# bouncing pigeons

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bouncing-pigeons/124894>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 21, 2002, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bouncing-pigeons/124894 "2002-08-21T10:28:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![cindypat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@cindypat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cindypat)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bouncing-pigeons/124894/1 "2002-08-21T10:28:07Z")

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ok, this question is seriously bothering me and i hope i get an answer to this. you know those flying rats that invaded all city’s some time ago and haven’t disappeared since then? well, they were seriously getting on my nerves the other day while i was in florence italy. i asked friends of mine what would happen if i would kick one of them (one of the pigeons, not my friends) and if i would break their rib cage. one of my highly intellectual friends said that, no, the rib cage wouldn’t break bc the pigeon would bounce. something about elastic in their meat or sth. IS THIS TRUE!? it would be soooooo funny. like: doing doing SMACK! i dunno. what do you think? i’m too afraid to try bc i’m damn scared of those things…so, help me out will ya?

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**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bouncing-pigeons/124894/2 "2002-08-21T11:06:15Z")

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> _Originally posted by Airbeck [in this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59645)_  
> \*\*I was walking on campus one day with a friend. About 20 feet in front of us was another guy walking. I go to an urban school and there are pigeons all over the place. Well there was a pigeon ahead in front of this guy. We are walking along and out of nowhere, this guy steps up and kicks this bird really hard! Like he was kicking a field goal! This was so unexpected that my friend and I just stopped and stood there with our mouths agape. I still can’t believe that I actually saw that happen. It was so wierd.  
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