Birds may have really small brains, but that doesn't mean they are stupid. For example, pigeons are much smarter birds than you might think.
There are some pigeons that know how to find their home from hundreds of kilometers away without getting lost. Because of this special ability, people used to use pigeons to carry messages over long distances. They would write a message on a piece of paper and tie it to their pigeon's leg, then let it go. In fact, there were some armies that used pigeons to deliver messages during wars as late as the 1950s. Now that everybody has a telephone, people don't need pigeons to deliver messages. Instead, they use them for fun. All over the world, there are pigeon races to see whose pigeon can fly home the fastest.
(Marc Langer, staff writer)
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鳥的腦袋也許很小，但不表示牠們笨，例如鴿子就比你想像的聰明多了。
有些鴿子知道如何在百里外找到回家的路而不會迷失方向，人類利用鴿子這項能力傳遞長途訊息，他們將訊息寫在一張紙上，把紙綁在鴿子腳上後放行。事實上，一直到ㄧ九五○年代都還有軍隊在戰時以飛鴿通訊。
如今人人有電話，不再需要飛鴿傳書，於是改而用鴿子來娛樂。全世界都有賽鴿活動，比賽誰的鴿子最快回到家。 （翻譯：鄭湘儀）
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