• World War II, Project Pigeon (later Project Orcon, for "organic control") was American behaviorist B. F. Skinner's attempt to develop a pigeon-controlled...
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    Skinner initiated Project Pigeon, which was intended to provide a simple and effective guidance system. Skinner trained pigeons through operant conditioning...
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    domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica or Columba livia forma domestica) is a pigeon subspecies that was derived from the rock dove or rock pigeon. The...
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    Homing pigeons have long played an important role in war. Due to their homing ability, speed, and altitude, they were often used as military messengers...
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  • rock pigeon. Pigeon may also refer to: Pigeon, Indiana, an unincorporated community Pigeon, Michigan, a village Pigeon, Wisconsin, a town Pigeon, West...
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  • there is considerable knowledge of pigeon intelligence. Available data show[citation needed], for example, that: Pigeons have the capacity to share attention...
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    The homing pigeon is a variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica), selectively bred for its ability to find its way home over extremely long...
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    Bat bomb (redirect from Project x-ray)
    Military animals Olga of Kiev (using "pigeons or sparrows" as offensive weapons in the 900s AD) Project Pigeon Christen, A. G.; Christen, J. A. (2005)...
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    The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived...
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  • Feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica or Columba livia forma urbana), also called city doves, city pigeons, or street pigeons, are descendants of domestic...
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    same guidable ordnance airframe design used for the earlier, abortive Project Pigeon weapons program. The Pelican was a June 1942 modification using semi-active...
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  • initiative to improve ambulance response times Project Pigeon, later Project Orcon, a World War II project to use pigeons to control guided missiles This disambiguation...
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    other animals have been used for both transportation and mounted attack. Pigeons were used for communication and photographic espionage. Many other animals...
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    Pigeon post is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages. Pigeons are effective as messengers due to their natural homing abilities. The pigeons are...
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    Pigeon keeping or pigeon fancying is the art and science of breeding domestic pigeons. People have practiced pigeon keeping for at least 5,000 years and...
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  • the proximity fuze and the standardized airframe used originally for Project Pigeon, and shortly afterwards the autonomously radar-guided Bat anti-ship...
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    by the stage name Pigeon John, is an American rapper based in Los Angeles, California. He is a former member of L.A. Symphony. Pigeon John claims that...
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  • catch Yankee Doodle Pigeon, a carrier pigeon who carries secret messages (hence the name of the show's theme song "Stop The Pigeon"). The title is a reference...
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    Kramer X4- Max Kramer's air-to-air guided missile Ki-147 Ki-148 Ohka Project Pigeon Gargoyle GB-4 GB-8 VB-3 Razon Explanatory notes German Wikipedia's WW...
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  • Union side project Pigeon Hole Age Like Astronauts Sweatshop Union side project Trillionaire$ By Hook or by Crook Sweatshop Union side project June 21 Eminem...
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    The Nicobar pigeon or Nicobar dove (Caloenas nicobarica, Car: ma-kūö-kö) is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar...
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    Francisco. Miner's canary Frog battery Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass Project Pigeon The Weekly Dispatch. 22 March 1851. "London: The Great Exhibition Archived...
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    of the German V-weapons program. Project Pigeon was American behaviorist B.F. Skinner's attempt to develop a pigeon-guided bomb. The first U.S. ballistic...
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    Pigeon Point Light Station or Pigeon Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse built in 1871 to guide ships on the Pacific coast of California. It is the tallest...
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    breed of fancy pigeon. Bohemian Fairy Swallows, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)...
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    testing, the war ended. Bat (U.S. Navy radar-guided bomb) Fritz X Ohka Project Pigeon Gargoyle GB-4 GB-8 Kehl-Strasbourg radio control link, for MCLOS control...
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  • "No Pigeons" is the second and final single by Sporty Thievz, released from their 1999 album Street Cinema. A rebuttal to TLC's smash hit single "No Scrubs"...
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    Zealand pigeon is a species of pigeon native to New Zealand. Johann Friedrich Gmelin described the bird in 1789 as a large, conspicuous pigeon up to 50 cm...
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    colloquially as the turtle dove, and it was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread North...
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    The eastern bronze-naped pigeon (Columba delegorguei), also known as Delegorgue's pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in...
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