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Pigeons of War
- kokanator 4y ago> $55 a piece I wonder if this is a typo. I raise and sell pigeons. My 'cull' pigeons are sold for $5 each and are often simply given away. Other interesting pigeons at war: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-carrier-pigeons-of-the-first-world-war https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-carrier-pigeon...
- IIAOPSW 4y agoThere's an inherent risk that inviting pigeons into the military might lead to them overthrowing the civilian government. They are constantly talking about a coo.
- kokanator 4y agoUpvoted for a good laugh. Thank you.
- daveslash 4y agoI was relieved to read the article to find out that the pigeons were essentially canary-in-the-coalmine chemical detectors and were not being used as suicide bombers (e.g. Bat Bombs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb, or Anti-Tank Dogs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog)
- RugnirViking 4y agoWHile this article isn't about them, using pidgeons trained to peck at images of ships was looked into as a guidance system for early anti-ship missiles. - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
- aaron695 4y ago