Darwin's Pigeons described by Randal Keynes

Randal Keynes, Darwin's great-great-grandson, talks to John Ross, the Charles Darwin Trust's advisor on fancy pigeons (http://darwinspigeons.com), about Darwin's pigeons. Filmed at 50 Albemarle Street, London where Charles Darwin and his publisher, John Murray III, discussed drafts of arguably the most important book in scientific history, On the Origin of Species.

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[omarisballin]

Hi bio 94 class!

[Nixom1334]

oh wait, I just saw the description and the guys face, it's not. lol

[Nixom1334]

is that Dawkins?! it's sounds just like him

[RadarGuidedVermin]

@JeanneMcFadden Your mind is in a cage from which it cannot escape.  Ignorance is your constant companion.

[AndrewRixTube]

@JeanneMcFadden The Pouter was actually inflating its chest for us. It's not normally that big.

[doombuggy123]

@JeanneMcFadden It's not the cages I was referring to. It's the oversized breasts, beaks and waddles. They're large beyond practicality, it just looks uncomfortable.

[AndrewRixTube]

@remixnick Hi there. No, these birds are VERY well looked after, are very socialised and are happy to hop in and out of these small display cages on their own.

They know that, soon after a display, they are in for a damn good feed!

You can see by the way they display they are very fond of their owner.

[remixnick]

@doombuggy123 there probably not in there all the time though. They probably don't know any different anyway.

[doombuggy123]

That looks like a miserable existence.

[MartianSanta]

they look really freaky

thanks for uploading