National champion (2012) racing homer fancy pigeon on a plain black background.

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National champion (2012) racing homer fancy pigeon. All fancy pigeons have been bred from a single species of wild rock dove (Columba livia). Charles Darwin, impressed by the tremendous variety of pigeons bred through artificial selection, kept and studied fancy pigeons and used them in making his case for evolution through natural selection.

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Size: 4740px × 3456px
Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts, , United States, USA
Photo credit: © Custom Life Science Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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