"Someone ripped the head off my bird" is the most valid, legitimate reason for getting in a fight I've ever heard

"Pigeons are born to fly that's why God gave them wings" - Wise Old Man

The fact that Danny missed the “Birdglars” stealing birds from an old lady joke makes me deeply worried for his mental health.

i was raised in a tough neighbourhood and the toughest guy who everyone respected and feared was a pigeon guy. he ruled that neighbourhood fully, one whistle and he had a whole army of pigeons behind him

I love the thought of someone not knowing who he is, and just thinking he is a friendly, little pigeon lover

Fun fact: Pigeons were never wild. They were bred specifically as domestic pets. But then people got bored of them and abandoned them, leaving them to become wild. They're awesome little birds. I love them sm.

“Why won’t this pigeon follow me back to my house because I want it to??” Is a genuine regular thought I’ve had when trying to catch and destring or rescue feral pigeons that 100% know what I’m up to. The pigeons definitely know Mike, mine (who are a wild flock) know me and my schedule and wait for me at the same time each day (& probably warn the others that I catch the ones with f***ed up / tangled feet, who avoid me like the plague). There’s a weirdly large amount of bird rescuers in large cities who teach each other to catch, treat and release pigeons back to their flocks. Mike has some Stuff going on to say it extremely lightly but still, great video!

Omg 😢 this is super heartbreaking actually. As a bird nerd myself I work at a parrot rescue and while not the same as pigeons, the main thing we are taught is to learn to read a birds body language and to never strong arm them or force them to do things they don’t want and interaction with us should be a calm fun experience. Pigeons are super smart and I’ve seen people with ones that ACTUALLY love them and are bonded to them and the pigeons will actually come to them and cuddle with them and do tricks. He is absolutely terrorizing those birds. All birds are extremely messy and lots of work having 1k is insanity no wonder they die of illness so often and that’s even worse bc that man has plenty of money to care for a reasonable amount and get vet care. Anyone who loves a certain animal is not going to feed that animal to a hawk even if they aren’t their favorite color or even if they aren’t friendly! He owns lots of exotic animals too I can only imagine the horrors they suffer. Hate to say I’m with peta on this one. Feels like a fever dream.

Pigeons are actually one of the only bird species classed as domesticated (besides poultry and some others)--that's why they're called feral pigeons instead of wild pigeons, and can only really survive in cities and not in the wild. Not even parrots are considered domesticated as a species. That's why it's so sad that pigeons are treated like they are and seen as pests instead of the companions they were for centuries. They're incredibly smart, loyal, and kind. I'd like to adopt one some day, but I already have a rescue parrot, so I'm not sure if they could be compatible (especially in terms of spreading diseases to each other). I'm glad Danny made this video and didn't shit on pigeons/owning pigeons as a whole (just raising some justifiable concerns about how Mike Tyson may do it).

I don't know how this didn't come up in the video, but Mike Tyson had an animated TV show where he also raises pigeons, one of whom talks and is voiced by Norm Macdonald. Needless to say, it was about Mike Tyson going around solving mysteries with the talking pigeon, his adopted Korean daughter, and the ghost of a 19th century British noble.

I just asked my dad “Hey dad, did you know that Mike Tyson has like thousands of pigeons?” And he said “Yeah, he’s always done that” LIKE EXCUSE ME WHAT

my grandfather actually sold pigeons to Mike Tyson. he also sold pigeons to some rapper but he forgot their name. I thought my mom was lying until she showed me pictures of him and Mike together.

“Pigeons have wings so they’re born to fly” Penguins, emus and ostriches: 👁️👄👁️

As a New Yorker I can confirm that I am constantly enraged that pigeons aren’t following me home and following my every order

"Maybe I don't know the right way to care for them, but..." No buts, Mikes. LEARN.

Pigeons are like actually incredible- they have a sort of magnetic sense in their heads that allows them to know exactly how to fly home even if they don't know where they are or how they got there. The reason they are in cities is because they're honestly domestic birds. They rely on humans a lot and have learned how to do so in the most effective ways possible. Plus just look at em! They're adorable man what's not to love!!

