little red feet

so it was Darwin who created the theory of natural selection...

"Natural selection acts to preserve and accumulate minor advantageous genetic mutations. Suppose a member of a species developed a functional advantage (it grew wings and learned to fly). Its offspring would inherit that advantage and pass it on to their offspring. The inferior (disadvantaged) members of the same species would gradually die out, leaving only the superior (advantaged) members of the species. Natural selection is the preservation of a functional advantage that enables a species to compete better in the wild. "

this all makes good sense. understandable and easy to follow...So if this is the case, why do pigeons have red feet. at what point in the evolution of the species did having obnoxious glowing red feet become an advantage? were they perched on red wires a lot and thus blended in better to their urban surroundings, surviving hungry bum attacks better than the lesser red-footed friends?

Closing Thoughts:
if you give a bum a happy meal he eats for a day. if you give a bum a slingshot and an urban hunting manual, he will feast for a lifetime...