Pigeon Facts

The smallest known non-avian dinosaur is Epidexipteryx, measuring just 11 inches long and weighing around 164 grams—about the size of a pigeon.

The female pigeon cannot lay eggs if she is alone. In order for her ovaries to function, she must be able to see another pigeon.

A homing pigeon shot through the breast with one leg hanging by a tendon flew 25 miles to save 194 men trapped behind enemy lines. The survivors carved him a wooden leg. He still stands at the Smithsonian today.