8 lety +4645

    We need to restart the Search and Rescue Pigeon program. 93%? That's incredible.

    • @nick.t8831
      @nick.t8831 Před 8 lety +70

      +luna.mint crows/ravens are really smart too, theres some videos on it

    • @Shuffle314159
      @Shuffle314159 Před 8 lety +138

      Nowadays, software could probably do the job both faster and more reliably

    • @firozosman
      @firozosman Před 8 lety +140

      Yep. They might've found MH370.

    • @gavinkemp7920
      @gavinkemp7920 Před 8 lety +62

      i'm not sure actually. most detection devices don't use vision but someform of active sensor. passive ones like vision are very noisy and take alot of logic to identify caracteristics.

    • @liams923
      @liams923 Před 8 lety +4

      We have computers now...

  • @destroyer-tz2mk
    @destroyer-tz2mk Před 4 lety +12473

    I have nothing against pigeons. They're cool and chill. Unlike seagulls.

    • @alcancass8018
      @alcancass8018 Před 4 lety +110

      I have a pigeon phobia and love seagulls lol

    • @nia.r5988
      @nia.r5988 Před 4 lety +745

      @@alcancass8018 seagulls are evil evil creatures

    • @alcancass8018
      @alcancass8018 Před 4 lety +45

      @@nia.r5988 And I can't help myself to absolutely adore them. They are like the version of pigeons that aren't hellish

    • @MissMoontree
      @MissMoontree Před 4 lety +414

      @Alcan Cass
      Seagulls are way more hellish. Have you tried eating fries when they were near? They agressively attacked highschool students with food where I lived. Pigeons were way less agressive.

    • @dasfear726
      @dasfear726 Před 4 lety +4

      I just made the same comment xD

  • @Itachi-nc8wf
    @Itachi-nc8wf Před 4 lety +117

    Pigeon: has a good mapping sense....
    ALL THEY KNOW IS TO COME IN THE HOUSE BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT!

  • @Ash-gj8jt
    @Ash-gj8jt Před 4 lety +206

    Pigeons also make incredible pets; They're extremely affectionate and learn easily!

    • @neoqueto
      @neoqueto Před 4 lety +30

      Also probably the quietest of birds which makes them very appealing as first pet bird

    • @phirion6341
      @phirion6341 Před 4 lety +4

      @@neoqueto have you ever heard an owl?

    • @neoqueto
      @neoqueto Před 4 lety +15

      @@phirion6341 I meant pet birds unless you count Yoll. But even she can be loud.

    • @amogus8981
      @amogus8981 Před 3 lety +2

      Mine is a bully while the other one is Shy

    • @Iugeer
      @Iugeer Před 3 lety +1

      agreed

  • @kyu_cat
    @kyu_cat Před 7 lety +1730

    You can't spell cool without
    *COO*

  • @ErikGiovani
    @ErikGiovani Před 7 lety +2861

    The pigeons in the airplane bubbles are so cute hahaha

  • @fukitsiulin3764
    @fukitsiulin3764 Před 3 lety +28

    "They were simply more interested in the task..."
    Hooman interest: saving another hooman
    Pigeon interest: getting food

  • @chocolateeclair9879
    @chocolateeclair9879 Před 4 lety +116

    I hate people that abuse pigeons over ‘pretty birds’ because they are pests. One time I was at the Smithsonian Zoo, sitting at the food court and saw a father teaching his kid to kick at pigeons so they don’t eat the food for the smaller birds they were feeding.

  • @Fitzroyfallz
    @Fitzroyfallz Před 7 lety +803

    Pigeons are also incredibly romantic. They mate for life and care for one another like old married couples. When their mate dies they can get so sad that they refuse to eat and shut themselves away from the world. Some die from this, so I guess you could say they die of loneliness.

  • @saleelasuwannarak7127
    @saleelasuwannarak7127 Před 8 lety +1585

    That coast guard thing is soooo fucking cool

  • @eru7774
    @eru7774 Před 4 lety +38

    2:56 The pigeon pecking at the televised ship got me dying 😂 we literally trained birds to hate boats
    Update: HAHAHAHAHAHA 3:28

  • @tinmoimoingay16
    @tinmoimoingay16 Před 4 lety +29

    Those pigeons playing ping pong was beyond cuteness ❤️

  • @seanmurphy4758
    @seanmurphy4758 Před 8 lety +243

    "These little bastards can guide our fucking missiles"

    • @HomeSkillenSLICE
      @HomeSkillenSLICE Před 7 lety +2

      XD

    • @robinvan7086
      @robinvan7086 Před 6 lety +1

      that's not what she said. she said, these little bleepers can guide our bleeping missiles.

