In ancient times, flying pigeons handed books. What exactly does a homing pigeon rely on to reach its destination accurately?

Flying pigeons spread books, which can be said to be a magical phenomenon in ancient times, and also brought great convenience to people, especially in intelligence and military use. But when we watch costume TV series, we can all see homing pigeons with magical power, which can accurately take the news to the destination and find the original place. We are all curious, if these homing pigeons have clairvoyance or clairvoyance, how can they be so powerful? Today, let's take a look at what homing pigeons rely on to reach their destination accurately and successfully complete their tasks.

First of all, it has been said that homing pigeons depend on the sun first. We can learn from different books or popular science programs on TV that the sun can guide us. Yes, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Perhaps homing pigeons also know this truth, so the sun will be the first factor for them to identify the direction. The direction of the sun and the height of the sun can make homing pigeons make accurate judgments on positioning things. But our homing pigeons don't just work on sunny days. What if it rains or the sun doesn't come out on a cloudy day?

Besides, homing pigeons tell the direction and destination according to infrasound waves. Because of the special structure of pigeon brain, homing pigeons are much more sensitive to infrasound than other species, so they can distinguish sounds that other species can't hear in the distance, which is similar to having a pair of ears. It has been verified by scientific experiments. Indeed, pigeons can also sensitively capture infrasound with extremely low frequency. But this can only prove the pigeon's characteristics, but it can't prove that the induction of infrasound can be used as its navigation. Whether infrasound is really playing a role remains to be discovered and verified by scientists.

Some people say that pigeons have a good sense of smell. They can locate the smells emitted by different substances through their sense of smell, then connect these points into a line to form a special smell map, and then form a theme through these smell maps, just like the marks in their flight, so as to guide their flight and find their destination. However, when someone blocked the pigeon's nose with wax and the pigeon could return to its nest safely and smoothly, people did not overthrow the theory of smell. About how homing pigeons reach their destination accurately, as well as magnetic fields and so on. As for what is going on, it remains to be verified by scientists. In any case, pigeons are our most effective assistants. We should take good care of pigeons, especially homing pigeons.