Dove Facts: Also Pigeon Facts | Animal Fact Files

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover that the way we name animals can be pretty freaking arbitrary. EDIT: At 2:02 6 pounds is ACTUALLY equal to 2.72 kilograms - whoops! You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Websites used for research collection: https://www.britannica.com/animal/dove-bird https://www.britannica.com/animal/pigeon https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vvbqq9/the-dodo-didnt-look-like-you-think-it-does http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Columbidae http://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/columbiformes-pigeons-doves-and-dodos http://www.pigeoncontrolresourcecentre.org/html/amazing-pigeon-facts.html http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2016/05/06/pigeon-facts.aspx http://www.audubon.org/magazine/may-june-2014/why-passenger-pigeon-went-extinct http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v426/n6964/full/426245a.html?foxtrotcallback=true *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/AnimalFactFiles

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