After watching the presentations today the carrier pigeons stood out to me. I find it very interesting that pigeons were even capable of sending messages but if there was no technology people had no choice. Carrier pigeons started in Rome where they were originally used for racing. People would go to an arena to watch the pigeons race each other. After this people then realized they can use them to carry messages from place to place. This was very important for the military. This was how they were able to communicate with each other and share important messages amongst the troops. To interfere with the messages people would send falcons to attack the pigeon so the message never arrived at its destination.
Looking back at this invention it seems crazy to us now however, if it weren't for this invention we might not have the communications we use today. It was this invention that inspired the radio which then eventually lead us to phones and instant messaging that were all familiar with.
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