Pigeons=Humans
December 8, 2008 – 4:14 pmAs I was eating a sandwich and drinking a coffee over my lunch break today in the Ferry Building the guy sitting at the table with me pointed out some interesting pigeon activity going on across from us.
A few pigeons were eating the remnants of a meal underneath a table. The grouping consisted of a large, clearly well-fed adult pigeon, and two smaller and much leaner adolescent pigeons. Whenever these two other pigeons tried to get at some of the food, the older pigeon pecked at them to chase them away. They certainly could have used the food more than their older companion.
The guy at the table offered up an interesting observation- just as with the pigeons, so it goes with humans. The bigger and stronger among us apt to push around the smaller and weaker.
Though this is obviously an extreme generalization, I though it was fairly poignant of my table mate. I’ll have to keep my eyes open next time I spot a pigeon. Who knows what other similarities are out there?!
One Response to “Pigeons=Humans”
How would you define bigger and stronger? Just physically? I don’t think I get pushed around that much, in fact possibly to the contrary and I’m only 5′2″!
By Aliza on Dec 9, 2008