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Power Cables' UV Flashes Apparently Frighten Animals
Rambo Tribble writes "Ultraviolet light flashes, or "corona", may be scaring animals and altering behavior. An international scientific team, first studying behavioral anomalies in reindeer near power lines, have found that sporadic flashes of UV from the lines are probably responsible. As most mammals can see into the UV spectrum, this has broad implications for the disruption of animal behavior. From the BBC article: "Since, as the researchers added, coronas 'happen on all power lines everywhere,' the avoidance of the flashes could be having a global impact on wildlife.""
Well, of course reindeer are especially scared of power lines. They're a hazard for most low-flying objects.
Troll Hunter really was a documentary.
Does everything humans do that affects animal behavior need to be altered or fixed?
No. We should continue to eat them.
"you're an idiot" not "like anyone gives a rats arse", fyi.