For the Birds | National Geographic

here’s my fact over a distance of a mile
or under a carrier pigeon can beat a fax
machine in sending a message because
they use email correct how does the
carrier pigeon work you put a little
message on his foot you put a little
message on foot or you whisper in his
ear go tell her I break up with her
let’s watch this clip little birds at
work throughout history we’ve sought
faster and faster ways to send
information from Greek messengers to the
Pony Express to Morse code the telegram
the telephone and the internet
communication technology has grown
faster and more sophisticated but what
if i told you that one of the oldest
methods was still the quickest yep i’m
talking about carrier pigeons but don’t
take my word for it listen to this guy
although we think of faxing or using the
internet as the fastest way to send
printouts or messages over a distance of
less than a mile it’s been proven that
carrier pigeons can be faster recent
studies have shown that carrier pigeons
can get from A to B quicker than you can
send a fax and all this time I thought
the only thing pigeons were good for is
pooping on your shoulder time to put
this one to the test with the greatest
of all rivalries machine versus pigeon