Why Don’t We Eat Pigeons

Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? Tonight, someone in an expensive restaurant will order one. And the pigeon on that fancy plate is the same bird as the one next to your fries. So why does one feel like food, and the other like a "rat with wings"? In this video: Martha, the last passenger pigeon. A hatchery mistake in 1923 that started the chicken industry. Pigeon "milk" made by mom AND dad. Cairo, where stuffed pigeon is still a favorite dish. And the 1966 New York quote that made pigeons disgusting. Have you ever tried pigeon, or would you never? Tell me in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? 0:53 Same bird, different plate 1:33 Martha, the last passenger pigeon 1:59 5,000 years of living with pigeons 2:27 1923: a pigeon farm and a wrong delivery 3:12 The factory test 3:28 Pigeon dads make milk 4:26 How pigeon became fancy food 5:19 Pigeons lose their jobs 5:57 Cairo still loves pigeon 6:19 New York and "a rat with wings" 7:16 How dangerous are pigeons, really? 7:33 The biggest twist 8:18 Why you never see baby pigeons 8:55 Should you eat a city pigeon? SOURCES Smithsonian Magazine — Martha, the World's Last Passenger Pigeon https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smiths... Choose Delaware — Delmarva chicken industry at 100 years (Cecile Steele and the wrong delivery) https://www.choosedelaware.com/succes... Audubon — The Origins of Our Misguided Hatred for Pigeons https://www.audubon.org/magazine/orig... National Geographic — For Most of History, Pigeons Were Beloved. What Happened? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/an... UC Davis — Using Urban Pigeons to Monitor Lead Pollution https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/using-ur... A lot of research never reaches ordinary people because it's boring and hard to read. This channel turns it into stories anyone can follow. #pigeons #history #food