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Why Is This Pigeon Wearing A Bagel?

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Nell Casey

Published Oct 26, 2015

Modified Jan 11, 2019

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Nell Casey

Published Oct 26, 2015

Modified Jan 11, 2019

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Just in time for Halloween, here's another vermin-eats-food-themed costume to take the wind out of pizza rat's sails. Redditor connierubirosa has snapped what they deem the "most New York Photo" they've ever taken, words likely uttered by other notable urban life photographers. Hey look—it's a pigeon with a bagel around its shoulders!

The story of how this fine specimen—it looks pretty healthy for a street pigeon—came to be wearing this bagel we'll probably never know. Was it a hazing ritual by older pigeons? Is this a new pigeon-trapping technique? Or did the pigeon simply like the way wearing the bagel made it feel?

Other theories:

One thing is certain: this pigeon can now snack like a boss.

Who will be the first to get this tattooed on their legs?

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