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Uploaded by on Aug 2, 2006

I can't take credit for this video because it is now public domain. It sure does give a person a good idea of what these birds are good at. It's no wonder they are nik-named Spinners.

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  • No one really knows why they do it. They seem to do it more, and as a group staying closer together, when they sense a state of security. But I have seen them do at any old time what so ever. Just ... YEP! another. another. another. another. Kind of like the Volkswagen commercial.

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  • they see me rollin'

    they hatin'

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  • @paparitz1 midieval?

  • i got here from OMG Facts lol

  • Süper

  • They were produced to escape hawks during Mid Evil times, when they took messages. Then bred for show competition. Makes sense to me.

  • @curlymike You might be surprised how many different types of pigeons there are. But actually every single fancy or racing pigeon is just a variation of the rock dove, the common street pigeon. Personally I don't race mine, I stick with the fancies, and breeding them to get variations is a lot of fun because you can go through generations faster thus getting faster results. Raising pigeons is a lost art, unfortunately, being kept alive by only a few fanciers.

  • @FatherLawrence Actually rollers are an exploitation of a genetic mutation - certain pigeons had neuropathic defects which caused them to start flipping backwards in the air, thus "rolling" down, & some breeders liked that & bred the defect into a desirable trait! There are also tumblers & even "ground tumblers" that can't even get into flight - they just jump & do backward flips on the ground. Hope this info helps a bit :)

  • @curlymike I gotta add, these are the coolest pigeons I've ever seen, not like those dirty crap eating bastards we have around here. The only amusement ours have is to sit on a wire across the road and poop down on people, I'm not joking, they almost got me once!

  • Yeee-haw!!

  • PARKOUR/FREE RUNNING PIGEONS!!!

  • OMGfacts though

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