Pigeons are much more intelligent than we give them credit for! They can recognize themselves in the mirror and even in some pictures and videos, can do basic math to the same level as some primates, and remember faces. In fact, their visual memory is much better than a humans, and they can remember specific images for years. I have two pigeons of my own, and they’re incredibly lovely. They enjoy watching tv and playing with bells. :)

honestly, Danny saying "should I get into pigeons?" because he saw a pretty bird was so relatable.

I really like the idea of the show runners really wanting to do a documentary about Mike Tyson, being thrilled he said yes, and then having to change basically any idea's they had for it and having to put all their efforts into making this a decent documentary about pigeon racing because mike Tyson simply refused to talk about anything else.

I’m crying with laughter. Started at the line “we live in the Mike Tyson pigeon universe” and just has not ended

“I don’t want to hurt this guy but it’s the only way to get my pigeons back” Laughed so hard I’m actually in pain

I think that Danny really needs to adopt his own pigeons. He seems wayyyyy too into this to just be a bystander lol.

My grandfather used to shoot pigeons off of his roof because he didn't want bird poop on his roof. As a kid, I asked him about it, and he said they were blanks to just scare them away. When I got older and asked my family about it.....uh yeah, they were not blanks.😮😮😮

pigeons were bred by humans to carry messages, and with technology we essentially abandoned them. rock pigeons were the earliest domesticated bird. i’m glad they are still beloved by some. edit: okay, they aren’t treated well by tyson. there are luckily some in the comments who do love their pet pigeons, at least.

I actually have a pet pigeon and I can say that pigeons are heavily misunderstood birds. I don't condone pigeon racing or rolling pigeons, I love them as pets ❤ Edit: THANK YOU FOR THE LIKES HOLY MOLY!! 🥹

As a beekeeper, losing tens of thousands of bees is something that can and will happen, we just do our best to prevent that. Nature is rough, but they out-pace the losses in normal circumstances.

4:24 Danny yelling “No! We don’t know!…Do we?!?! DO YOU GUYS KNOW?” Is me all the time

As a pigeon whisperer, I can say with confidence that pigeon do rumble

One of my best friends is super passionate about pigeons and I'm glad to see people in the comments recognizing that they're domestic animals! They were entirely bred by humans and it's really sad to see a lot of people's attitudes towards them :(

I used to work in a small town Post Office and we had a "pigeon guy". He would drop off his pigeons to be MAILED to people around the country so they could race. He actually won a lot of money from a few races! The pigeons would scare the crap out of me because I swear they only made noise when it was quiet, and I had forgotten they were in there!

11:06 ppl in the Pokemon universe who skipped the catching tutorial

Am I going insane? I just now asked my brother “hey do you know Mike Tyson’s hobby?” And he literally just answered “yeah, pigeons” so nonchalantly??? Like hello??? Why is this common knowledge???

As a owner of three beasts, I mean birds. It kinda made me sad to see the living conditions Tyson has for these pigeons, like the tiny tiny cages and not enough spacing for them to regularly exercise. He talks about loving them and being delicate while HULK grabs em. Idk man, I didn’t see much love from the birds side. Even my 2 oz budgies have more room then the single cage the pigeon lives in.

12:00 10/10 sand edit 👌

I’m not surprised. I watched Mike Tyson Mysteries. Man dedicated Norm MacDonald’s entire character to be a Pigeon names Pigeon. RIP Norm MacDonald, you were one of the greatest comedians to ever live, man. Not enough people recognized your talent. But I loved you since My Name is Earl.

In fairness with avian flu, he literally could face times when 1000s of pigeons suddenly die. I can kind of relate to Mike on this one (in some ways). I had a pet dove and she was very sweet. We had her for almost 20 years then she met a tragic end.🕊

the way danny narrates this documentary is genuinely so delightful, i love this framing that mike tyson views the world thru pigeon-colored lenses. honestly, this video is just a documentary in of itself

i used to volunteer at a wildlife rescue center that mainly rescued birds. there were a ton of all types of birds including a pigeon enclosure. a lot of my job was going through the various enclosures and making sure all the birds had food. you would be surprised how many diseases birds carry and how fast they would spread. you had to look out for birds exhibiting signs of sickness because of one got sick you could easily wipe out most of the birds in the rescue center. actually one time a disease did infect several ducks at the place and they had to be quarantined. unfortunately there was no cure for this disease so all we could do was take care of them until they passed :( but yea there are certain seasons were diseases spread more. very crazy world birds live in.

