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  • A big shut up to those who call them stupid.

    I love birds. Mostly seagulls, though, but they don't live in my city.

  • I've been raising pigeons for the last 8 years and I found that they are intelligent and friendly.

  • If anything, we are de-evolving. We are reducing.

  • @Jerimiah10 There is no such thing as 'de-evolution'...

  • any thing you can use for good or bad purpose, eg. atomic power, so dont blame, its up to your divine mind or evil mind

  • this was a great show give these birds theiier well deserved due.

  • birds rule!

  • "Always getting in the way?" They were here before our buildings! I hate the human created ego driving us into anything we dislike about ourselves but trapping us within generating more ego when we feel bad. Ya the ego is man made and the more you live by it the less happy with yourself you are contrary to popular belief.

  • Yeah, Tha'ts what we have to learn when we rally concentrate on the birds for a while, they are fascinating and learn fast.

    What I had to learn from azoologist is, that the pigeon droppings are not as dangerous as we all thought. The rumor it would destroy our historical buildings is kind of hysterical prejudice of uneducated people.

  • @BirdsNation hell the ammount of shit they drop could act as a protective coating and help preserve historical buildings and statues whos knows. too many useful creatures in this world are so often overlooked

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  • THEY PUT THE MEDALS AROUND THEIR NECKS!!!!!! ARE THEY MENTAL!?

  • @jamfabulous hmmmm... Maybe they made the medals light enough so the pigeons wont choke

  • Sky rats - fitting name! Dirty stinking parasites, ugly bitches. I hate those little fuckers. And despite all which is said in the video they are dumb beyond belief. Memory and navigation is one thing, but they have no logic and calculation ability. During research of concious activity and prediction ability pigeons not only showed worst result among tested birds, they actually did worse than lizards, while ravens, crows, parrots, partly owls were equal to primates.

  • @Durmanstainer he sucked his mas root in a monkey style fae long long time a go they will come in a dream over you ............. make up the rest yer maw did

  • @Durmanstainer you are a very mean person

  • I love pigeons! I fed three of them earlier this morning. They're so cute! I was feeding a flock of them one day and all of a sudden, one of them flew and landed on my head! He just stayed there and sat down! HAHA! So cute!

  • lol pigeons are cool but evil peope try to shoot them when they are trying to suvive

  • Pigeons are AMAZING BIRDS. ;)

    Paris Lo in las vegas

  • Love pigeons. The intelligence of all birds is underestimated.

  • PIGEONS are beautiful and ignorant or selfish people cant see how precious they are. who gives an F about a frikin statue, pigeons r better looking than any statue

  • i had pigeons but due to my neighbors complaint i had to let them go i miss them :(

  • i think they're hilarious

  • And they punish pigeons with a heavy medal to wear while flying?

    Humans are cruel!

  • They are amazing (often underappreciated) birds!

  • It depends how long it took the pigeon to memorize those 1,000 images. Even if it took 6 years that is still impressive.

  • i love birds

  • Condors, Vultures, Emus, Ostriches, They All Sicken Me.

  • they are my favourites birds, and some beautiful animals HOPEFULLY NEVER DIE PIGEONS.

  • Can't it just smell which side the food comes out of? I hope the experiment accounts for this.

    I love pigeons. Glad to see others recognise their brilliance. Just because they're common people don't seem to understand how amazing their ability to survive in a world we are destroying is.

  • that's pretty cool, but i stil think there's too many here in nyc lol

    about that image memory thing, i dont think i'd be able to go past 50 lol

  • they r gorgeous animals

  • I have 25 pigeons

  • A missing claw or injured eye is an affliction; the suffering animal is an innocent, deserving of compassion.

  • actually humans like you are the most disgusting things in the world, and don't insult pigs, pigs are a lot cooler than humans

  • and they taste better.... I mean , umm

  • We should return to the carrier pigeon method of mail, enough wasting gasoline in these mail trucks, it's too much for us to handle!

  • Fuck faces this video is 100% everything they said was true and btw homing pigeons can live up to 18yrs, I have one right now is 15yrs old. Every pigeon gotta an excelent navigation. Better then stupid GPS lol anyways don't hate on this cute lil creatures!!!

  • PIGEONS!!!!!!!!

  • flying rats

  • PIGEONS ARE MY FAVORITE ANIMALS

  • I love pigeons, they are so gentle and kind! It's sad how many people have such hate for them :(

  • help me help chillingchimp, sub them, they deserve it:)

  • @millardforever it is too bad they are amazing animals

  • @millardforever Because they are flying rats.

  • pigeons dont want medals of valor give them some cheetos they will appreciate that lol

  • I don't doubt the intelligence of pigeons, but I wonder if they have tried this test with 10 trays in various places, instead of only two. I'd love to see the outcome of that test. No doubt pidgeon would kick ass (feathers...)

