Top of the flocks: Man teaches his pet pigeon to fly alongside him at 50mph while he rides a motorbi

[Dawood Ibrahim]

By Rory Tingle For Mailonline21:22 GMT 16 Jan 2017, updated 21:38 GMT 16 Jan 2017

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• Man filmed travelling along road in sunset while pigeon fluttered alongside him
• He released the bird after starting up his motorbike, and it flew just behind
• After a few minutes pigeon was straining to keep up so the man gave it a break

A Pakistani pigeon fancier taught his pet to fly alongside him while he rode a motorbike at 50mph.

The man was filmed travelling along a road in the sunset while the pigeon fluttered alongside him.

He released the bird after starting up his motorbike, and it flew just behind as he built up speed.

pigeon was clearly straining to keep up up so the man pulled up by the side of the road to give it a rest.

Racing pigeons usually travel at speeds just under 40mph, and are known for their ability to navigate home across long distances.

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A recent study found pigeons increase their homing speed by around 7mph when travelling through polluted conditions.

Scientists are not certain why this happens, but it may be because pigeons do not like the smell of fog so fly faster to get away from it.

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He released the bird after starting up his motorbike, and it flew just behind as he built up speed


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