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"Carrier Pigeons Bringing Contraband into Prisons", Bruce Schneier, www.schneier.com (blog), June 27, 2008; Pigeon-powered Internet takes flight, Stephen Shankland, CNET News, May 4, 2001 "The Unlimited" Pigeon carries data bundles faster than Telkom, 10 Sep 2009, M&G; RFC1149 Game
The Carrier or English Carrier is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. [1] Carriers, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons , are all descendants of the rock dove ( Columba livia ).
The pigeon could eat and digest 100 g (3.5 oz) of acorns per day. [79] At the historic population of three billion passenger pigeons, this amounted to 210,000,000 L (55,000,000 US gal) of food a day. [54] The pigeon could regurgitate food from its crop when more desirable food became available. [43]
With training, pigeons can carry up to 75 g (2.5 oz) on their backs. As early as 1903, the German apothecary Julius Neubronner used carrier pigeons to both receive and deliver urgent medication. [37] In 1977, a similar system of 30 carrier pigeons was set up for the transport of laboratory specimens between two English hospitals.
Then-Brussels Mayor Adolphe Max [106] at the 1931 dedication ceremony of this statue said that carrier pigeons perhaps made the greatest and most painful contribution to the victory and liberation of Belgium during the First World War. The metal statue depicts a pigeon landing on a topless woman's outstretched arm. Monument to Carrier Pigeons [107]
The domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica or Columba livia forma domestica) [2] is a pigeon subspecies that was derived from the rock dove or rock pigeon. The rock pigeon is the world's oldest domesticated bird.
The Dutch Beauty Homer is a breed of fancy pigeon. Dutch Beauty Homers, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the rock pigeon (Columba livia). This breed of pigeon is known for their characteristic grey feathers and red eyes. They emit a cooing noise typical of most pigeon species.
The pigeon definitely does not survive. ~Kvng 18:37, 28 September 2020 (UTC) As a reader, seeing the pigeon photo with its description immediately clarified what "packet loss" includes, and that damage to the physical data layer (the pigeon) is a consideration.