  • @wakaka2waka
    @wakaka2waka Před 9 lety +721

    I love pigeons. People think they're common ugly animals, but I love how they look. They red-orange eye markings, the contrast with its light blue contours, its black and light gray colors contrasted with shining green and red and purple fleckles. They are beautiful creatures, and adorable. Sigh... if they go extinct, you'll see the same people who wish them dead moon about how beautiful they were.

    • @r4nowo
      @r4nowo Před 8 lety +33

      They look like they've been designed to look retro. like a modern vespa

    • @cerysymphony2712
      @cerysymphony2712 Před 8 lety +18

      +wakaka2waka Not all pigeons are the same color as the common rock pigeon. My grandfather has been breeding them for decades and he has a huge range of different colors.

    • @beauling546
      @beauling546 Před 8 lety +18

      +wakaka2waka I've been saying the same thing, in my opinion pigeons and even crows are overlooked just by how incredibly common they are.

    • @cerysymphony2712
      @cerysymphony2712 Před 8 lety +19

      beau ling I adore crows. They even chase hawks out of their territory sometimes, so I try to keep the crows in my area happy so they'll hang around my property.

    • @YujiUedaFan
      @YujiUedaFan Před 8 lety +3

      +wakaka2waka There a number of Pigeons with pied markings are and they're the most adorable ones!

  • @citlalivillegas9298
    @citlalivillegas9298 Před 4 lety +33

    I love pigeons , but I always get a little sad when people call pigeons rats . Pigeons deserve a monument for their world war sacrifices .

    • @EnclaviousFiraga
      @EnclaviousFiraga Před 9 měsíci

      They aren't rats. They're flying rats who do lots of damage to crops and with their waste. Also, they do have fleas, ticks, and worms so I doubt you'd want to cuddle with even a caged pigeon.

    • @citlalivillegas9298
      @citlalivillegas9298 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@EnclaviousFiraga I do and i have ! I also had chickens and birds that would come and feed would give my chickens diseases. but to avoid all of it I would vaccinate my chickens.

  • @rava88diaz84
    @rava88diaz84 Před 4 lety +8

    My grandmother used to have pigeons and doves which my grandpa bought her in guadalajara mexico, once my grandma thought that they needed to be free, she let them out if the cage for her surprise they came right back and sat on the balcony waiting for her, now the whole generation after them lives in a pine tree thats right in front of her house. 6 years later after her passing away the doves and pigeons still sing like they did when she went outside to see them and feed them.

  • @boba5257
    @boba5257 Před 4 lety +1338

    I honestly really like pigeons, they’re so adorable and the way they walk🥺and they have this sense of mystery to them, like honestly how tf do they remember how to get home when they’re dropped in the middle of nowhere or somewhere where they’ve never been?

    • @merc065
      @merc065 Před 4 lety +20

      There are people who are like pigeon summoners that let them walk on them. I can also be one of those people.

    • @o_o6869
      @o_o6869 Před 4 lety +46

      pigeon neck dance and walk style always make me happy.

    • @danielc5647
      @danielc5647 Před 4 lety +1

      the same behaviour as the magnetotactic bacteria

    • @Taraak
      @Taraak Před 4 lety

      Siena May exactly omg!!

    • @chris4710
      @chris4710 Před 4 lety +1

      Wildly enough they use their sense of atmospheric scents.

  • @nicoleilag
    @nicoleilag Před 8 lety +734

    This video made me respect pigeons more, but it will not defeat the the fact that I will get mad every time they decided to crap on my car.

    • @dinoflame9696
      @dinoflame9696 Před 8 lety +4

      i wonder how this newfound respect will express itself

    • @ruleram1
      @ruleram1 Před 8 lety +13

      +Nicole Ilag A bird pooping on you is a sign of good luck and coming riches. You should be grateful.

    • @_sawbonz_
      @_sawbonz_ Před 8 lety +42

      +ruleram1 so i can poop on a pigeon to pay my gratitude

    • @driversetup6483
      @driversetup6483 Před 8 lety +4

      +ruleram1 that's a scam

    • @FinalCurse
      @FinalCurse Před 7 lety

      Nicole Ilag are you a pronstar?

  • @harshvraj
    @harshvraj Před 4 lety +51

    I used to have a peigon he was so trained that he goes for flying alone then comes back back,I never put him in a cage and he used to stop eating when my dad was not home.

  • @MrDucky
    @MrDucky Před 4 lety +24

    Who needs teachers when pigeons can teach us. they are so smart

  • @Mariostern1
    @Mariostern1 Před 7 lety +204

    Pigeons are beautiful animals, but I'm saddened that most pigeons we see on streets and in cities are (decendants of) pets who just wanted to find a way home :'(

    • @samistrash6262
      @samistrash6262 Před 4 lety +21

      Exactly. Pigeons can fly all the way back to their home and land in it, but when I run back to my first childhood house I'm "that homeless person that escaped the asylum" and "the cops are being called". What a messed up society.

