Not unexpectedly, pigeons have the ability to surprise. French researchers know this ability after researching the city pigeons.
Urban pigeons able to identify people who want to feed them or just trying to chase him. European pigeon population is estimated at 28 million head.
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The highest density is located in downtown pigeons. This is due to the low level of predators in the region and the food is always there.
"Considered as a plague, pigeons lived close to the city itself and take advantage of the proximity of human activity is in search of food," said the French team of scientists in the journal Animal Cognition.
Researchers conducted two tests in a city park and involves two people (one neutral and one chasing pigeons). "In both trials, the pigeon can rapidly distinguish these two human beings," he said.
Pigeons avoid human pursued. Even when the two men clothes are mutually exchanged, the bird is still capable of distinguishing characteristics of individual human uses.
"Revealed, pigeons can quickly learn from interaction with humans to maximize the benefits of the urban environment," he concluded.
