Ancient Rome may have more pigeons than New York City…
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Origin story
1:19 Pigeons on Roman farms
2:16 Pet pigeons
3:20 Homing pigeons
3:57 War pigeons
5:13 Krieg Eterna
6:16 Pigeons and Venus
7:53 Feral pigeons
8:59 A bird of many feathers