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Though, you wouldn’t want to eat one you “recovered” from an urban area that’s had an unknown diet due to all the toxins it may have accumulated in its body.

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TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Incidentally that’s also why you shouldn’t eat me.

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- jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Are you from an urban area?
  
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  - TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I am from a very rural area but I’m currently in one of the largest metro areas in the US.
    
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lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Meh, I’ve eaten pigeons plenty times in my childhood. That my grandma “recovered” this way, from a back then suburban area. I’m still alive.

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jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yeah, they could have microplastics in their testicles.

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- EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Or even their [crop](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_(anatomy). Pigeons are known to ingest what they think are stones which stay in their crop and act as a grit which will grind down whatever is eaten.
  
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