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Topic Categories: Art • Humor • Streaming videos
Posted on: December 17, 2009 6:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: Pigeon: Impossible, entertainment, comedy, funny, fucking hilarious, animation, Lucas Martell, streaming video
This hilarious video animation tells the story of a rookie secret agent who is faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside his multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
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HI ALL:
Actually during World War 2, B.F. Skinner came up with the idea of using live pigeons to guide missles to their targets. See chapter 6 titled "Hunt and Peck" in Courtney Humphries' book Superdove. Truth is often stranger than fiction!!!
Posted by: Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen | December 17, 2009 2:14 PM