Do pigeons and octopus have any special meaning in Japanese culture?

Introduction of Pigeons-Symbol of Peace and Friendship Editor's Note: A common bird in this paragraph. Pigeons are widely raised all over the world. Pigeons are the collective name of hundreds of kinds of pigeons. The pigeons we usually talk about are just a kind of pigeons and also domestic pigeons.

They are good at flying. Feathers are raindrops, gray, black, crimson and white. Short feet, short mouth. Seeds of cereal plants. The crops are developed, and the female pigeons can secrete "pigeon milk" to feed their young pigeons during the breeding period, which is a late bird. Spouses are basically fixed for life and lay 5-8 pairs of eggs a year. Female pigeons hatch eggs at night, while male pigeons hatch eggs during the day. The incubation period is 14 to 19 days. All pigeons can feed their young pigeons with pigeon milk. The chick stuck its beak down the mother bird's throat to get pigeon milk.

There are wild pigeons and domestic pigeons. There are two main kinds of wild pigeons: those that inhabit rocks and those that inhabit trees. Domestic pigeons have been cultivated and screened for a long time, including edible pigeons, ornamental pigeons, racing pigeons, military pigeons and experimental pigeons. In 3000 BC, pigeons were recorded in the fifth generation of the Egyptian dynasty. China also has a long history of raising pigeons. According to dovecote's inference from the pottery room unearthed from the Han tomb in Lushan County, Sichuan Province, public opinion was in the trend of raising pigeons at the latest in 206 AD. Today, all continents in the world have their own wild pigeons and domestic pigeons. People have different statistics on the types of pigeons. According to the Japanese Encyclopedia of Animal World, there are 5 populations and 250 species of pigeons on the earth. However, Japan's "Everything Event" records that there are as many as 550 species of birds in the pigeon family. From many wild pigeons with different characteristics to various domestic pigeons, it shows that today's domestic pigeons are a multi-source product.

They have long wings and strong flying muscles, so they fly fast and powerfully. Pigeons pair for life. If one of them dies, it will take a long time for the other to accept a new spouse. Pigeons inhabit tall buildings or cliffs, and ten pigeons move in groups, flying fast and flying low. Foraging seeds and fruits on the ground or trees. Build a nest in the crevices of the cliff with hay and twigs. The nest is flat, disc-shaped and slightly concave in the center. Generally, each nest lays 2 eggs. Egg white. Domestic pigeons are domesticated from the original pigeons.

Its similar wild pigeons are distributed in Europe, North Africa and Central Asia, and China is distributed in the northern, western and central parts of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Body length is 295 ~ 360mm；; The head, neck, chest and upper back are slate gray; There are metallic green and purple flashes on the upper back and chest, and the rest of the back is light gray; There is a black horizontal spot on each wing; Tail-feather slate is gray, and its end is a broad black transverse spot. Both men and women are similar. Pigeons are plump; Small beak, gentle sex. Walking posture is like strutting, with a characteristic nod.

People use pigeons' powerful flying ability and homing ability to cultivate different kinds of homing pigeons. The homing ability of pigeons means that when a young pigeon grows up in one place and takes it far away, it can still find its original nest. Humans have raised pigeons for more than 5,000 years, forming many varieties with different personalities. At present, there is no conclusion on how pigeons can tell the direction of homing. The magnetic field theory, the sun theory and the smell theory all have their own basis. Maybe pigeons are using these skills together.