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What pigeon can take someone else's pigeon?

Traditional pigeons or homing pigeons will bring back other birds or pigeons.

Many ancient people in China traditional culture like to raise pigeons. In ancient China, there were only ornamental pigeons, and there were no other pigeon varieties. Ornamental pigeons are traditional ornamental pigeons in ancient China, while peace pigeons and carrier pigeons are exotic species, which are completely different from those in China. There are more than 200 kinds of traditional ornamental pigeons in China recorded in The Tale of Pigeons in Qing Dynasty.

Carrier pigeon communication has the advantages of accurate information transmission, strong flexibility, simple equipment use, no terrain restrictions, no electromagnetic interference and so on, so it is still an auxiliary communication means in the era of electronic communication, which can make up for the shortcomings of electronic communication. Pigeons can transport small things and other small things. For example, American rescue experts use homing pigeons to help rescuers find missing people in distress at sea.