Bethany Brookshire

Yeah. How so? When the wire service Reuters started, it was not on a wire. It was on the wing. It was on the pigeon because Reuters figured out he could fly hot stock tips to and from Aachen and beat the train by two hours. And of course, we also use them for their poop. Because pigeon poop is excellent fertilizer and there's wonderful dove coats.

Yeah. How so? When the wire service Reuters started, it was not on a wire. It was on the wing. It was on the pigeon because Reuters figured out he could fly hot stock tips to and from Aachen and beat the train by two hours. And of course, we also use them for their poop. Because pigeon poop is excellent fertilizer and there's wonderful dove coats.

Yeah. How so? When the wire service Reuters started, it was not on a wire. It was on the wing. It was on the pigeon because Reuters figured out he could fly hot stock tips to and from Aachen and beat the train by two hours. And of course, we also use them for their poop. Because pigeon poop is excellent fertilizer and there's wonderful dove coats.

You can still see some of them today developed by the ancient Persians that are these beautiful bell shapes so that all the poop falls to the bottom and you can scoop it.

You can still see some of them today developed by the ancient Persians that are these beautiful bell shapes so that all the poop falls to the bottom and you can scoop it.

You can still see some of them today developed by the ancient Persians that are these beautiful bell shapes so that all the poop falls to the bottom and you can scoop it.

Yeah, there's a wonderful piece of work by Colin Jerelmack who actually documented the fall of the pigeon in the public eye via articles in the New York Times over a century. And he was able to document that over about 100 years, pigeons went from noble, innocent, beautiful to rats with wings. You know, we no longer needed fertilizer. We have chemical fertilizer now.

Yeah, there's a wonderful piece of work by Colin Jerelmack who actually documented the fall of the pigeon in the public eye via articles in the New York Times over a century. And he was able to document that over about 100 years, pigeons went from noble, innocent, beautiful to rats with wings. You know, we no longer needed fertilizer. We have chemical fertilizer now.

Yeah, there's a wonderful piece of work by Colin Jerelmack who actually documented the fall of the pigeon in the public eye via articles in the New York Times over a century. And he was able to document that over about 100 years, pigeons went from noble, innocent, beautiful to rats with wings. You know, we no longer needed fertilizer. We have chemical fertilizer now.

We don't need messengers anymore. We have email. And we don't need squab anymore. We have chicken.

We don't need messengers anymore. We have email. And we don't need squab anymore. We have chicken.

We don't need messengers anymore. We have email. And we don't need squab anymore. We have chicken.

I would say the history of the human-pigeon relationship differs in that we once had a use for the pigeon. I think of the pigeon as kind of the outdated cell phone of the animal world, right? We used to have such a use for them. And now we don't, and we can't fathom why they won't go away. It's so sad.

I would say the history of the human-pigeon relationship differs in that we once had a use for the pigeon. I think of the pigeon as kind of the outdated cell phone of the animal world, right? We used to have such a use for them. And now we don't, and we can't fathom why they won't go away. It's so sad.

I would say the history of the human-pigeon relationship differs in that we once had a use for the pigeon. I think of the pigeon as kind of the outdated cell phone of the animal world, right? We used to have such a use for them. And now we don't, and we can't fathom why they won't go away. It's so sad.

Well, there are plenty of downsides associated with rats. People don't like them. They find them both physically and psychologically really stressful. People who live very closely with rats, it's awful. No one should have to live that way. Rats give people feelings of unsettledness, right? They are very associated with our feelings of disgust.

Well, there are plenty of downsides associated with rats. People don't like them. They find them both physically and psychologically really stressful. People who live very closely with rats, it's awful. No one should have to live that way. Rats give people feelings of unsettledness, right? They are very associated with our feelings of disgust.

Well, there are plenty of downsides associated with rats. People don't like them. They find them both physically and psychologically really stressful. People who live very closely with rats, it's awful. No one should have to live that way. Rats give people feelings of unsettledness, right? They are very associated with our feelings of disgust.

And I'm saying that in terms of Western cultures, in terms of like the global North. Other cultures do not associate rats with disgust.

And I'm saying that in terms of Western cultures, in terms of like the global North. Other cultures do not associate rats with disgust.