Australian pigeon7/27/2023 They are easy to transport, eat very little and can travel quickly. Messenger pigeons have numerous advantages in wartime. Keen sight and a superior memory also appear to be factors, although pigeons cannot keep flying to their home base in the dark or in poor visibility such as fog. Magnetoreception (a sense which allows an organism to detect a magnetic field to perceive direction, altitude or location) may play a part in determining direction, as may a pigeon’s ability to identify landmarks. The instincts which allow them to find their way home are not well understood. Homing pigeons have been used to carry messages since ancient times.
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