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From Royalty to Rats With Wings: The History of the Pigeon and How They Became the Most Hated Birds

J Birds
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There may be no bird that inspires so much disdain as the humble pigeon. They are a common presence in cities across the globe and have established populations on all continents but Antarctica. Over the past century, pigeons have become almost synonymous with urban living. They are called dirty, spreaders of disease, and often are dubbed “rats with wings.” However, this was not always the case. In this video, you learn how Rock Pigeons/Doves became the most hated birds in America even with a reputation of royalty and religious presence. I hope you enjoy it and have a wonderful day! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's the original article I cited this information from: http://www.storagetwo.com/blog/2017/4... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Youtube videos (in order of appearance) used in the production of this video:  …...more
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From Royalty to Rats With Wings: The History of the Pigeon and How They Became the Most Hated Birds
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2021Apr 11
There may be no bird that inspires so much disdain as the humble pigeon. They are a common presence in cities across the globe and have established populations on all continents but Antarctica. Over the past century, pigeons have become almost synonymous with urban living. They are called dirty, spreaders of disease, and often are dubbed “rats with wings.” However, this was not always the case. In this video, you learn how Rock Pigeons/Doves became the most hated birds in America even with a reputation of royalty and religious presence. I hope you enjoy it and have a wonderful day! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's the original article I cited this information from: http://www.storagetwo.com/blog/2017/4... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Youtube videos (in order of appearance) used in the production of this video: Thank you to all the creators for these amazing videos! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music: Opportunity Walks Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thumbnails and Backgrounds: https://snappa.com

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J Birds

2.69K subscribers