They're more flying rats than desert rats but it has emerged China's army is training 10,000 messenger pigeons to serve in the event of a breakdown in mass communication systems.
China Central Television (CCTV) announced that the mass feathered recruitment drive was being undertaken by...
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Drug-Smuggling Pigeon Caught in Colombia
Colombian authorities say they have captured a pigeon that was being used to smuggle drugs into a prison.
Guards became suspicious after spotting a bird with a package on its back near the prison in Bucaramanga, in the north of the country, The...
Pigeon is 'faster than broadband'
An IT company in Durban, South Africa has discovered that a pigeon can carry data faster than broadband.
Staff at Unlimited IT pitted an 11-month-old bird bearing a 4GB memory stick against the ADSL service from the country's biggest web provider, Telkom...