Comments on: 6 Surprising Facts about “Rats with Wings”

By: kat

kat — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:50:00 +0000

my grandpa used to raise pigeons in his back yard to eat. they are very tasty. like a cross between chicken and duck.

By: Fruppi

Fruppi — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:50:00 +0000

I have always been terribly amused by pigeons. Couldn’t tell you why.

By: Christopher Wink

Christopher Wink — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:29:00 +0000

Manhattan? Pigeons? New book? The pigeon story was handled in Philadelphia years ago: http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/articles/12080/cover-story

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:12:00 +0000

First thing that came to my mind when I read “rats with wings” was seagulls.

By: DenverGregg

DenverGregg — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:43:00 +0000

“In fact, the street pigeons we see in the U.S. were first brought from Europe in the 1600s for food.”

Wow. They live a lot longer than I would have expected.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:38:00 +0000

Interesting topic, but I’ll have to disagree about the cover of the book. I find pictures like that very, very creepy…

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:10:00 +0000

Columba livia…

They also produce ‘milk’ for their young and are able to ‘gulp’ water from puddles and the like.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:24:00 +0000

This book is available as a kindle edition as well. I look forward to reading it. Hopefully it will have some info on the carrier pigeons used during WWII–a fascinating story.

By: bzzyb

bzzyb — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:58:00 +0000

In Iowa, bats are rats with wings. I was surprised to see this article about pigeons. Nonetheless, a very interesting article!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:54:00 +0000

On my last trip to NYC, every pigeon I saw reminded me of the episode of ‘No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain’ where he visited Egypt. He ate, and seemed to enjoy pigeons. All I could think of was capturing one and cooking it up. Is that weird?