Homing pigeon is a pigeon that had been trained to deliver a letter or message. Pigeon is one type of bird that is smart enough, have a strong memory, ability to navigate, and has a natural instinct that can be returned to the nest even though it went to great distance and a long time, so the letter would be delivered to the destination or very unlikely that the letter was a stray.
Homing pigeon were given a special diet in the form of potassium carbonate and a mixture of fish oil. The mixture is useful as a vitamin that can make the pigeons become stronger and more easily trained. In Indonesia, the average pigeon is the result of intermarriage between the races Yansson and Delbar from Belgium with other leading races.Homing pigeon have physical characteristics rather large, flying a bit slow, but the stamina and his memory strong. Homing pigeon that fly in pairs to choose a route that is more efficient than flying alone. Homing pigeon utilize physical phenomena in tracking the position of his destination. Physical phenomena are embedded in the pigeon brain such as microchips and a microcontroller that is inserted as in a robot or computer. This phenomenon is a magnetic field. Homing pigeon use the Earth's magnetic field that varies in determining goals. In between these two networks are pigeon eyes containing a variety of iron minerals that are key in determining the direction of his ability. In addition to these tissues, which causes the Homing pigeon back to its original place is because pigeons are loyal partner.
In ancient times, Homing pigeon used as a means of introduction to a very popular message. But because of the times, now the role of carrier pigeons, has been replaced by a human or even technology. Now the message that you want to send someone, it can be sent through the post office by using envelopes and stamps. As for the technology, now messages can be sent via telegraph, SMS (short message service), yahoo messenger, blackberry messenger, etc..
Although his position has now been replaced, we still must not forget just like that of carrier pigeon service. :-)