    • @maowshkins
      @maowshkins Před rokem +1

      @@samistrash6262 fr

  • @solisinvictus4238
    @solisinvictus4238 Před 8 lety +112

    Humans are so disrespectful.
    I hate how they will love something or someone until they are not useful anymore, then insult that person or thing instead of giving respect where it is due. Such how they treat the earth and its inhabitants

  • @otto7317
    @otto7317 Před 4 lety +11

    As i'm watching this, the pigeon i usually scare away, is sitting outside on my balcony railing
    im gonna stop scaring it away now

  • @binzc3052
    @binzc3052 Před 4 lety +13

    All fun and games till you realize the pigeons are the real mvp’s

  • @siavoushavesta5324
    @siavoushavesta5324 Před 4 lety +430

    i live in iran, pigeons are wildly popular and Millions of people have them as pets

    • @acek2016
      @acek2016 Před 4 lety +12

      Seriously? I didn’t know it was possible to keep them as pets?

    • @siavoushavesta5324
      @siavoushavesta5324 Před 4 lety +67

      @@acek2016 dude they're plentiful in number of breeds, all kinds and colors, and they're calm around humans and once they mate and lay eggs they will always return if you let them fly
      Or as we say in persian, Wing them

    • @acek2016
      @acek2016 Před 4 lety +4

      Wow sounds cool!

    • @chuckychuck8318
      @chuckychuck8318 Před 4 lety +1

      Is it wildly or widely? I'm sorry I don't speak much English

    • @siavoushavesta5324
      @siavoushavesta5324 Před 4 lety +8

      @@chuckychuck8318 both work, not the same meaning thou

  • @ghost122gun
    @ghost122gun Před 8 lety +532

    Well I will be damed you can tell we are doing something wrong if they score 93% over humans

    • @Ask8613
      @Ask8613 Před 8 lety +35

      Just means they were built for spotting movement from the air and we weren't. That's how they eat. The better beat us at it they need to do it to survive.

    • @GamesFromSpace
      @GamesFromSpace Před 8 lety +9

      Yeah, but they get a 0% when they try to fly or build helicopters.

    • @Ask8613
      @Ask8613 Před 8 lety +22

      Joshua Pearce
      Wings? they don't need helicopter either...because wings.

    • @GamesFromSpace
      @GamesFromSpace Před 8 lety +2

      Doesitmatter? Kinda hard for pigeons to hover or lift anyone out of the ocean, using their own wings. Might as well point out that humans can swim, so we don't need the helicopter either.

    • @alliemaricru1551
      @alliemaricru1551 Před 7 lety +15

      Joshua Pearce you're missing the point that pigeons are only used to find people, not save them... obviously this has benifits. For example, maybe attach a button to the pigeon to press once they see a human which alerts the helicopter to the coordinates where they can come to rescue them. There are many feasible applications they can be used for.

  • @freddyparkinson3820
    @freddyparkinson3820 Před 4 lety +10

    Everyone: ew pigeons
    Vox: I just think the’re really neat

  • @bravelittleroomba
    @bravelittleroomba Před 4 lety +9

    They've always been my favourite bird. Broke my heart when they removed them from Trafalgar Square.

  • @ninecrowns871
    @ninecrowns871 Před 4 lety +781

    So before they are hero getting medals
    Now they are getting slaughtered??
    Ok its TOP 10 Anime Betrayals

    • @ash7386
      @ash7386 Před 4 lety +10

      true dat

    • @kunshumonarch1237
      @kunshumonarch1237 Před 4 lety +2

      Sounds like Rising of the Shield Hero

    • @martededoncker4843
      @martededoncker4843 Před 3 lety +1

      that happens/will happen with almost every species.

    • @Magical_Trash
      @Magical_Trash Před 3 lety +1

      Right, it was quite saddening to hear 😢

    • @slowlywakingup
      @slowlywakingup Před 2 měsíci

      They're nice until they're useful. Then we just discard them and move on. Human behaviour make me sad.

  • @h3egypt
    @h3egypt Před 8 lety +323

    i raise pigeons for fun.. it's quit popular here in egypt... theyre so smart and the little ones are so cute..

    • @infinitygg367
      @infinitygg367 Před 6 lety +15

      Hagag Hamed in Egypt y'all eat pigeons stop lying about raising them for fun

    • @h3egypt
      @h3egypt Před 6 lety +36

      crz7 7777 .... we raise a local type called baladi for food though we only take some of the young and keep the rest.. but also alot of teens and young men raise fly and keep a variety of types of pigeons we don't eat those... there is a big market here we have Australian english sha2lbaz absy masaweed and lots of other types

    • @Los_HermanitosCruz
      @Los_HermanitosCruz Před 5 lety +3

      I do so tooo!!

