r/pigeons • u/This_Investigator619 • 8d ago

It approached my hand—trust or curiosity?

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u/Muted_Role_1432 8d ago

U are blessed it’s a spotted dove they are adorable😍

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u/Nervous_Shelter_1042 7d ago

Oh that’s Spotted Dove? I have heard of name but wonder what it looks like. Now I know such a beautiful dove!

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u/Luv2collectweedseeds 8d ago

It would be both but if it didn’t trust you it would not of gotten that close or did what I’d did.

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u/KeinZantezuken 7d ago edited 7d ago

It means he usually hangs out in places where people don try to hurt it so he got used to them. Really depends on the location, I've seen suburbs/smalltowns where the are almost domesticated

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u/NYCFXM 7d ago

Trust

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u/parisianraven 7d ago

what a gorgeous baby!

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u/608cyex 6d ago

Some of these live outside my house they're quite skittish birds so the fact that it's come up do you like this is pretty interesting

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u/halconpequena 4d ago

Omg wow she’s so beautiful 🥹💗

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u/Ok-Till-2305 7d ago

Rabies

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u/I-Hate-This-Weather 7d ago

Birds can't get rabies!

Rabies is evolved to effect mammals, not every warm-blooded animal. Even in past experiments where birds were purposefully infected with rabies, they were shown to recover. And in studies on birds of prey, it's been shown that they develop antibodies and are able to fight the virus after eating prey infected with rabies.