23 Incredible Facts About Pigeon

Like the sparrow bird, the pigeon also lives around our house. You must have often seen pigeons roaming around your house or in the forest or inside. Most of the pigeons in India are of light black color and people like white pigeons more. People often use white pigeons in films too, apart from this, a song on pigeon is also very popular in Bollywood, the first two lyrics of which are Mazakali Mazakali. But here we are going to present you the information and facts about pigeon.

Facts About Pigeon

1. Pigeon birds make their nests on temples or big buildings.
2. More than 400 million pigeons are found all over the world.
3.  Pigeons are able to clearly see an object placed 40 kilometers away.
4. Pigeon is the only animal that can recognize itself in the mirror.
5. Pigeon’s memory is very fast, so that it can easily deliver any message to the destination.
6. The life span of a pigeon is within 6 to 10 years.
7. Pigeon always likes to live in flock.
8. In the world, more than 6000 pigeons are reared in cages every year, which is very sad.
9. As we told you, two types of pigeons are found, one is white and the other is light black which is also called gray color in English.
10. Pigeon is also called a symbol of peace because it is of a calm nature.
11. The main diet of pigeon bird is fruits, nuts, grains and seeds.
12. The longest living pigeon in the world was 25 years old.
13. When pigeons travel 2000 kilometers, they can come back on the same path. They never forgets the path.
14.  Pigeons can fly up to a height of about 6000 feet.
15. Pigeons can also hear low-frequency sounds more easily than humans, due to which pigeons can also predict upcoming storms and volcanoes.
16. Pigeons can lay up to 3 eggs at a time and normally around 2 eggs are laid by pigeons.
17. It takes about 32 days for a pigeon’s chick to hatch.
18. Raising pigeon babies is the work of both the female and the male.
19. According to a study, it has been found that pigeons can also be taught math, they can sometimes find out the numerical difference between numbers and objects.
20. Apart from this, pigeons can easily recognize the persons present in the picture.
21. Pigeons have been used as messengers since the time of Ramayana and Mahabharata.
22. They prefer to build their nests in human areas.
23. Pigeons are actually very innocent and do not like to be confined in a cage.

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