Pigeons are weird

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🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Thought these frequently frowned-upon birds were boring, metropolitan pests? Think again.

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0:00.0	Okay, so we would typically start this by you saying your name in the show.
0:05.7	Nate Hedgy, outside in, correspondent.
0:08.0	What did you say, correspondent?
0:10.0	Scourspondent, I don't know why I it correspondent. It sounds more serious.
0:14.4	It's like a demotion you just gave yourself.
0:16.6	I know, but it's not how correspondent always sounded cool.
0:19.0	I always wanted to be a correspondent.
0:20.4	So I am Taylor Kun. responded.
0:28.0	So I am Taylor Kumbi and Nate, I have a very belated Christmas present for you. Oh yeah, what's that?
0:32.0	So do you remember when we did an episode and I asked you the question
0:36.5	What do you think is the most successful species on earth? Oh yeah, and I said pigeon I said pigeon. I said pigeon. Yeah. Yeah
0:42.1	Because you love pigeons I do
0:43.8	they're just they've proliferated in such a way that I'm just amazed by.
0:47.6	Yeah pigeons are everywhere. Well anyway the Christmas present is this today we are
0:52.2	featuring a podcast that I've been
0:54.2	super excited to play for everybody. It's basically the soulmate to our Holy
0:57.4	Scat segment and it's called What The Duck? What The Duck? I love that name.
1:01.4	It's so good. It's produced by the Australian
1:03.8	Broadcast Company hosted by Anne Jones and it just so happens they recently did an
1:08.3	entire episode on why the pigeon might just be the weirdest animal on earth.
1:14.0	For my obsession with pigeons, I actually don't know much about them.
1:17.5	Oh, well, dude, roll up your sleeves because you are about to get punched in the face
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