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Pigeons are used as messengers because they can fly swiftly for long distances.
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When were birds first used in communication?
In ancient China, pigeons were used as messengers.
Before the invention of the plane people used to.?
before planes were invented people used boats to travel and pigeons as messengers
Who invented carrying pigeons?
Pigeon post is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages. Pigeons were effective as messengers due to their natural homing abilities. The pigeons were transported to a destination in cages, where they would be attached with messages. No one knows exactly when they were first used for messaging but they were used for that purpose since ancient times.
What animals where in World War 1?
Horses were very important in WW1 for many reasons , Dogs were also important in WW1 as messengers and so were pigeons for their strength in flying long distances
How these groups shared news among the colonies?
Newspapers and mail were the major ways of transmitting information. Also, word-of-mouth was a major source of information. For more rapid response, messengers and couriers on horseback were used. Although not documented, it is also very likely that Homing Pigeons were used, at least in wartime, most likely by both sides, since pigeons have been used as messengers since the time of Julius Caesar.
How did news travel 1000 years ago?
By mouth. From person to person. News was carried by messengers, either in written form or given verbally. Human messengers usually traveleld by horse, on foot, or by ship. Other methods such as using carrier pigeons were used to transport messages too.
How did the Ancient India people communicate?
The Indian kingdoms used messengers to send word from one king to another. Pigeons were also used to transmit messages. The latter skill was borrowed from the Sumerians.
What breed of pigeons were used in World War 1?
Carrier pigeons saved millions of lives. Carrier pigeons saved millions of lives.
What where Forms of communication during 1914 - 1918?
Telegrams, phones, letters, Morse code, courier's, messengers, drawings/painting's, radios, signal flags, & carrier pigeons.
When were homing pigeons used?
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Were pigeons used in the civil war?
no
What was the importance of pigeons in the Civil War?
pigeons were used to take photographs from the sky of the opposing camps.
