Mutant Pigeon With Puffed-Out Chest and Long Legs Baffles Internet
Photos and clips of a proud-looking pigeon with its chest puffed out like a cartoon character and impressively long legs have been getting a lot of attention online. The “chad pigeon” went viral after a UK pigeon breeder shared a clip of their impressive-looking bird on TikTok, where it quickly went viral. Million of people […]
This Short-Beaked, Google-Eyed Pigeon Breed Looks Like a Real-Life Bird Caricature
The Budapest Short Faced Tumbler is a rare pigeon breed famous for its odd, almost alien-like appearance, with bulging eyes, a minuscule beak, and a triangular head. When the Poltl brothers, a family of pigeon racing enthusiasts from Budapest, set out to create a new pigeon breed in the early 1900s, they used selective breeding […]
The Parlor Roller – A Unique Pigeon Breed That Does Backflips Instead of Flying
Although there are plenty of flightless bird species on Earth, the Parlor Roller pigeon is believed to be the only one selectively bred by humans until it lost its capacity to take to the skies and developed a completely new and bizarre means of getting around – backflips. Seeing a parlor roller pigeon roll on […]
French Pensioner and Rescued Pigeon Are Inseparable Friends
Xavier Bouget, an 80-year-old pensioner from France’s Brittany region, and Blanchon, a majestic white pigeon, have been best friends for two years, ever since the Frenchman rescued the bird from becoming a cat’s lunch. Xavier first met his unlikely companion two years ago, while walking to his house in the town of Gommenec’h. He noticed […]
Man Leaves Window Open for Five Months, Finds Apartment Invaded by Pigeons
A UK student who left his apartment window open before going away for five months found his home covered in bird droppings after it was taken over by pigeons. 20-year-old Oluwageorge Johnson had to leave his rented apartment in Nottingham in a hurry back in March, after his parents turned up to take him home, […]
Frillback Pigeons – A Fancy Pigeon Breed With Naturally Curly Feathers
Frillback pigeons are one of the most coveted breeds among pigeon fanciers, prized both for its relatively calm temperament and for their unique frills or curls. Believed to have originated somewhere in Asia Minor, the frillback pigeon is the result of many years of selective breeding. Its distinctive features are the frill or curls on […]
Someone Is Putting Tiny Cowboy Hats on Las Vegas Pigeons, And No One Knows Why or How
It’s not every day that you see pigeons with cowboy hats on their tiny heads walking or flying around. Unless you live in Las Vegas, where cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons are actually a a thing these days. It all started on December 5, when a Las Vegas resident named Bobby Lee noticed two funny-looking birds pecking the […]
Brazilian Church “Hypnotizes” Pesky Pigeons with Colored Bullseyes
The Nossa Senhora da Consolação church, in downtown Sao Paolo, Brazil, used to have a serious pigeon problem. The pesky birds would fly through the place during sermons, poop on the benches and leave feathers everywhere, but ever since they had these colored circle panels installed in the windows and doorways, no pigeon gets close anymore. […]
Woman Creates Pigeon-Shaped Shoes in Attempt to Get Close to Real Pigeons
A DIY master from Tokyo, Japan, recently conquered the internet with a very unusual project. She set out to turn a pair of cheap high-heel shoes into realistic-looking pigeons to see if they would allow her to get closer to the real birds in a local park without them flying away. Did it work? Read […]
Meet the Jacobin Pigeons, Probably the Most Fashionable Birds in the World
Jacobins aren’t your average, everyday pigeons that flock on your terrace and mess it up with droppings. Take one look at them and you’ll know they are a cut above the rest. How can they not be, with a royal hood of feathers that covers them from the neck up, almost entirely hiding their pretty […]
Artist Trains Pigeons to Smuggle Cigars from Cuba
Some artists are willing to do anything for their masterpieces, including risking their freedom. American Duke Riley is one such artist. He walks the fine line between legal and illegal in his new project called “Trading with the Enemy” which involves smuggling cigars from Cuba to Key West using pigeons specially trained for this shady […]