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You've seen thousands of pigeons

Never a baby

Why do we never see baby pigeons?

The pigeon descends from a cliff bird

In the city, your ledges, the underside of bridges… that's its cliff

It nests where you never go

And its chicks don't leave fast

Fed on pigeon milk… yes, that's real

They stay in the nest nearly a month

Far longer than a sparrow

So by the time they leave, they're already adult-sized

You've seen hundreds of them…

You took them for grown-ups

You cross paths with baby pigeons every week

They just already look grown up