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Here's a story about an interesting collection of pets.

Xiao loves homing pigeons. She also loves dogs. When she explains how may dogs and pigeons she has right now, she likes to make you guess.

She recently said she is hosting 36 heads and 80 feet.

Can you figure out how many dogs and pigeons she has?

              

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