    • @ihaveleftthisaccount3710
      @ihaveleftthisaccount3710 Před 5 lety +4

      infinity gg
      Ignorant

    • @jeanbaptistevallee4500
      @jeanbaptistevallee4500 Před 5 lety +7

      @@infinitygg367
      Nothing wrong with pigeon dining, they are good eating.
      Now a chicken is a truly filthy animal!
      And quite tasty!

  • @thatoneveryfunnychannel2482

    Me: *pigeons are second favorite animal*
    Vox: Everyone hates pigeons
    Me: :/

  • @user-fn3py8hv9p
    @user-fn3py8hv9p Před 4 lety +31

    No one:
    Not a single soul:
    Me: what does your pet do? What’s it’s special abilities? Well, mine? Mine guides missiles XD

  • @johncho5794
    @johncho5794 Před 5 lety +273

    Is it just me or do pigeons seem like they got less scared of humans when I was a boy the always flew away and now they just walk around and like they expecting food from us??

    • @dofehino5444
      @dofehino5444 Před 4 lety +9

      you stopped eating them, for now

    • @adeeb1787
      @adeeb1787 Před 4 lety +7

      @@dofehino5444 Oh, hate comments. I like these people, they always say out of the box. You know what I mean.

    • @chelseaag1928
      @chelseaag1928 Před 4 lety +2

      Dofe hino Nice of you to let us know you’re a Neanderthal

    • @cryst6406
      @cryst6406 Před 4 lety +2

      Dofe hino ah, you must own a fedora as well

    • @paul-robinfranz9272
      @paul-robinfranz9272 Před 4 lety +17

      In my experience they stay away from kids, as many kids tend to chase them around and stuff were as adults don't do that :)

  • @rcbif101
    @rcbif101 Před 9 lety +140

    Found an injured pigeon wearing a leg-band while cycling and brought it home. Was able to use the internet to find it's owner, and learned a bit about pigeon racing too. They are underrated.
    There is a good Vice episode about pigeon racing. It's equivalent to the horse racing here in the USA.

    • @abbott75
      @abbott75 Před 9 lety +6

      ***** That Vice episode is absolute rubbish to anyone who actually has anything to do with pigeons. It is not accurate at all.

  • @TheBryce1416
    @TheBryce1416 Před 3 lety +6

    Scientists: "Pigeons are extremely accurate at navigating to a pinpoint location even when thousands of miles away!"
    America: "Let's put them in bombs"

  • @jaygrey2985
    @jaygrey2985 Před 4 lety +10

    Me: wants to go to bed and sleep
    Also me: Look, a video about underrated pigeons

  • @poserdisposer69
    @poserdisposer69 Před 7 lety +817

    i didnt know people hated pigeons

    • @luqmanturaki
      @luqmanturaki Před 6 lety +75

      shırxsı only americans hate pigeons

    • @jaimitvala1823
      @jaimitvala1823 Před 6 lety +15

      luqman tura no I hate pigeons too

    • @MinnueteCVP
      @MinnueteCVP Před 5 lety +16

      @@luqmanturaki It's prob a bit old, but here on brazil everyone hates pigeons too, ir's like some infestation around the biggest cities

    • @jayntsngh
      @jayntsngh Před 5 lety +24

      just search " pigeon hunting" you will know how barbaric way people kill pigeon. 😢😢

    • @CharDhue
      @CharDhue Před 4 lety +3

      Yea. I mean in my country or just around my island pegeon can be a pet or farmed. And nope its not as abudant as in europe

  • @brod2man
    @brod2man Před 9 lety +205

    The most surprising thing I got from this video is that a guy wrote a song about pidgeons

    • @anastasia-fr1gn
      @anastasia-fr1gn Před 9 lety +13

      That's Tom Lehrer. He did alot of satirical songs. One of the most famous is "We'll all go together when we go" . It's actually pretty funny in a morbid way. .😅

    • @tidelidei
      @tidelidei Před 9 lety

      Pigey isva house sparrow

    • @masterimbecile
      @masterimbecile Před 9 lety +11

      Tom Lehrer. He also sang the Elements Song. Maybe you've heard of it.

    • @quantum.starhop
      @quantum.starhop Před 8 lety

      I love that song...

    • @jeffgoble9206
      @jeffgoble9206 Před 7 lety +2

      Check out his song "masochism tango"

  • @aquiegaloucura
    @aquiegaloucura Před 4 lety +23

    I've always loved pigeons a lot and I'm glad that more people are becoming aware of their efforts🕊️

    • @JaKingScomez
      @JaKingScomez Před 4 lety

      Pigeons are the worst no reason to love them they are the worst.