14:16 this is how beekeepers talk about their hives 😭

I always wondered why one of the main characters in his adult swim show was a pigeon but it makes way more sense now

As a person who loves pigeons I wanna add that pigeon racing is considered cruel because of the stress put on the birds and low survival rates (by predators, vehicles or getting lost)

13:05 old women getting their pigeons stolen by bird-gulars missed opportunity

Yo it's like none of y'all knew Mike Tyson had an animated tv show where he solved crimes with a pet pigeon

Nothing Mike Tyson does can surprise me anymore. That man could own a T rex and I would be like "yeah that checks out"

I used to volunteer at a bird sanctuary and we had a really angry pigeon named Mike Tyson. He had little boxing gloves in his cage!

I grew up in a family of competitive pigeon racers. It's fun but you have to be dedicated to loving them to be part of it. I remember auctions where thousands of dollars are spent for these birds.

7:59 i immediately searched for “competitive knitting” in the search bar for some reason lmaooo

Truly one of the most life changing things I ever heard was that he started boxing seriously bc a bully killed his bird right in front of him. That’s the first time he beat the absolute hell out of someone and realized that even though he was small, he could fight. I haven’t finished the video yet- I’m sure you mention it- but if not it’s what it sounds like, some street thug came up to him on the street to taunt him, and he (mike) was holding the pigeon, and the guy took his pigeon and broke his beloved birds neck. I’ve heard him say another time the kid pulled the birds head off, either way, Mike grew up in the hood and didn’t have much and his pigeons (he used to train even the street pigeons) were his most prized possession and solace and seriously that story breaks my heart…. But it’s like a real true honest joker origin story lol like he said he saw red and then he just became the knockout king 😂😂😂😂😂

Never thought this would be something Danny talked about but I'm glad he did

As a fellow pigeon owner my bird is my pride and joy (as strange as that may seem) and it makes me sad to see the living conditions his birds live in, the small cages, and I assume the constant fear of getting grabbed by his giant hands. Additionally I get that he doesn't like white pigeons but he should still treat them equally to his non white birds, rather then adding more stress to their already stressful lives.

13:40 As a farmer, I can relate to that. Sometimes you have a bad year (extra cold winter, A lion comes through, disease, etc) and half your chickens die off

when i was little i used to have a pet pigeon named ebony. my family and i never kept her in a cage, she just kinda liked hanging out in our backyard and would always be there whenever we went outside. eventually she made a nest, laid eggs, raised her chicks, and flew away. i hope ebony and her kids are alright EDIT: Y'ALL ARE HILARIOUS IN THE REPLIES HAHAHAHA

I'm glad I'm not the only kid that was obsessed with collecting Pokémon cards but had no idea how to play

I love pigeons. When I was in Toronto last September, I saw the most beautiful pigeons just chilling all over the city ❤ I took so many photos of beautiful pigeons

That clip of Mike Tyson grabbing the bird with all his strength is the hardest I’ve laughed in a while

Who wouldn't be obsessed with pigeons? They're adorable, fun to watch, and smarter than we give them credit for.

This documentary on Danny talking about pigeons was truly heartwarming. I loved how Danny talked about how Mike Tyson likes pigeons and how Mike wanted to possess the pigeons. I also liked that Danny wore a gray hoodie and a blue shirt in the video, resembling the feathers of some species of pigeons. I enjoyed the part of this documentary when Danny said he used to collect Pokémon cards. That part was truly relatable because I too used to collect jeans. This documentary also made me shed a tear. It was very heartwarming when that pigeon had Danny at gunpoint at 6:53. I rate this beautiful documentary 10/10. Truly amazing documentary, Danny. 👏👏 edit: baby greg’s gonna be a celebrity because his dad was on a documentary.

