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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Birds had about 100 generations to adapt to the new environment with cars. It’s common to say that it takes about 30 generations for an animal to adapt perfectly to a new environment.

In others terms, those who liked to play in front of cars never had a chance to reproduce. Slowly, only those afraid of cars are left and have children who are also afraid of cars. It’s called evolution.

We are seeing the same thing with deers but it take a lot longer to get to 100 generations.

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