• Flying Squid
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    92 months ago

    Pigeons get a bad rap at being stupid

    Do they? I guess I haven’t encountered that much. I think about messenger pigeons in wars and such…

    Disgusting? Sure, I’ve heard that a lot. But I haven’t heard ‘stupid’ really as a word to describe pigeons.

    Anyway, I don’t disagree with you otherwise. My dogs are super stupid in my perception but I know which one of us would be better at following a trail after someone had left the scene. (Okay, maybe Charlie would still be too stupid to do that one, but Ghost could do it).

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      82 months ago

      Something that blows my mind about dogs is that their sense of smell is so good that, when combined with routine, they use it to track time i.e. if their human leaves the house for 8 hours most days to go to work, the dog will be able to discern the difference between “human’s smell 7 hours after they left” and “human’s smell 8 hours after they left”, and learn that the latter means their human should be home soon. How awesome is that?!

      • Flying Squid
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        32 months ago

        Is that how it works? That’s really neat!