• sCrUM_MASTER@sh.itjust.works
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    Beautiful birds with an incredible history, heartbreaking how they were completely abandoned when faster communication was invented

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      Given the fact that they mainly were a food source instead of noble mail carriers, perhaps having been abandoned in reality has not been that bad a fate…

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      Exactly.

      They’re my favorite birds, personally. I’ve never quite experienced a calm like when feeding a bunch of pigeons in the middle of a city and they were just grateful, content, and friendly.

      Plus the way they bob their heads when they walk is cute lol.

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      So that’s why they live on the street, I see.
      Due to AI this might be our fate soon. Let’s see who feeds us bread crumbles and who doesn’t