Navigation and Homing:

Exceptional navigational skills:

  • Homing pigeons are renowned for their ability to find their way back to their loft (home) from long distances, even through unfamiliar territory. 

  • Multiple senses involved:
    While the exact mechanisms are still being researched, studies suggest pigeons use a combination of magnetic field detection, olfactory cues (smell), and visual landmarks to navigate.

  • Memory and spatial awareness:

  • They have excellent spatial memory and can recall the locations of familiar landmarks and routes.

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