first things first
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moody@lemmings.world 3 months ago
That’s a wildlife bridge in progress. It allows wild animals to cross the highway without getting run over.
Hello_there@fedia.io 3 months ago
These are super important for wildlife like mountain lions and bears
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What about tigers?
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago
They do something similar with railway underpasses, place the tunnel and build the embankment later.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Also seen one like this that’s avalanche defences.
randon31415@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Got to protect those Mako reactors!
Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago
youtu.be/RFCrJleggrI?si=EIPxGhw6ZBF6dVSy
This is the first thing to come to mind…
Knossos@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ah thank you for the context!
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 months 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.