I can relate to bird love, i adore my chickens. Theyre are very smart and affectionate if you know how to connect with them.

despite some of the weird sh*t, i kinda relate to mike (which is something i never thought i'd say lol). since i was like 4-5 y/o i've had this weird obsession with pigeons, they've always fascinated me and kinda make me feel safe and happy whenever i see or hear them. it's my favorite sound to wake up to. when i was 9 i held a presentation about pigeons at school, and now at 22 i have a tattoo of one

I grew up with my dad as a pigeon racer. He was very well known in Chicago. It’s an extremely time consuming and exhausting hobby to have. My dad would wake up about 4 or 5 am every morning to catch his birds and take them to where ever his job site was (he was a construction worker) and would let them go. There’s a band around their ankles that tracks what time they get back to the coop with a clock inside that gets the time and information. Each band has a list of information about the bird and who the owner is. Every weekend he would go to his little club and they would all race and place bets on who would win. My dad had trophies all over the house from all his winnings. He managed to train some of the best pigeons in Chicago and has sold a few of his top birds for thousands of dollars each. He had pedigrees and diplomas for every single bird he owned. They are really hard to maintain sometimes though. Especially in large numbers. He had over a hundred pigeons in multiple coops based on age, “the winners”/ flyers, show birds, and the breeding birds. They get a common repository disease, as well as something called coccidiosis, that I was taught how to sense and will mix in medication through the water for them to take over about a week hoping they’d get better. I had a *different* kind of childhood but I did learn a LOT because of him and his birds. EDIT: bro I just wanted to share some interesting facts about what I grew up around. Didn’t think it would get this heated 😖 I promise you my dad treated his birds with the best care. He could tell which bird was who just by looking at it. He had many types of medication and vitamins to help them if they were sick. My dad wasn’t a shit head who would just throw the birds away if they didn’t meet his expectations. He gave them the best of the best feed and made sure we knew how to take care of them before he let us help him. I genuinely just wanted some people to learn something new about pigeons but I guess not. I’m sorry if this upset anyone, I just wanted to share some of my childhood memories with GREG.

I oddly relate to him when he said he just wanted to have pigeons as a kid. Like when I was little, I'd walk down the street and see a bird. And just. The urge to just. Grab one. Was immense.

Because pigeons are domesticated animals you can just pick one up and keep it. One of my life goals. Also pigeons are extremely smart and fascinating!

I actually had a thought run through my head about Danny's being a responsible person for labelling that the images were made by an AI... Then I watched for another 30 seconds

The story of the guy killing his pigeon in front of him was so so sad. I can’t imagine someone murdering my pet in front of me 😢

They're very sweet and loving animals to have

yo i gotta give props to my man mike. it is completely silly, but i myself have experienced this phenomenon. i started taking care of a flock of pigeons and doves to the point they mingled together and had hybrid babies. they did recognize me on the street so i had a flock of birds following me around the hood. for how silly it sounds, once you get into it it becomes an obsession.

Holy shit i remember seeing a bit of this documentary like 10 years ago ( i was maybe 11) it was trasnlated to french, and the part about ripping the pigeon's head traumatized me sm i still think about it sometimes, but i never knew it was a documentary about mike tyson

Pigeons are my favorite creatures! They are incredibly smart and have the capacity to bond deeply with other animals and humans. They are treated like garbage by humans even though we bred, trained and cared for them for so long. I always love how you are so willing to understand and don’t typically just judge something weird off the bat in general but you’re openness to the idea of pigeons being lovable makes me so happy! I am getting a pigeon tattoo in May and I have officially decided he will be named Greg now

“We live in the Mike Tyson Pigeon Universe” That’s a sentence I never thought I’d hear

I choked on my food when he grabbed the pigeon I wasn’t expecting that bahahha

As a big Mike tyson fan I already knew this, but having it all put together is really nice to watch.

