Can You Believe It?

Pigeons are wildly misunderstood birds, and they’ve only been considered a nuisance for the last century or so. 

The ordinary city pigeon is actually a feral descendant of domesticated pigeons that humans no longer had a use for, and the city birds eventually developed a reputation as unsanitary. But their navigational abilities are unparalleled — you’ve probably heard of a homing or messenger pigeon — and, like corvids, they can recognize faces.

Recent research has shown that they learn in a method similar to an artificial intelligence model, and after some training are able to recognize patterns and make decisions.

Amazing!