Why are birds so good at avoiding getting hit by cars?

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There will be times I’m on normal roads or even driving fast on a highway and have had very close encounters with birds flying aross the front of my car.

I never see dead birds on the road so I just assume they have some kind of special airflow mechanism that allowed them to avoid accidents.

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The one I hit at 90 mph wasn’t very good at dodging.

Most birds don’t t get hit because they move very quickly and are tiny targets so less chance of hitting them. Unlike land animals they can move in 3 dimensions instead of just 2 so there are more paths for them to escape.

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