Fun fact!
During World War I, in October 1918, a unit of the 77th Division of the U.S. Army, led by Major Charles Whittlesey, was trapped behind German lines. With other communication methods failing and pigeons being shot down by German forces, Major Whittlesey sent his last remaining pigeon, Cher Ami, with a desperate message: "We are along the road parallel to 276.4. Our own artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us. For heaven's sake, stop it." (I think that's what the message said, something like that). Cher Ami, a male pigeon, the last they had, was sent. He was hit in the chest, blinded in one eye, and lost a leg. but like a gigachad of a animal he still flew. He got to American headquarters barely alive, but with the message still on his leg. AFter that, Cher Ami recived the highest honor badge-thingy (cant remember name) in the US Millitary and his taxidermied body is now on display at Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.