Thursday, 22 August 2013

Birds sense speed limits on roads: study

OTTAWA: Birds sense posted speed limits on roads and react to avoid collisions, according to a study out Wednesday.Researchers said birds appear to have adapted to the local speed limits as a feature of their environment, such as the risk of predators.Strict enforcement of speed limits could therefore significantly help with conservation, especially for endangered species in populated areas, Pierre Legagneux, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Quebec in Rimouski, told AFP."I realized

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