"During the World War II, thousands of aircraft carried two pigeons in case they the plane was downed so they could send messages, " he said.

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Finally, they released their last two pigeons.

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With that pair of pigeons, she has eaten enough for two days, the poor old thing.

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Not to mention I will sound like a crabby old man on a park bench, holding two fistfuls of sunflower seeds, yelling at the pigeons.

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She described an incident where a keeper of show pigeons had 50 of his birds, including two rare birds imported from Germany, shot by airguns over the past five years.

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