Pigeons are a common pet (both rescue and breeding). My best friend has 2 pigeons and theyre both adorable. Also it's worth mentioning that most people that like pigeons absolutely HATE pigeon racing because that is now looked at as borderline abuse within the pigeon community (again, best friend owns pigeons, ive learned a thing or two). A comparison would be dog lovers who hate dog fighting, pigeon racing is the equivalent of that for pigeon lovers (or bird lovers in general).

One of my professors at my local community college engineered and bred pigeons as a side hobby and showed them at "pigeon pageants". He was even featured on Vice and is in the National Pigeon Association Hall of Fame. Dude is literally famous in the pigeon world. The pigeon rabbit hole (pigeon hole??) goes DEEP.

Dude, Tyson flew to some small village in Poland and bought himself a 100 pigeons

I actually did know that mike Tyson had a bunch of pet pigeons as a kid. I heard that he got into his first fight because a bully hurt his bird or something. Definitely didn’t know he was still into them to such an extent

"Mike tyson is the most competitive pigeon racer" Now that is the most insane thing I've heard all week and exactly what I would expect from Danny

i waited this whole video to see the “pigeon racing” but then last minute i realised it’s “pigeon RAISING” 💀

His love for pigeons might be the most adorable thing ive ever seen

😊❤I love how he always had this soft side

Danny knowing nothing about pigeons makes this arguably funnier 😂

I personally love pigeons and love hearing everyone’s little pigeon stories. I understand that his handling of the birds is definitely completely wrong , yet I feel as though he genuinely loves them and maybe with the right guidance could learn to more carefully and safely take of the lil guys

As a Brooklyn guy, "that guy has birds, that guy had birds, they were show birds" means they were trained birds to signal when cops were raiding or rolling through. Clapping, whistling, flags, lots of ways to train them. Brownsville was loaded with kids who sad on rooves and corners signaling

This video unlocked a memory of being in a tent full of show pigeons, looking at one with frills and a fanned-out tail, and being told it was a tumbling pigeon, because that is a thing they do I guess.

The fact that Danny had to google “mike Tyson tiger” means he’s never watched the Hangover and I respect him so much for that.

Owning a lot of animals does not equate to loving them. It’s concerning watching Mike grab at those poor birds so aggressively and poking at the caged one.

i lost it when mike tyson grabbed the bird out of nowhere

My friend is a pigeon rescuer (I never knew this was a thing until I met her. She works with “Great lakes pigeon rescue.”) They are really great creatures. She has one that has bonded with her, and uses it as her emotional support animal. She will save them after being hit by a car, pigeon racing, pigeons from breeders who were released. And the way he grabbed it wasn’t that abnormal, honestly. Her pigeons wear “flypers” so they can fly around the house. I’m not a very big fan of pigeon racing, but I think he does love pigeons. Also, all solid white pigeons that you see out and about probably shouldn’t be there.

Fun Fact: One of the pigeons Mike owns can talk and sounds EXACTLY like Norm Macdonald.

One of the best videos on Mike Tyson’s pigeons *so far*

Mike Tyson mysteries is an incredible show. Has a pigeon in it too - great character

Honestly there being a pigeon character on Mike Tyson Mysteries makes so much more sense now

Danny being astounded at the existence of domestic pigeons is so funny

I just about fell out of my chair laughing when I saw him grab the pigeon like that 😂

As someone who's best friend is a pigeon, I love this video even after a year since it's been published. I hope danny does more videos on birds or topics like this in the future.

You're actually right Danny, birds are smarter than we think! In laboratory experiments about animal behavior pigeons are very easy to work with. they basically work like they have working hours and get paid. And did you know crows are able to use and manufacture tools? LIKE WORKING TOOLS. Birds are the best for experimental psychologist:)

Mikes therapist: so tell me more about these “pigeons” that “saved you” from being thrown off a roof

I am SOBBING laughing at the part where he grabs the pigeon omfg 😂

I needed this tonight. Thank you.

Mike Tyson holding up two pigeons with the caption "Now kith" is one of my favorite memes. It's so fuxking stupid and it's perfect.

When Danny posts on his second channel, you know it’s gonna be a silly and wacky day.