In December, Joe the pigeon, as he was later dubbed (named after Joe Biden because of course), was declared a biosecurity risk to Australia.
Why? They thought he came from America. The pigeon had a blue leg band that seemed to indicate he (do we actually know it's a "he"? I mean bird parts are pretty weird. We shouldn't make assumptions.) was a racing pigeon from Oregon (RACING PIGEON???). Because of this, Australia was concerned Joe the Pigeon was a disease risk and planned to MURDER HIM.
No, wait, that joke only works for crows.
However, turns out Joe's leg band was counterfeit. (SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO COUNTERFEIT A PIGEON LEG BAND????) Joe isn't American at all. He's Australian. And therefore, he will live.
Read the full story on Joe the Pigeon here.
I want to know more about f*cking PIGEON RACING though. Apparently, one racing pigeon sold for $1.4 MILLION!!! I gotta look into raising racing pigeons. No time like the present.