How did pigeons get everywhere? - BBC World Service 

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People don't hate pigeons, they hate the fact that they poop everywhere

It’s funny I come across this video as I’m on the ferry and a pigeon just flew right in next to me.

Pigeons are just like other cute animals. They just want to play, eat and sleep. Pure innocence.

A pigeon shit on my head while I was going for a job interview I turned around and went home

I love pigeons and I always notice them in the city and say hello to them. I love all their different colours. :)

In every neighbourhood there's always one or two "pigeon nuts" that ensure they are well fed and thriving.

Anyone who owns a car and parks under a tree or light pole will hate pigeons and any other bird.

Pigeons 1: Seagulls: 0

I don't hate them. I love them. My grandpa used to have them and race with them. Lovely creatures.

I also LOVE pigeons! That said, the NYC ones could use some care. They look like they live rough.

Pigeons are Rock Doves.

I was omong the masses that dislike them but living in nyc where their one of the wild animal you encounter daily I like them alot

The title should be 😊 Why people love pigeons ? This title ultimately say that we hate them. It's a strong suggestion suggesting we really hate them but it's not true. People without animals loose soul and humanity. We are empty heart ,soul without animals and the whole nature around us.

Pigeons are beautiful creatures, they just interact among themselves, eat, sleep, fly overhead, poop wherever they go, etc. They're just like any other cute animals. Humans must learn to coexist with those innocent birdies.

🎶Feed the birds, tuppence a bag 🎶 Pigeons eat from my hand on Stanley park Blackpool. They're cool 👍🏻

I LOVE pigeons!! 😍💖🐦

Pigeons are just like flying dogs. ❤ it’s a shame they are treated poorly

I don't hate pigeons. I've grown to appreciate and understand their role in society as free beings. Please don't be cruel to them. 😢 They are not ugly

Never knew we built houses to steal pigeons eggs. 😂😂

Pigeons get a bad rep. Some appear when I throw the mealworms and bird fat out in the garden in the morning...I love the variation on their markings and feathers...it's a shame people have problems with them. You could have worse neighbours than birds!.

I love pigeons. Only friendly life-form inside London.

I dont hate them

H🇨🇦 Here in Edmonton, Canada, pigeons don't come near people, but in Montreal, they fly onto your head & will stick their head in your peanut butter jar -- while it's in your hand. Different pigeon cultures. 🇨🇦

so funny in the last minute

Please don’t hate pigeons! They are beautiful

Wood pigeons are especially nice. City pigeons are a bit pesky ngl.

Still, pigeon population in cities needs to be controlled the way feral cats and dogs are because yes, pigeon droppings carry diseases we can catch, as well as ticks that can attach to humans, just because cases of infections are uncommon these days doesn’t mean they’re suddenly clean animals. Fewer pigeons, healthier, prettier pigeons 🕊️

I have never heard before that people hated pigeons. 😕 I grew up loving them ❤️

I don't hate pigeons I love pigeons They're so cute and smart

Funny, but i thought it was gonna be about pigeons as messengers

Surely we have to admire pigeons for being one of the most successful creatures on the planet, and for their ability to interact so closely with us. I love them.

This too is rather nice and different to all this stressful news we getting atm. I liked this and we need be better for them, love them more again. They never did anything wrong❤

I was walking in st james park, and I saw people ignoring them and just paying attention with the parakeet.. but I love em ❤❤

I❤the pigeons too. Live and let live. They deserve to thrive as much as we do. Enjoy their funny behaviors and go about your business.

Pigeons are the ultimate survivors. THey're pretty awesome.

Pigeons are cool ❤

Pigeons? You mean humanity has stopped this low? How do you even hate on pigeons? They are one of the most lovable creatures out there

This is true. Talking to a bloke once, who was a pigeons fancier and raced pigeons. He said he won trophies for it. ' I love my pigeons', he said. When I asked him what he did with them if they couldn't race anymore, he said, 'oh!, I just wring their necks'!😢

Pigeons are smart and social. Respect to the Pigeons!

Doesn’t make sense humans call some animals pests and because they get in OUR way of life. We are all animals just trying to live our lives

Pigeons are the Dodo closest relatives.

Pigeons are great ❤

I like pigeons. They such characters

So sad! They are so sweet

It's sad that they were so close to us when they were used for communication and then were abandoned.

“Originally native from Europe to North Africa and India, it now lives in a wild or semi-wild condition in cities all over the world.” They are not only surviving but also thriving everywhere!

I love pigeons. they are my favourite bird and they are so cool

No way people don't hate them I love them and they so clever very clever brids they can count to 10

my kid from china loves them especially because there are hardly any in China

They are always busy in their territorial war. This proves that Pigeon isn't a symbol of peace at all.

Pigeons helped defeat the Nazzys in WWII; Operation Columba. Over a thousand messages were transported by these wonderful birds.

people hate because they are afraid and/or they lack understanding. there is no hate, only fear. learn about something that you hate and you will come to love it. even spiders, even pigeons . take a moment to appreciate their beauty and respect them as one of Gods creations

I rescued one last sumner. She is amazing.

Not got a problem with pigeons. Seagulls, however, are a whole different story.

The dove is a sign of peace.