  • one little thing I hate about pigeons they always run away from me :(!

  • (O_o) oooo...

  • I'm currently training a nationwide army of pickpocket squirrels coordinated by messenger pigeons.

  • Haha, that's pretty funny. 10 bonus points for you.

  • saving soldiers: umph, the wars were concocted; how about saving soldiers by not concocting wars

  • I don't care about the statues

  • to anyone who eats a pigeon dont eat 1 with a ring on its leg as we fanciers treat are birds to protect them from anyform of infections i hear wood pigeons you can eat

  • i used to have one for a pet, but once i let him out, he now only comes home for food and brings his girlfriend with him XD

  • @rsmaniak same thing to my pigeon before. i have one pigeon. my mom wont let me keep a pigeon so i sell him... months passed he came back with a girlfriend!... i was surprised, he visits me! thats one moment i will never forget! ^_^ now im old enough to do what i want, i go back to my first love.. the pigeons!

  • Pigeons are the smartest pets you can let them out they come back if they are more than one. But Or els they might find a partner they might bring it home.

  • I want myself a street average pigeon as a pet!

  • I LOVE pigeons, they are HILARIOUS XD

  • i hate pigeons

  • i wanna pigeon as a pet!!! :DD

  • i have two tumbler pigeons. i love them. they're cute.

  • pigeons are cool....u can let them go and they'll come back

  • i've got about 20 breeds of pigeons in my backyard, my dad breeds/races/exhibits/judges them.

  • @fartbender do you know what kinds of pigeons your dad owns? does he sell them?

  • Sky rats are horrible, pigeon roosts are ankle deep in feathers, poop, maggots and dead chicks and they stand in it until their feet rot off. Wood pigeons are nicer in lots of ways.

  • what if pigeon,s brain was as big as human....

    would we b left behind??

  • i have a pigeon as a pet and its cool

  • lol there are rarely any pigeons in china, coz chinese eat them... even quails are eaten up wif in the last 20 years.

  • i was like WTF? when they were talking about pidgeons getting medals

  • i think pigeons are very cute.

  • Yeah, I don't like when they crap on people but if u just look @ the bird they are cute.

  • Aren't they?

  • hahahahhaha XD

    does it really tastes like chicken

  • Cool.

  • thats pretty goddam cool

  • so calling ppl bird brain actually is a good thing...

  • oohh,thats why worms made a weapon called "homing pigeon" o.o

  • pigeons are the best- baby ones are the cutest.

  • That pigeon looked so cute with a medal.

  • As long as you consumed it, then that's ok.

    Unlike other people that just kill animals/birds for pleasure

  • impresive, next tym some one calls me bird brain, im gonna say thanks =)

  • Love Pigeons, always have.

  • Love Pigeons, always have.

  • I want a combat pigeon! these birds rock!

  • I MEAN PIGEONS ARE HARDCORE!!!

  • PIDGEONS ARE HARDCORE!!!

  • SWEET!!!!!

  • I love pigeons, they are so beautiful !

  • yay pigeons r cool

  • pigeons are faggots

  • Im going to trow my cloned cell and get me 50 pigeons

  • ALLAH SUBHANALLAH

  • Heh, pigdeon with a medal of valour.

  • thx for decorating our cars

  • solo le falto un poco de maquinas de vuelo

  • I used to raise white high flyer pigeons. They really are smart, always coming home no matter what.

  • 25 pounds a year! uve got to be kidding me

  • Btw.: More than 300.000 dogs in Berlin/Germany "produce" 50-52 tons of excrements every day! And sadly there is no law that forces the owners of these sh*tbags to remove that mess by themselves. The city cleaning has to carry it away.

  • wow, I never knew that! I thought the whole thing about passing messages through pigeons was a complete myth! crazy. I will never look at pigeons the same way. They deserve high respect.

  • wow, i will never look at pigeons the same way again

  • wow 0.o

  • woah, this video reminds me of this series of educational videos we watched during 5th grade

  • can anybody tell me how to train a pigeon? texting have consumed most of my budget!

  • I found pigeons best deep fried. :P

  • i wanna send a message via pigeon :[

  • yeah i love pigeons..

    they are so smart and fun to be with..

  • i have one but he poops alot =.=

  • thats funny lol

  • i think pigeons are always fun to watch and feed. theyre funny little things :]

  • Pigeons are flying rats.

  • No cheese.

  • pigeons are equipped with a 4GB SD card

  • lol, can we upgrade them? xD

  • There is no way a god can create something so intelligent. Therefore, these pigeons must be evolving its brain to fit its intelligent thru time. Revolution rules!

