- According to Animal Planet, Racing Pigeons are the 8th. smartest animal.
- Racing Homers have been clocked flying in excess of 90mph.
- The most expensive Racing Pigeon purchased was $1.9 Million 2020.
- Pigeons are ready to breed at 6 months of age.
- Racing Pigeons are bred, raised and trained as good as Thoroughbred Horses.
- There are more than a million fanciers around the world that keep pigeons.
- There are more than 500 different breeds of domesticated pigeons.
- Both parents feed the young milk.
- They have been known to see over a 25 mile distance.
- Unless separated pigeons mate for life.
- A full grown pigeon has approximately 10,000 feathers.
- A pigeon enhales and exhales with every beat of its wings (up to 10 times per second), while maintaining a heart rate of 600 beats per minute up to 16 hours
without rest.
- A pigeon can fly straight up.
- University of Montana concluded; “Pound for pound the pigeon is one of the most smartest and physically adept creatures in the animal
kingdom.”
- Queen Elizabeth II races pigeons from the Royal Lofts at Sandringham.
- Pigeons are the only bird in the world that do not have to lift their head to swallow.
- During breeding season when there are a few babies on the floor, all parents will feed all babies, even if they are not their own.
- The ability to hear sounds 11 octaves below middle C allow the pigeon to detect earthquakes and electrical storms.
- The top national race in the USA, Hoosier Classic awards a purse of $1,000,000
- Recognize hundreds of images even after several years have past, recognize their own reflection and can discriminate differences between two
objects.