Pigeon is a beautiful flying bird, which is present in the whole world. The whole body of a pigeon is covered with beautiful wings. Do you know that this beautiful pigeon has survived with us from the last five thousand years? In this article we will share with you such amazing facts of pigeons that you have not heard before.
Fact Number One
In this world, there are more than 300 breeds of pigeons. Except Antarctica, the pigeons are located everywhere in the whole world. Most of the breeds of pigeons are present in India, Malaysia and Asia.
Fact Number Two
They have light weight. They eat insects. They also like to eat seeds, fruits, vegetables and green grass.
Fact Number Three
Pigeons can fly at the speed of 80 to 100 km/h. There are some breeds of pigeons which can fly at the speed of 150 km/h.
Fact Number Four
The pigeons are so intelligent, they can easily recognize the images. If you bring them from one place to another and as you leave then they will move back to their initial place. They are so faithful just like dogs. They are known in the whole world because of their faith.
Fact Number Five
In the picture, you may have seen that pigeons do not like to stay alone. They always like to stay in the groups. They also like to fly in the group.
Fact Number Six
The relation of humans and pigeons is so old. Most people say that pigeons have stayed with humans for the last 5 thousand years. In ancient times, they were doing work to move letters of humans from one place to another.
Fact Number Seven
They have the good ability to hear the sounds. They can easily hear the faint sounds. They can easily hear the disaster from a distance and can save themselves.
They have an amazing ability to see the things which are at a distance. They can easily watch the things which are at a distance of 25 to 30 miles. They can also watch the flying pigeons even at the height of 40 to 50 miles. This ability is present in very rare birds.
Fact Number Eight
Pigeons love to stay in a pair. Once they made a pair then never left one another. For the whole life they can survive with the same pair.
Normally, the age of pigeons is about 4 to 5 years but if you take care of pigeons in a good way then they can be alive for 15 to 15 years.
Fact Number Nine
Pigeon never forget their track while flying. They have the ability to come back to their original place even from a distance of 2500 km. As we humans use Google maps to trace our destination, they use the map of earth to come back to their destination. They never forget the picture or track, once they have seen.
Fact Number Ten
Pigeons love to drink water. Pigeons need to drink about 1 liter of water a day. Pigeons is the only bird that drinks water more than all other birds.
Pigeons can survive everywhere where they find water and food. But mostly it has been observed that they make their nest in the human populated areas.
These are the facts of pigeons which I have shared with you. I hope that you were not familiar with these facts before now. So, how was this article? You can tell us in the comment section.
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