Attention Pigeons: avoid Rye Lane

[dulwichrat]

I?ve always wondered why my pigeon buddies have such terrible foot trouble. They?re always missing toes, and sometimes they leave their whole foot somewhere and just hop around on a twiggy stump. I never liked to ask though, after all it?s not like I can recommend a podiatrist.

The latest cutting edge research has just come in to answer the whole problem. It?s hairdressers. Boffins at the University of Lyon have found the more hairdressers you have, the fewer toes your pigeons will have.

All that tumbleweave round Peckham Rye station has a lot to answer for. So pigeons: stay clear!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/human-hair-behind-pigeons-lost-toes-paris-study-finds

[JohnL]

This NY guy came to the same conclusion 6 years ago, but not first without throwing a little shade at female pigeons.

"missing toes, do not kill them or cramp their style. If, say, female pigeons (which, by the way, are also susceptible to limb loss) refused to mate with crippled males, then we would see pigeons evolve the kind of feet that are tough enough to deal with hair, string, shit, and predators. But that has not and may not ever happen. "

https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/why-are-pigeons-feet-so-fucked-up/Content?oid=17556477

[Captain Marvel]

Wake up people, pigeons aren't real

[TheArtfulDogger]

Captain, please also share your happy pills around after sharing that 😂

[Sue]

Captain Marvel Wrote:

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> Wake up people, pigeons aren't real

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