I have on my podcast listening list a fascinating show called 99% Invisible. It is a show about buildings, and I like the variety of stories, and the announcer's radio voice.
This show was a story about a father who was an urban dweller like me, noticing the life around that manages to live in a city with humans. I learned a word for the admirable survival adaptive living forms that manage to survive despite being overtaken by humans. Synanthropes can be plant or animal, like a pigeon, or a racoon, or a carpenter ant.
The author of Unseen City, Nathanael Johnson compares the status of pigeons with doves. There were some interesting facts raised. Pigeons, although birds, produce a "milk" from the throats of both male and female, to give to their young. Pigeons have messed up feet, often tourniquets from dragging their feet and winding up strings. Gross and sad facts, but I have a love of pigeons because of their ability to co-exist. Bert on Sesame Street and Mo Willems prove pigeons are loveable. If you need more proof, listen to this podcast and look for the book!
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