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By DONALD J. FREDERICK
National Geographic News
A postman with wings and feathers may be called into action if the cost of delivering mail and messages continues to soar.
Some people in England are suggesting homing pigeons as the answer to rising postage costs. Says a homer expert: “Once you are established, the cost of running a pigeon post is incredibly low.”
A small package service is even more imminent. A hospital in Plymouth, England, already has decided to test pigeon parcel post. The feathered couriers will fly specimen vials from the hospital to a central laboratory in the city for analysis.
Pigeons Promise Savings
Taxis now deliver the specimens, and would still come to the rescue if bad weather grounded the birds. As many as 20 hospitals in the Plymouth district eventually may use pigeons, saving thousands of dollars in taxi fares.
Humans have been using the homing pigeon’s remarkable navigation instict to provide fast communication for centuries, the National Geographic Society says.
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