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 see “faster” than humans do. A typical movie takes 24 images per second for a human to think it is moving. For a bird it takes around 120. Birds therefore see movement in much more detail, and can time their movement much better.
Granted, they’re still dumb af and will get hit by a truck if they’re not paying attention to it.
Birds see “faster” than humans do. A typical movie takes 24 images per second for a human to think it is moving. For a bird it takes around 120. Birds therefore see movement in much more detail, and can time their movement much better.
Granted, they’re still dumb af and will get hit by a truck if they’re not paying attention to it.
As an example a flock of cockatoos that are in the city will have grown up around cars and actively avoid them, mostly by flying a hit higher, you will still hit the occasional juvenile or one engaged in a fight. Country cockatoos rarely come across cars and when they do you’re usually going 100kph or more, they will make no attempt to avoid and end up on the windscreen with a puff off white dust.
As an example a flock of cockatoos that are in the city will have grown up around cars and actively avoid them, mostly by flying a hit higher, you will still hit the occasional juvenile or one engaged in a fight. Country cockatoos rarely come across cars and when they do you’re usually going 100kph or more, they will make no attempt to avoid and end up on the windscreen with a puff off white dust.
Birds see things at up to 120fps while humans see at 30-60fps. So basically, birds has more reaction time (think bullet time) than human
Birds see things at up to 120fps while humans see at 30-60fps. So basically, birds has more reaction time (think bullet time) than human
Tell that to the two birds i just hit 2 days ago because they thought it would be good to fight each other in the air over the road.
Oh man, this reminds me of when I hit a pretty good sized bird when entering the highway….. at least it was instant….. but two or more were flying directly perpendicular to the highway and just a few inches lower than the height of my truck’s hoodline.
As they crossed right in front of a few cars and mine, they dodged the one to my left and one bird was unlucky enough to meet the front right corner of my truck. Almost made it, but damn I hit it and a blast of feathers went over my hood and in my rearview it looked like a feather pillow exploded as I hit it on the entry ramp.
I don’t think there were any remains…..
Tell that to the two birds i just hit 2 days ago because they thought it would be good to fight each other in the air over the road.
If you ever hit a buzzard they puke and shit as a defensive mechanism. Given they eat carrion can be one of the more disgusting things you’ll encounter. They go for roadkill so it can happen.
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