What Is a City Pigeon?

What is a City Pigeon? By Rosemary Mosco It's a Dinosaur. Like all birds, pigeons descended from dinos. coooo RARR It's a Dove. A city pigeon or Rock Dove is a member of the pigeon & dove family. It's a Domestic Animal. Pigeons were domesticated millenia ago for meat and fertilizer (poop). moo coo It's a Purebred Pet. Like dogs & cats, pigeons come in fancy breeds. Birmingham Roller Fantail Saxon Fairy Swallow It's a Feral Animal. Fancy pigeons escaped, blended breeds, and became multicolored city birds. It's a Lover. Pigeons mate for life (usually). trash can meet cute It's an Indicator Of Inequality. Where pigeons have high levels of lead in their blood, people do, too.¹ 82 Pb Lead I contain multitudes.

An educational comic presents city pigeons as dinosaurs, doves, domestic animals, purebred pets, feral animals, lovers, and indicators of inequality. The joke is that one ordinary pigeon can embody many contradictory identities, while the final panel points out that lead pollution affects both pigeons and people. It is sent as an absurd, informative reaction to highlight complexity or mixed characteristics.

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