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WHY CAN BIRDS LAND ON POWER LINES WITHOUT HARM?

April 26, 2017Birds harm land power

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WHY CAN BIRDS LAND ON POWER LINES WITHOUT HARM?

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The charges would rather go straight through the wire, rather than taking a detour through the bird! Bird skin is a conductor, but copper has thousands of times more conductivity. If a robot bird made of metal landed on a power line, then there WOULD be charges flowing through the metal bird.