  • how do you explain, ppl like you, that gets dumber through time? LOL

  • probably :p

  • Revolution? what? lol

  • Aw ima let them eat my dogs food

    ive been shooing them away but now they can stay......yea right SHOO

    no jk lmao xD

  • And people still feel they are superior above nature?!

  • Wow. A pigeon with a Medal. I have a new appreciation for animals now, not that i didn't have one before.

  • how cute!

  • My dog pulled our this white pigeon's feathers and it couldn't fly. My mom made a cage for it and kept it until its feathers grew back. Then we went to Mile Square Park to let it fly away and it was attacked by two crows -___-. Poops like crazy.

  • God made all creations so intelligent, yet we abuse it. I feel a little stupid cuz I got lost today in an area where I've occasionally visited for 10+ yrs. oops, lol.

    I get turned around so easily, its sad.

  • ha i don´t find anything genious about remembering things and making po over people

    yes they adapted well in the city life and made a favor in WW1, but that´s not intelligence, well maybe genious cause incredible they do this things,

    but that´s all amazing.

  • Bird brain reaches a higher level!!!

  • har har har

  • ahahha u guys mostly say u love pigeons... im guessing ur not new yorkers... uve never had a pigeon poop on ur head -.-;; my poor hair

  • so cute. so pretty...oh how I love the pigeon.

  • that picture scene was very funny. although they did show a lady's corpse all bloody. I wonder what that was all about.

  • i've also seen a video that shows how pigeons recognize maps, and because of that, they were used during wars to drop bombs (they would be on a plane and push a button when they recognized the location and drop the bomb..it was a huge time saver for pilots). Nowadays, they are used by rescue teams to alert them of lost people at sea. PIGEONS ROCK!!

  • what!! 8 years!!! they can live that long?

  • They are cute and harmless . Im often puzzled by peoples contempt for them.

  • also mike tyson's favorite animal.

  • I want a pidgeon!!!!

  • I ♥ pigeons!

  • I ♠ my dog and ♣ harp seals.

  • you hit your poor dog with a spade and club cute little harp seals to death?? ANIMAL ABUSE

  • hahahaha

  • you hit your poor dog with a spade and club cute little harp seals to death?? ANIMAL ABUSE

  • pigeons are rats with wings

    are diseases transmissors

    and they fuck up the cars and monuments

    they will, one day, conquer the world

  • if pegeons are rats what are americans?!?!?!

  • eagles

  • yea eagles that have the brain of a electron and that weigh 500 pounds

  • good observation

  • wait pigeons are rats with wings. what are humans we fuckin destroy the earth and kill animals what are we if pigeons a harmless species are "rats" dumbass faggot

  • I love this youtube channel.

  • The only thing I don't like about animal research is they don't just study any random animal, they study the smartest one out of there group.

    For all we know that pigeon could just be the pigeon version of Rainman.

  • I love pigeons, they r the most peaceful animals

  • how did they catch a pigeon pooping on a pedestrian?

  • it was planned

  • defecating 25 pounds a year?..........thats a lot of shit!

  • they own us

  • dont like them i was walking thru the street and one of those pices of shit took a shit n fel in my face not funny

  • wow, i wish i was a pigeon.

  • wow cool.

  • 25 pounds of shit!?

    No wonder my black coupe turned white!

    I thought some pranker gave Shirely a new paint-job while I was asleep!

  • 25 pounds of shit a year, u were asleep for 365 days? O.O

  • people these days

  • iiiiiiiiiiimpreessive!

  • i've also seen a video that shows how pigeons recognize maps, and because of that, they were used during wars to drop bombs (they would be on a plane and push a button when they recognized the location and drop the bomb..it was a huge time saver for pilots). Nowadays, they are used by rescue teams to alert them of lost people at sea.

  • i heart pigeons!! Very interesting, thanks for sharing! :)

  • i own a few pigeons, they are really smart & great pets! Good vid :)

  • interesting!!

  • A purple heart for that pigeon!

  • That's cool they give them valour medals. I know they've given dogs some medals too.

  • Having a big brain doesn't make you smarter anyway. Don't need a big brain to be smart.

  • agolosha the title say PIGEON GENIUS...it has nothingt o do with humans.

  • its funny how were always amazed by the intellegence of other species. like we're really THAT much smarter.

  • i wish i had a brain like them

  • lol then u'd be fucking retarded.

    they are not nearly as smart as humans.....duh.

  • Yeah true in many circumstances but they are obviousely smarter than us at knowing where they are and how to get to somewhere. Not conciouse of it im sure but smarter none the less.

  • lol.  pigeons with medals of valor. cute

  • my favorite pet. brings back childhood memories