I dont hat them, in fact i admire their braveness. all other animals are scared of humans

There is a really wonderful book called "Pigeons" by Andrew D. Blechman, and it is a really great read. If you liked this video, you'll really enjoy the book. It's got a lot of heart. Here's an excerpt from the description of the book: "To research this lively history of the humble pigeon, the author traveled across the United States and Europe to meet with pigeon fanciers and pigeon haters in a quest to find out how we came to misunderstand one of mankind’s most helpful and steadfast companions. Pigeons captures a Brooklyn man’s quest to win the Main Event (the pigeon world’s equivalent of the Kentucky Derby), as well as a convention dedicated to breeding the perfect bird. The author participates in a live pigeon shoot where entrants pay $150; he tracks down Mike Tyson, the nation’s most famous pigeon lover; he spends time with Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Pigeon Handler; and he sheds light on a radical “pro-pigeon underground” in New York City. In Pigeons, Andrew D. Blechman reveals for the first time the remarkable story behind this seemingly unremarkable bird."

How come pigeons don’t come out at night?

i love them

Hate them and their poop everywhere. They used to cover my balcony in poop everyday. I installed a net as a barrier to keep them out, and it's bliss now.

Where I live (Sydney, Aus) the brush turkeys, white ibis, common mynas and seagulls are more of a nuisance than pigeons.

Seasgulls are definitely the most hated bird, atleast in Britain. A Pigeon is very unliekly to steal my food, but gulls take so much. Crows and Magpies might also be amoung the most hated as they are so smart they always get to rubbish bins and destroy the bags to get at food too. Pidgeons just poo everywhere

Their flapping sounds all the time are most annoying because they rest on our apartment rooftop. Wait, did i smell roasted pigeon? 🍗😂

If only Classic Old Frills were as much in numbers as rock pidgeons

Love Pigeons, will always be a Pigeon advocate.

Pigeons are adorable

What a very profound and unexpected question!

As a pigeon fancier, let me mention that not only are pigeons exceptionally extraordinary creatures. They are resourceful. A pigeon can fly from one place to another without knowing where its going over Many miles back to there location. We call them homing pigeons and I know you were referring to a wild city pigeon, but domesticated pigeons are very smart and can be used for many things. One of the sports is racing ! They are like horses in the sky.😃

Pigeons, or Rock Doves, can’t poop unless they’re seated. They don’t poop on your head, but gulls do … I know that through experience. Pigeons carried messages in wars. Theres a famous one whose name I can’t recall. Sir David Attenborough told me that … not in person of course, and it’s in a museum. Rock Doves aren’t rats with wings. They’re beautiful birds with great “ radar”, lovely colours and they’re welcome in my yard any time, but they don’t like tree rats, aka squirrels. Respect the bird we once loved. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

Pigeons clean up after us. A town in Germany is seeking to cull their pigeons and will probably end up with a rodent problem as a result.

I love Pigeons after a single white one started living at my work one day. After lots of research, including wonderful pigeon reels Instagram has decided to feed me in its algorithm, I am truly amazed at these "cats" of the sky!

A Japanese businessman bought a hen racing pigeon for a staggering £1.3 million.pigeon racing is big business.even the queen use to have race them.

I adore pigeons!

I love pigeons. Kept them as pets as a boy..

I don’t hate pigeons I just hate the mess they make and the minute you have two of them near you the following year there will be over a hundred of them. They use to be part of the food chain just like chickens are today, I don’t know when we stopped eating them as they are no different to other birds that are still on the dinner plate but just have more meat on them than quails. Less than ducks or geese.

before i go 1 days in the week 200 km go and come-back, for give food to pigeons ❤

I don't think that pigeon you were trying to interview was a sir. She probably felt very offended and flew away.

There are 10,000 species of birds, yet what bird has conquered the world like the pigeon? In many ways they are the 'king of the birds'. You are looking at it wrong.

In my country, we eat them.

Always waking me up!

I like'em 🕊

Birds and animals are not here to fulfill our needs or to please us. The universe isnt human-centric

I just watched a video showing 10 differences between doves and pigeons. So I guess it's a misinformation to say a dove is just a white pigeon.

I don't hate pigeons,I don't hate any animals/birds,it's the humans I dont like.

OK but how do I get them off my roof, without turning my roof into a prison fence?

Pigeon A: Not available to comment to BBC, Sorry.

I never thought much about pigeons. Then one day when I was serveying, three of them gathered above me on a cable about 10 feet above me I proceeded to crap on me at the same time. Luckily I had a big floppy hat so I just got on my hat my clothes. It wasn’t like I felt something and then wondered what that?! I smelled it same I felt it. It was horrible! Now I hate them. They are flying rats. That’s what I call them. Flying rats.

pigeons are localized , i.e. they travel much less than we do , so they don't spread diseases as much as we ourselves do .

I've always wondered what would happen if the squirrels, rats and pigeons of London managed to bred

I am at war with a particular group of about five pigeons determined to nest on my balcony. They are a cunning and determined opponent.I have grown to have a grudging respect for them. 😂 part of me is even fond of them

Why does anybody hate anything other than what they chose to hate but I definitely don't hate pigeons they have a purpose other than pooping 😂

Nice piece!

Pigeons are domesticated birds. They’re like homeless dogs. I despise people who mistreat them.

Mike Tyson love pets pigeons his Madison in LV. Nothing wrong with that .😂😂

We make barbecue out of them😂

when you get pooed by a pigeon, isn't it a sign of good luck?

I miss the passenger pigeon which went extinct.

I don’t hate pigeons, I hate seagulls

Pigeons are from columbarium they are from dove family and hamless.