Something tells me it's all happening at the zoo.—Paul Simon
Think about it. What are animals doing all the time? Look at squirrels or sparrows. They're hustling around trying to find something to eat, or trying not to be eaten, or building their nests. Hustle hustle hustle. And hey, it's not really their fault. If you had coyotes or cats to watch out for you'd be pretty skittish too. Like the Bee Gee's song "Stayin' Alive." And then there's instinct, driving them to procreate, migrate and probably a few other things that end in -ate. So yeah, everything in the animal kingdom is doing all it can to stay alive. 24/7. Everything except well, pigeons.
Pigeons hang out. While every other animal is scrambling around in a survival frenzy the pigeons are lined up on a wire or light pole somewhere hanging out. Sometimes I imagine what they're saying to each other.
Hey, we've done enough work for one day, what's going on with this hot weather of ours?
Look at all those poor people scrambling around in their cars, honking, rushing, stressing. Glad we're not them!
Ah, life is good!
Pigeons have broken the instinctual stranglehold other animals suffer under. They're mellow. And they're social. You never see pigeons alone.
So why not us too? Can't we live the same way? Say the same things?
'Hey, we've done enough for one day.' 'Our house is nice enough as it is—we don't need a bigger one.' 'Let's all meet down at the coffee shop for a nice chat.'
They say dolphins and whales are smart, and they may be, but the real animal geniuses are pigeons. If only we could be more like them.
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