    • @aquiegaloucura
      @aquiegaloucura Před 3 lety +6

      @@JaKingScomez 😡😠😡😠

    • @peskypigeonx
      @peskypigeonx Před rokem +1

      @@JaKingScomez There’s no reason to love you.

    • @alisaree8822
      @alisaree8822 Před 2 měsíci

      @@JaKingScomez no reason to love you, you are the worst, shame on you.

  • @MaxPowersHedgehog
    @MaxPowersHedgehog Před 3 lety +2

    Nice to whoever narrated this story, you have done well. :)

  • @shocker20111
    @shocker20111 Před 7 lety +165

    In Fez, Morocco they use pigeon poop in tanneries to treat leather. And the tanners swear by it; they say it's better than chemical treatments (and probably cheaper too).

    • @nadersherif5712
      @nadersherif5712 Před 6 lety +1

      *_probably_*

    • @alexw9923
      @alexw9923 Před 4 lety

      Moroccans will do anything to lower the price 😂😂 na9as taman

  • @ryracing3950
    @ryracing3950 Před 9 lety +140

    They could have used pigeons to find the missing malaysia airplane.

  • @yenchenje4611
    @yenchenje4611 Před 4 lety +4

    Day 42 in quarantine, I’m looking at videos dedicated to Pigeon’s contribution to world history

  • @dansonpovaz3031
    @dansonpovaz3031 Před 4 lety

    Thank you Vox for so many informative videos.

  • @tateabbey
    @tateabbey Před 8 lety +119

    I've always thought that Pigeons are adorable lol

  • @sainthunny
    @sainthunny Před 7 lety +296

    I have a pet pigeon
    his name is Brendan
    we call him Dan
    he's a nice fella

    • @mrpigeo
      @mrpigeo Před 4 lety +2

      Saint Honey nice

    • @adeeb1787
      @adeeb1787 Před 4 lety +1

      @@mrpigeo Stop poking your beak!!

    • @Alexx--
      @Alexx-- Před 4 lety

      Say hi to him for me

  • @deadman0013
    @deadman0013 Před 3 lety +4

    "these b* can f^ guide our missiles" Okay I'm sold, but also it's pretty lit that they're capable of finding survivors at a higher rate that literal humans.

  • @redtsun67
    @redtsun67 Před 3 lety +3

    "I though I'd be floating out here forever, thank you for saving me"
    "no a pigeon did that"

  • @AJMansfield1
    @AJMansfield1 Před 8 lety +198

    hmmm... I wonder if it would be feasible to use pigeons for solving captchas?

    • @vjorp5332
      @vjorp5332 Před 8 lety +10

      +Anson Mansfield Why not...

    • @hfyaer
      @hfyaer Před 8 lety +18

      +Anson Mansfield Once you got them hungry enough nothing can stop them

    • @avenhojd1755
      @avenhojd1755 Před 7 lety

      LagiNaLangAko23 Hi Flips

    • @Arlothed1no
      @Arlothed1no Před 6 lety

      Anson Mansfield Actually, captchas help teach AI robots. It's a pretty interesting process. I hope Vox does a video on it. Unless they already do. But CPGGrey has a good video on it.

  • @teliph3U
    @teliph3U Před 8 lety +834

    So whan an animal loses it's worth for us it's worthless? That seems to be a very narrow point of view to me.

    • @jjarry
      @jjarry Před 8 lety +5

      You will understand. If take a look at your life. Everything in life is never forever or you would never replace it.

    • @teliph3U
      @teliph3U Před 8 lety +34

      j jarry We have to be evil, because our lives are finite? I don't understand.

    • @jjarry
      @jjarry Před 8 lety +3

      Understand that nothing will every stay the same the you will notice why. People are never happy with what they have.

    • @teliph3U
      @teliph3U Před 8 lety +31

      j jarry There is nothing for me to understand. I don't see how that justifies abusive behaviour.

    • @jjarry
      @jjarry Před 8 lety +1

      Everything will be come useless. Its just a matter of time. Until its found.

  • @stephenkylecaballero6941
    @stephenkylecaballero6941 Před 4 lety +2

    "pigeons can guide a missile"
    pigeon: yes humans... fear us....

  • @ngpb17
    @ngpb17 Před 4 lety +3

    I had a pigeon as a pet when I was a kid, and the best pet I ever had. my pigeon would pet me back. she was free to fly anywhere, which made for a few surprise visits to my school 😋. also, extremely loyal and only let me and my grand father even get near her.

