Remembering the 10s of Millions of Animals Who Were Exploited and Died during Both Wars. Lest We Forget.
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Remembering the 10s of Millions of Animals Who Were Exploited and Died during Both Wars. Lest We Forget.
Decorated war pigeons
Pigeons are highly intelligent and can fly long distances at very high speed. They were used during the war to deliver messages to enable
the army to be aware of the enemies plans. Thanks to these messages, many lives were saved.
Many pidges were shot dead or badly injured and never returned. They had no choice and fly into the war zones.
This is a reminder to all of those who treat them as vermin and flying rats or harm them.
In total, 32 pigeons were decorated with the Dickin Medal, including:
- All Alone (1943)
- Winkie (1943)
- Tyke (1943)
- White Vision (1943)
- Commando (1944)
- Paddy (1944)
- William of Orange (1944)
- Gustav (1944)
- Beach Comber (1944)
- Royal Blue (1945)
- Mary of Exeter (1945)
- G.I. Joe (1946)
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G. I. Joe G.I Joe is one of the most famous pigeons in history, most noted for saving a thousand soldiers during WWII. During the month of October 1943, British troops were trying to advance on the German held Italian town of Colvi Veccia. In an effort to weaken the German position, the infantry...
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For anyone having a not so great day...this will cheer you up. Baby goats!
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Glimpse of rare white squirrel adds magic to winter stroll in city park
These images capture a rare sight in Queen's Park, Brighton - an adorable white squirrel spotted among the trees.
Feeding Pidges at The War Memorial in Brighton during a training session catching/destringing.
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Scientists Discovered the Ancient, Unassuming Creature That Invented Salads
The 300 million-year-old Tyrannoroter heberti had teeth specialized for eating plants, making it one of the oldest species to do so.
From this online article about one of the earliest herbivorous (or maybe flexitarian?) vertebrate species. "Tyrannosaurus rex" means "king of the tyrant lizards", and kinda fits, since it is thought to have been an apex predator of its time. But I'm not sure where the "tyrant" part of this cute little critter's name came from:
"Tyrannoroter heberti certainly earned its name—it comes from the Greek “tyrannos,” meaning “tyrant,” and “aroter,” meaning “ploughman,” which is a reference to its flat, pointed, and slightly downturned snout that was most likely used to dig through the ground (possibly because it was a burrowing species like some other pantylids are thought to have been)."
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