Claim: Humans originally domesticated pigeons to be companions and prized possessions, and now pigeons cannot survive without humans. Rating: About this rating Mostly True What's True It is true that humans domesticated pigeons for centuries, and feral pigeons do largely stay in urban environments because we brought them there. He was always saying bad things about pigeons until I pointed something out that he never thought of before: We domesticated pigeons. Snopes looked into the claim, and we broke down our findings as follows:We Domesticated Pigeons? Humankind has indeed domesticated pigeons for thousands of years, possibly going back 10,000 years, according to "Pigeons" by Andrew D. Blechman.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2024 13:24 UTC