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Sat Sep-29-07 05:39 PM
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| Why do birds fly in front of cars? |
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What is with them? :shrug:
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| The Straight Story
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Sat Sep-29-07 05:40 PM
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| 1. To get to the other side (fly to the light!) |
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Sat Sep-29-07 05:44 PM
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Sat Sep-29-07 05:41 PM
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when I'm driving along, they fly right down low in front of me. But they could fly way up high out of danger so easily! They can probably see me coming, so why take the risk?
Then it occurred to me, maybe they do it on purpose. Maybe it's fun. After all, humans do things that are a bit risky for the fun of it, too.
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Sat Sep-29-07 05:43 PM
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| 3. Yep, they fly down low in front of the car. |
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Maybe its a wind effect thing and they get some kind of push from it.
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Sat Sep-29-07 05:45 PM
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| 5. They probably wonder why cars keep following them... |
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Edited on Sat Sep-29-07 05:45 PM by BrklynLiberal
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Sat Sep-29-07 05:46 PM
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| 6. I think its to take advantage of the wind currents |
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created by the car's movement. But I'm not sure.
Rabbits, on the other hand, I know about. They run out in front of cars because they think its a fun game. I used to live in a winding mountain road and you could see the rabbits waiting in the bushes for a car to come. They'd leap out right in front of you and race across the road and then I swear they'd stop and wait for the next car.
Dozens of 'em. Little brats. :P
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Sat Sep-29-07 05:59 PM
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Yeah, I've thought about wind currents as the reason. Makes sense.
Sorry to hear you have rabbit karma. Better than rabid karma, I suppose.
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Sat Sep-29-07 06:10 PM
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Edited on Sat Sep-29-07 06:23 PM by Oeditpus Rex
they'd get runned over.
:shrug:
No, wait! I got it!
Why do birds fly in front of cars
Every time they leave bars
Just like me, they want to be
Smooshed by you
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Sat Sep-29-07 06:30 PM
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| 9. They were secret agents in a past life and wanted to feel the thrill of a chase again... |
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Sat Sep-29-07 06:33 PM
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| 10. I dimly remember reading somewhere that they swoop onto roads to get... |
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Edited on Sat Sep-29-07 06:36 PM by Kutjara
...at the easy pickings of roadkilled insects. Inevitably, this will sometimes lead them to swoop down in front of oncoming cars, necessitating some fancy flying to avoid becoming fowl-puree.
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Sat Sep-29-07 06:54 PM
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| 11. Why do cars drive into the birds' flight paths? |
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