UC Davis Study Finds Pigeons Can Spot Cancer Nearly At Same Level As Human Doctors

UC DAVIS (CBS13) — A new study at UC Davis shows how pigeons are able to detect cancer at about the same level as humans.
They aren’t the world’s favorite bird, but the research says the birds known for soiling cars can also accurately spot breast cancer.
UC Davis researcher Richard Levenson wondered how well pigeons could see cancerous cells in tissue samples. Teaming up with the University of Iowa, researchers put pigeons in a box and showed them a bunch of different slides.