How were birds (pigeons, ravens, etc.) trained to deliver messages back in the day?
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People still train homing pigeons and there are competitions.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_racing
Basically they are a specific type of pigeon and they practice by dropping them at random locations further and further from home and feed them treats when they find their way home.
They can also train them to return to more than one location.
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