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Homing pigeons have been used to carry written messages over long distances.

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Is it true that Homing pigeons have been used to carry written messages over long distances?

Yes. A reference article states homing pigeons were used to carry messages over extremely long distances via pigeon post, and a peer-reviewed paper notes pigeons have long been used as messengers carrying brief written messages.

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Homing pigeon
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Homing pigeon. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_pigeon

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The British Air Ministry has now compiled a national register of pigeons for use in emergency. Homing pigeons are used to carry messages between air and army services, and one is seen: being released from a basket on a. flying-boat.at Calshof.. (Evening Post, 23 March 1939)
1939
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The British Air Ministry has now compiled a national register of pigeons for use in emergency. Homing pigeons are used to carry messages between air and army services, and one is seen: being released from a basket on a. flying-boat.at Calshof.. (Evening Post, 23 March 1939). (1939). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390323.2.143.6

Eighteen polymorphic microsatellites for domestic pigeon Columba livia var. domestica developed by cross species amplification of chicken markers
2011
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Eighteen polymorphic microsatellites for domestic pigeon Columba livia var. domestica developed by cross species amplification of chicken markers. (2011). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-011-0100-z

The Homing Pigeon. (Manawatu Herald, 04 June 1896)
1896
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The Homing Pigeon. (Manawatu Herald, 04 June 1896). (1896). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH18960604.2.13

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