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Why do pigeons always stand on the road?

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Oh yeah. Who ever suggested the horn doesn't live where animals live in the road. The sheep outside don't even look up to a horn the boar don't change their plans either.


 
Posted : 25/09/2022 8:49 am
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Trouble with them is they can only move out of the way horizontally or vertically and can’t go over other birds.

Nicely done.


 
Posted : 25/09/2022 11:45 pm
 Olly
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They don’t move until the last nanosecond and I always end up dabbing the brakes.

If they move as soon as they see an incoming predator, the predator can easily and gently adjust course to follow them.
If they leave it till the last minute, the predator (dog/cat/sparrowhawk) has to make a rapid adjustment in velocity to follow them and looses all their momentum and speed.

same reason you can chase a sheep down a lane, and it wont dive into the hedge until youre nearly on top of it.


 
Posted : 26/09/2022 10:34 am
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same reason you can chase a sheep down a lane, and it wont dive into the hedge until youre nearly on top of it.

Why are you trying to get on top of a sheep?


 
Posted : 26/09/2022 11:11 am
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Bragging they can go faster than a sheep. Anything that doesn't pay road tax has to be fair game.

That said, I know a guy who wound up in hospital for a few days after a rabbit ran through his front wheel. Fur everywhere.


 
Posted : 26/09/2022 11:45 am
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