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Fancy pigeons is another term of art. Similar to thoroughbred, a fancy pigeon is a pigeon with a breeding objective. I imagine the term pigeon fancier was deriv
by lovemenot 5y ago
Fancy pigeons is another term of art. Similar to thoroughbred, a fancy pigeon is a pigeon with a breeding objective. I imagine the term pigeon fancier was derived from it: someone who breeds fancy pigeons.
Darwin was a pigeon fancier [0]. He was working on theories of sexual selection.
It's interesting that terms like "fit" and "fancy", as used by British teenagers are so apt.
[0] https://www.jstor.org/stable/230968 https://www.jstor.org/stable/230968
- thekid314 5y agoHere's some portraits of fancy pigeons I made back in the day: https://www.daviddegner.com/photography/fancy-pigeons/ https://www.daviddegner.com/photography/fancy-pigeons/
- criddell 5y agoI remember pet stores used to have a magazine by the checkout called Cat Fancy and I always thought that was a funny title. Now it makes some sense.
- emerged 5y agoI could never not laugh when seeing that magazine. I’d just imagine a wealthy person sipping tea and reading Cat Fancy through their monocle in an opulent mansion.