first things first
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moody@lemmings.world 1 year ago
That’s a wildlife bridge in progress. It allows wild animals to cross the highway without getting run over.
Hello_there@fedia.io 1 year ago
These are super important for wildlife like mountain lions and bears
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What about tigers?
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
When we design things like this in reclamation, there is often the concern that the designed feature can act like a trap or increase predation. There was an article a while back that showed that these are actually safe, and blend into the surrounding landscape in terms of risk to the animals.
Oh look, someone actually backing their viewpoint up on the internet:
Link
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
i’d imagine that risk would be easily outweighed by animals being able to safely cross anyways, not like predators just sit there inhaling prey unceasingly, they would go there to catch something then leave with their food to go eat.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I sent it better to funnel wildlife into traps for predators than to have the wildlife killed by vehicles on a road, attracting those predators onto the road seeking out their carcasses only to be hit by vehicles themselves?
Many owls and raptors get killed because they are trying to feed on a carcass in the road and get hit themselves.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They do something similar with railway underpasses, place the tunnel and build the embankment later.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Also seen one like this that’s avalanche defences.
randon31415@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Got to protect those Mako reactors!
Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev 1 year ago
How do they know to cross the road through the bridge. It’s not like they understand that the bridge is for them to cross safely.
reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m assuming you’re asking in good faith.
With these corridors, they fence the road so that the animals can only pass over the bridge. And youre right, sometimes they do raise the road and let animals pass under. It depends on the topography.
Here’s more information: en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildlife_cro…
bundtpan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
youtu.be/RFCrJleggrI?si=EIPxGhw6ZBF6dVSy
This is the first thing to come to mind…
Knossos@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ah thank you for the context!
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 year ago
Seems like they already done the wildlife bridge, what yet to finish is the animal crossing that goes on top of the wildlife bridge.