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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 198 points 2 years ago

Funny but snopes says merely a legend https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/field-of-seeds/

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 58 points 2 years ago

Yep, pigeons can differentiate human face traits (generally speaking).

Though many keepers have told me that raptors tend to distrust them if their clothing is different (shirt, hairstyle, hat, glasses, etc.)

Haven't heard the same behavior from columbidae.

[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago

I have pet parrots, they can be put off by a change of clothing. My husband bought a hawaiian shirt and became persona non grata for a couple of hours before the birds accepted that he hadn’t been replaced with a colorful imposter.

[-] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

You can tell it's made up because it has "it's said that" in it.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

All my homeys hate Snopes.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

Snopes says you don't have any homies.

[-] shikogo@pawb.social 4 points 2 years ago

Get better homies

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