Just like what you see in old-school films, for example the film Mask Of Zorro. The female actor Catherine Zeta Jones entrusts a letter containing important information to a pigeon. The courage and toughness of this pigeon is not only in films, since ancient times pigeons and their ability to send letters have received much respect and awards in the real world.
One of the famous pigeons is the Cher Ami pigeon.
During the First World War, this pigeon managed to save hundreds of lives of United States soldiers, even though she was shot and injured in the eye, Cher Ami managed to bring a message to the American army headquarters 40 kilometers away, wow, really salute these pigeons. No wonder she immediately received an award from the United States government.
Another pigeon that has received a medal is a pigeon named G.I. Joe the pigeon managed to save hundreds of villagers from bomb attacks in World War II. G.I. Joe managed to cover a distance of about 35 kilometers, in just 20 minutes, what an amazing ability, right? The message brought by G.I. Joe came right at the last second to prevent a bomb attack on a densely populated area, and there are many more stories about pigeons who have been instrumental in delivering letters in the past
What makes this pigeon so good at delivering letters?
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It turns out that pigeons have the ability to detect direction and location. So, even though they are released from a place far from their home, pigeons always find their way home, without getting lost. Pigeon organs such as eyes and beaks contain various minerals and iron, function to track the earth's magnetic field, besides that pigeons are also intelligent animals that have high memory. They can remember patterns, movements and will never mistake their partners, even their owners. Well, all of these pigeon abilities are supported by the basic nature of pigeons who are loyal
The loyalty of pigeons is indeed proven, wherever they are released, they will always return home. In this house, their partner is usually waiting. The togetherness of male and female pigeons is indeed close, when the two are separated, the male can fly faster to approach the female more quickly.
The male can track it even from a very long distance, the male of this pigeon never mistakes the female, and he always approaches the female wherever he goes.
The loyalty of this pigeon is also a symbol of various songs and films, one of the songs inspired by pigeons is the band Kahitna, do you still remember the song? For those of you who were born in the 2000s, it may be unfamiliar to your ears, and now it is rarely played on radio stations or television, but don't be curious, steemian friends, you can still find the song on your favorite Youtube
But for children born in the 80s, for example me, this song is still recorded in your memory. The lyrics of this song come from a pair of pigeons who are always together, this song is certainly inspired by a pair of pigeons who look affectionate. Pigeons who always look sticky with their partners really make humans jealous, right?
To the point that in this song, the woman who is being proposed to asks when she can be like a pigeon. The loyalty of this pigeon is also the theme of the song which means proposing to this couple. Kahitna doesn't choose song themes carelessly, many of Kahitna's songs are inspired by the life stories of its personnel, for example in the song Tak Tak Sebebas Merpati, this song was created when Yovie Widyanto proposed to his wife Dewayani who he had been dating since junior high school, wow, it really symbolizes a loyal couple, huh.
No less loyal, huh, to a couple of doves, although still not as free as doves hehe...
Greetings always compact.
By @midiagam