  • @Liletter
    @Liletter Před 4 lety +1232

    This was ghostwritten by Nikola Tesla, 100%.

    • @Br_KN
      @Br_KN Před 4 lety +4

      Why?

    • @ekscentar1
      @ekscentar1 Před 4 lety +122

      @@Br_KN because Nikola Tesla adored pigeons in his old age when he was living in hotel. Some scientists are even joking that he was in love with one of them.

    • @alienofficial3678
      @alienofficial3678 Před 4 lety +48

      @@ekscentar1 Another reason to admire the legend Tesla even more

    • @adeeb1787
      @adeeb1787 Před 4 lety +1

      Hmm, but now when I have seen Andrew Dotson's that video where he ranked physicists, I feel bad. Oh, that means I am somewhat a physicist and an engineer.

    • @ekscentar1
      @ekscentar1 Před 4 lety +3

      @@alienofficial3678 of course, I'm double proud because he came from my country 🇭🇷

  • @alexpigeon692
    @alexpigeon692 Před 8 lety +105

    As a pigeon I find many of these comments to be highly offensive

  • @okaka-sanfilmeedition8971

    I didn’t search for this but before this video there was a pigeon in my window

  • @AK-mj3vb
    @AK-mj3vb Před 4 lety +3

    When I was kid I caught one white pigeon (Dove) by hand and kept it in a cage at my home.
    My father saw it and freed the pigeon. I was disappointed with my dad then.
    However today I am in my late twenties and I will do the same if my son does it.
    Birds are born to fly not to be kept in cage for our entertainment. 🕊

  • @imliteralyjust3405
    @imliteralyjust3405 Před 4 lety +333

    pigeons are my favourite animal. idk how this got onto my recommended because i never watch videos about pigeons, but frankly, I'm not complaining .

    • @GariFFUSA
      @GariFFUSA Před 4 lety +12

      blueppigeon maybe it’s because your username literally has word pigeon in it

    • @imliteralyjust3405
      @imliteralyjust3405 Před 4 lety +5

      @@GariFFUSA oh yeh ... I thought recommendations rely on search history, subscriptions and things you have watched

    • @zukyzzh2831
      @zukyzzh2831 Před 4 lety +1

      Ouh same

    • @kurczakpieczony6425
      @kurczakpieczony6425 Před 4 lety +1

      Same lol

  • @kylethescientist
    @kylethescientist Před 8 lety +240

    "... and probably because it was pigeons." XD

    • @betotrono
      @betotrono Před 8 lety +11

      I'm super glad to see someone typing the exact thing I was going to.

    • @quilliamattari2772
      @quilliamattari2772 Před 8 lety +2

      lol that was funny

  • @puzzlepieceBird
    @puzzlepieceBird Před 4 lety +3

    Was researching their behaviour to try to make them stay away from my relative's house....now I just want to keep them 😂

  • @planemod8399
    @planemod8399 Před 4 lety +1

    0:22 get the banana, my friend!

  • @julianperez4706
    @julianperez4706 Před 8 lety +28

    a pigeon won a medal of valor. what have you done today?

  • @yeahright6048
    @yeahright6048 Před 8 lety +931

    *Sees this video* *sees a video called "Sex Lives of Pigeons"* it's not like I have anything better to do

  • @alvinthomas552
    @alvinthomas552 Před 3 lety +2

    I was about 10 years old when I went to Italy with my family. We were just walking around when I found a *huge* pack of birds just seemingly chilling on the floor. As a ten year old would, I sprinted straight into the middle of the pack. I could hear a faint "no, don't..." By my mum behind me but it was too late; all of the birds mesmerisingly flew in canonic symmetry. It was very enjoyable untill I look left and see an angry, tall man with a long black coat just feeding the pigeons look at me with disgust. It was at that moment I realised I just ran straight through where he was feeding the pigeons. I know the birds will eventually go back but first, it was a huge pack and secondly, I just feel terribly sorry for that guy who was probably there all morning 😅

  • @bmarshy
    @bmarshy Před 4 lety +2

    This really helped myself and the team I’m working with to create a full length documentary on a subject involving pigeons which I’ve been asked not to disclose. It really saved us reading through hundreds of books about pigeons. If anyone would like to see the film when it’s done reply to this comment and when it’s done and I’m allowed to share it I shall share the link.

