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Sadly Wikipedia doesn't describe a specific mechanism that helps pigeons to navigate. I wonder do pigeons simply fly high enough that they can see hundred miles around?


They use magnetism AFAIK


(And) smell apparently (sample size of one..)

https://youtu.be/t4cw-Av2Pk4?feature=shared (Around 28min mark)


Every day they build a mesh network and relay some message. The message seems to be very similar every day but a few hundred km away it is completely different.




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