fahid chowdhury
athlete of the air
1) Pigeons mate for life unless separated. 2) Male pigeons have the rare ability to lactate, producing milk for the babies just like the females do. 3) A grown pigeon has nearly 10,000 feathers. 4) Pigeons have been known to live over 30-years. 5) With the ability to beat its wings up to ten times per second, and maintain a heart rate of 600 beats per minute for up to 16-hours without rest, the racing pigeon is the unequaled athlete of the air. 6) The French, Swiss, Israeli, Iraqi and Chinese armies still use homing pigeons today! Pigeons proved valuable in the Gulf War, as their messaging was not affected by electronic jamming. 7) Studies conducted by B.F. Skinner at Harvard showed that pigeons have a visual memory that can store at least 300 objects or images indefinitely!
athlete of the air
1) Pigeons mate for life unless separated. 2) Male pigeons have the rare ability to lactate, producing milk for the babies just like the females do. 3) A grown pigeon has nearly 10,000 feathers. 4) Pigeons have been known to live over 30-years. 5) With the ability to beat its wings up to ten times per second, and maintain a heart rate of 600 beats per minute for up to 16-hours without rest, the racing pigeon is the unequaled athlete of the air. 6) The French, Swiss, Israeli, Iraqi and Chinese armies still use homing pigeons today! Pigeons proved valuable in the Gulf War, as their messaging was not affected by electronic jamming. 7) Studies conducted by B.F. Skinner at Harvard showed that pigeons have a visual memory that can store at least 300 objects or images indefinitely!