  • @deathbyvanity1955
    @deathbyvanity1955 Před 9 lety +179

    "these little bastards" lol I like this host

  • @Damstraight68
    @Damstraight68 Před 9 lety +37

    1:41 THAT IS NOT, the story of Cher Ami, Dear friend in french.
    October 4, 1918 WW1
    ! ! ! . . Lost American Battalion 77th Infantry Division, known as "The Liberty Division", Entrenched on all Sides by German troops trained to shoot the only communications left, Pigeons. 200 Men remain out of the 500 in just several days and all other Pigeons have been killed. With defenses failing the only commander Major Whittlesey fits the last bird with a message, it was Cher Ami. He sets out over the battle field. Germans See the bird rising from the brush and begin to fire. He is shot through the CHEST, Blinded in One eye and his Leg hanging on by one tendon. The troops see this as their defeat as all hope is lost, but Cher Ami kept going. He flew through more bullets then anything in history and flew 25 miles in 25 minutes. Finally he reached American headquarters and saved 194 men!!!!! He lived to tell the tail despite having a quarter sized whole in his chest from the bullet. Fitted with a Peg leg and awarded the highest metal of Honor for an animal Cher Ami remains a Legend to this day. 100% True, not kidding.

    • @stupif6242
      @stupif6242 Před 7 lety +6

      Damstraight68 It sickens me that pigeons were used by humans, sacrificed for them and they are still hated. Also, a peg leg and a medal for getting shot, losing a leg, losing an eye, and saving 194 men? That definitely doesn't compensate for Cher Ami's losses. Cher Ami's whole family tree should have been blessed and treated like royalty!

    • @bupman2329
      @bupman2329 Před 6 lety

      They probably got the name wrong plus why the hell do you care so much?

  • @namjoonparrapiouwu6889
    @namjoonparrapiouwu6889 Před 4 lety +4

    Imagine a pigeon coming across this video being like :0

  • @cragonoskritirea2982
    @cragonoskritirea2982 Před 4 lety +7

    Pigeon: My brethren fought for this country and this is how you repay us? Disgusting that your getting rid of us after we have no use

  • @SiskinOnUTube
    @SiskinOnUTube Před 9 lety +62

    Pigeons are adorable. I particularly love wood pigeons. They are not gross.

    • @Zoyer1
      @Zoyer1 Před 9 lety +3

      Siskin's Bits and Bobs I'm pretty sure you wouldn't think they are so adorable if you have a balcony and they do everything they can to come there and take a shit so you have to clean every day. Also every morning you wake up at 5 for hearing their wonderful moans outside your balcony or on your balcony.

    • @r4nowo
      @r4nowo Před 8 lety +2

      +Zoyer1 go cry

    • @Zoyer1
      @Zoyer1 Před 8 lety +1

      Sudigumi someone got some sand in their vagina i see

    • @praveenawesome2182
      @praveenawesome2182 Před 2 lety

      Yeah

  • @akinmytua4680
    @akinmytua4680 Před 4 lety +220

    I feel like this video needed to be a lot longer.

  • @rogergardner7740
    @rogergardner7740 Před 4 lety +2

    I raised racing pigeons my whole life. I had 600 mile a day "athletes" Las Vegas toss arriving Boise Idaho at dusk into my loft.
    Wrap your brain around that.
    And entering the loft is like switching your stress se d life to instant euphoric calm as they stare at you so calming.
    I list a bird once that came back after a year and right back to his same old perch.
    Mije Tyson raises pigeons.
    Amen

  • @LL-uk3uc
    @LL-uk3uc Před 3 lety +1

    My father loves pigeons for years, he takes them as pets and he opens the cage everyday in the morning and they would come home at the afternoon. He deeply cares for them and with the proper food for racer pigeons and breeding pigeons

  • @JIYkp
    @JIYkp Před 8 lety +309

    You've convinced me. Pigeons are amazing.
    I will still not feed street pigeons however. That doesn't make much sense.

    • @Arlothed1no
      @Arlothed1no Před 6 lety +39

      Juil Feeding street pigeons is actually not good for them. The reason I say this is because people mostly feed them bread which can clog up their system and make it hard to lay eggs (called "egg bound") or even poop. It's happened to a few of my chickens cause our neighbors would give us bread. When we figured out what was causing it, we told them to stop giving our chickens bread. And they're fine now.

    • @mollie-wankenobi8655
      @mollie-wankenobi8655 Před 6 lety +5

      acegirlinastraightworld i live by the Erie canal and there are tons of pigeons so these kids decided to sell small dried bits of corn kernels and none of the pigeons, ducks, or even geese seem to have problems.

    • @greedyfett3157
      @greedyfett3157 Před 6 lety +10

      But if u feed them, they swarm u and that is kool

    • @gyroscopic-clown
      @gyroscopic-clown Před 5 lety +6

      Greedy Fett
      yeah I feel like I'm their mama bird or a godess

    • @Arlothed1no
      @Arlothed1no Před 5 lety

      @PeachiiBun What kind of seeds?

