Pigeons and stupidity
Sep. 15th, 2025 01:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
injunjane"Feral pigeons can compete with other birds for food and nesting sites in cities, and they can also be aggressive, potentially displacing other species from feeding areas or resources. Their ability to thrive in urban environments makes them successful competitors, particularly when they have access to readily available food sources from humans."
"Feral pigeons can transmit diseases like cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, and psittacosis through their droppings. They can also carry bacteria that cause illnesses such as salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis."
When I see fb postings cherishing people who feed pigeons in the cities, I'm literally full of rage.
They are raising flying rats and banish other bird species gradually adapting to city life after destruction of their natural habitats. These ignorant individuals are helping spread dangerous infections in highly populated areas. They don't know how the world around them functions, and apparently don't even want to know.
False brainless kindness kills.
"Feral pigeons can transmit diseases like cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, and psittacosis through their droppings. They can also carry bacteria that cause illnesses such as salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis."
When I see fb postings cherishing people who feed pigeons in the cities, I'm literally full of rage.
They are raising flying rats and banish other bird species gradually adapting to city life after destruction of their natural habitats. These ignorant individuals are helping spread dangerous infections in highly populated areas. They don't know how the world around them functions, and apparently don't even want to know.
False brainless kindness kills.
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Date: 2025-09-15 05:54 pm (UTC)https://u2a6h5f3.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-squirrel-is-just-a-rat-with-good-PR-1-576x576.jpg
pigeon is "the bird of peace", blah blah blah :)
it's sort of cute, has nice shades of blue and purple and all that
basically, just has a solid marketing/branding team
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Date: 2025-09-16 09:32 am (UTC)it's just those city-living people who have never seen animals other than cats, dogs and pigeons, and think that milk grows on trees
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Date: 2025-09-16 09:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-09-16 04:37 pm (UTC)squirrels are also quite invasive against city birds and can probably transmit diseases to cats and dogs (when the latter try to hunt them)