  • @duranduran3454
    @duranduran3454 Před 8 lety +126

    Pigeons lives matter

  • @Lucas-rf8zc
    @Lucas-rf8zc Před 3 lety +1

    I’ve always loved pigeons but never realized how smart they are

  • @lukebrosnan8679
    @lukebrosnan8679 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for your service pigeons ❤️

  • @sique1508
    @sique1508 Před 9 lety +526

    today can they still deliver messages?
    I heard that messenger pigeons have gone extinct

    • @Vox
      @Vox  Před 9 lety +218

      Ueapop Pannopas You may be thinking of bird called the Passenger Pigeon, which was pretty much wiped out in the 19th century. It's a different species than the pigeon in our video. Here's more info about the Passenger Pigeon: www.audubon.org/magazine/may-june-2014/why-passenger-pigeon-went-extinct

    • @TeemoForLife
      @TeemoForLife Před 9 lety +12

      But don't they do the same thing. I love your vids. Subbed

    • @madjunir
      @madjunir Před 9 lety +46

      +Depressingly Funny yea they will carry, messages, drugs and cell phones for you, free of charge.

    • @Anonyhouse
      @Anonyhouse Před 8 lety +7

      +Depressingly Funny That's Passenger Pideons.

    • @DeadTalent
      @DeadTalent Před 8 lety +4

      +Depressingly Funny People in jail use them to smuggle things into prisons

  • @fombocombo
    @fombocombo Před 7 lety +60

    Why does that guy in the end have a strange Fallout-y feeling to it.

    • @WatchVidsMakeLists
      @WatchVidsMakeLists Před 7 lety +9

      That's Tom Lehrer, he wrote songs about politics and society in the 50s, including few songs about nuclear fallout. I haven't played Fallout, but it's probably possible some of his songs made it in to the series.

    • @naffal1538
      @naffal1538 Před 6 lety +3

      Black and white and the 1900s feel? Yup.that feeling is fallout-y

  • @lizc6393
    @lizc6393 Před rokem +1

    The fact that scientists still haven't sussed out how they navigate is freakin' wild and awesome. I love pigeons.

  • @AAAAAAARRRGGGG
    @AAAAAAARRRGGGG Před 3 lety +4

    Pigeons are so good! They were our friends and then we abandoned them ;-; How are seagulls protected and pigeons aren't?

  • @MegaBanne
    @MegaBanne Před 8 lety +81

    I love pigeons, they are so cute!!!!!!

    • @MegaBanne
      @MegaBanne Před 8 lety +2

      +Electro-Cute Aww poor pigeons :(

    • @scikick
      @scikick Před 8 lety +4

      +Electro-Cute I think they are beautiful too.

    • @astronershelloyeah8787
      @astronershelloyeah8787 Před 8 lety

      +Electro-Cute even i like puras ..i have pure 100 kattu-pura with me...it leaven in morning come back late evening

    • @edling7532
      @edling7532 Před 8 lety +6

      I think pigeons are cute too. :) AND I LOVE THEIR SOUNDS. COO COO :D

    • @driversetup6483
      @driversetup6483 Před 8 lety +3

      You are the rarest person I've ever seen. Someone who loves pigeons. Same tbh

  • @wrathofme03
    @wrathofme03 Před 8 lety +113

    that song at the end is a bit demented

    • @MsSqueashy
      @MsSqueashy Před 8 lety +6

      Probably the point

    • @Pikachu1130
      @Pikachu1130 Před 8 lety +10

      +hello It's a Tom Lehrer song. He wrote The Element song with all the chemistry elements in them. Most of his songs are crazy or witty in a way.

    • @scyther1141
      @scyther1141 Před 8 lety +11

      +hello Tom was actually a Harvard prof of.... mathematics I believe.

    • @ilovemusicverymuch1
      @ilovemusicverymuch1 Před 7 lety +2

      scyther1 yeah but almost all maths teachers are weird

  • @enbygaming5996
    @enbygaming5996 Před 4 lety +1

    1:23 me trying to keep the mini pizza bagels away from my dog and two brothers

  • @jjandrooney
    @jjandrooney Před 4 lety +1

    @4:28 that came out of no where. I thought i missed something lol! :'D

  • @juststuff8906
    @juststuff8906 Před 4 lety +119

    Bully: Bird Brain!
    Me: oh thank you you're so nice

  • @ladderenjoyer
    @ladderenjoyer Před 4 lety +51

    Training a pigeon how to shoot in games
    People in the other team: that's aimbot
    Me : I used my bird

  • @nobody1747
    @nobody1747 Před 4 lety +1

    I always get happy when I see pigeons how could anyone think they're a pest? Then again I get excited seeing any animal

  • @rogersim40
    @rogersim40 Před 4 lety

    "Except for the few we take home to experiment" LOL