Why don't birds get electrocuted on power lines?

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[@mr.unknown2447]

They dont get electrocuted because they are flying robots that recharge by sitting on power lines

[@zachb8012]

This is exactly where I thought the video was going in the first 30 seconds. "What magical ability do they have?"

[@3bigbignig-abandoned]

Yes. Because they are government drones.

[@TheExoticCerdos]

@@3bigbignig-abandoned sure.... 😂

[@3bigbignig-abandoned]

@@TheExoticCerdos 😂

[@padraigrab08]

Lol

[@ezekieldujambi8427]

Respect for the bird who took part in the demonstration in the name of science. She will be retweeted.

[@rlowethewitch8417]

If I recall correctly, there’s an extended version of that video, and the bird is fine after all

[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

🤣🤣🤣

[@EpicKing7375]

Leave the premises

[@erica22595]

F

[@XPSnova]

Birb

[@johndoe123xyz]

2:56 for those of you wondering why these guys are touching two wires and are still alive, the wires are at the same potential. This is a three-phase circuit with 2 wires per phase, and the two wires conduct the exact same current with the exact same voltage, so it's basically like touching two different parts of a very thick wire

[@woodenseagull1899]

Jou are taking this too seriously...!

[@primitivochapa5877]

True

[@sergiolerma6069]

Same potential

[@minerran]

Three phase voltages are not the same potential, they are each 60 degrees out of phase so you are wrong. If the bird is standing on two wires simultaneously which I doubt (birds are small and wires are never placed only inches apart with thousands of volts on them) then the wires are probably not hot, maybe ground wires, cable or something else. If you touch two wires of a three phase system on a power pole, you'd be going to see the angels, so would a bird!

[@johndoe123xyz]

@@minerran he's not touching two different phases, he's touching two wires of the same phase, there are 6 wires total

[@caryd67]

I can still remember being really young, maybe 4 or 5, walking with my grandma and asking her, “why can the birds sit on the wire?” Her reply: “they have special feet.”

[@joelwilliams3790]

Was thinking down the same line. GOD made them UNIQUE.

[@johnsheetz6639]

😆!

[@bamf6603]

i know old people relating everything with god

[@JBofBrisbane]

Translation: I don't know either, young'un!

[@caryd67]

@@bamf6603 I know, right?

[@highconnery472]

Imagine being this badass sitting on powerlines and shitting on humans

[@anmol7060]

I can only dream

[@brandonbeard8488]

😄😂😂

[@highconnery472]

@Zephyrean is that all you got? And stop liking your own comment ffs

[@ReviloAnimations]

@@highconnery472 watch out, hes the type of guy to correct a youtube comment due to one mistake

[@shreejitparmar339]

@@highconnery472 Nice name

[@barry7607]

Because they always pay their "bill" on time ?

[@Rawhen_Rajew-aka-Rajubhai]

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[@Rawhen_Rajew-aka-Rajubhai]

My reaction👆

[@josephstalin364]

So you wanna make puns huh? Well, toucan play that game

[@barry7607]

@@josephstalin364 so I guess its my "tern" now ?

[@josephstalin364]

@@barry7607 Say watt?

[@nairzD]

I feel so bad for laughing at that bird that just went drop

[@sillycheese301]

Same lol

[@TheDamnoranges]

Same, lmao.

[@GraveUypo]

don't worry, it survived. got stunned but flew away in less than half a minute kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmmrhp1pbNN4gLs

[@MultiGEARS117]

@@GraveUypo thx

[@chiefdenis]

@@GraveUypo i thought it was lights out for sure

[@nobodyimportant4778]

Note: while electrons do move between the power source and your device, if you had to wait for them to travel that whole distance to get a charge, you would be waiting a very, very long time. Instead, the energy comes from the electrons already inside your device being accelerated by the electric field. The circuit simply decides the shape and size of the electric field

[@PaulTeller-kj1cn]

shocking!

[@mikemacdonald2032]

A/c current flows at 60 times throughout the sinewave per second....aka 60 hertz ...so that's not really a long time

[@nobodyimportant4778]

@@mikemacdonald2032 that's not the rate of electrons passing through the current...

[@transistorsloop]

Also i have a question! If the birds sit on the same wire with equal potential so the charges do no flow through their body So can I also sit on the same live wire and do not get shock? Since i am sitting on same potential wire too...

[@nobodyimportant4778]

@@transistorsloop a bird sitting on a power line is safe because it's only touching the wire. If it were to peck the wooden post while sitting on the wire, the bird would be treated as part of the circuit, causing the electrons in its body to move and electrocuting it. This happens because the electrons "bump" into its atoms and transfer energy to them. If an electric wire could hold a human's weight, it would still be very difficult for someone to climb onto it without touching anything else at the same time, but not impossible.

[@scooterbum4288]

In the 50s, as a boy I knew of a farmer that was a self taught electrician. He did odd jobs for farmers in the area. He would always show up for the job with a case of beer, which he would stand on while working. In those days they were made of heavy duty cardboard and glass bottles which you would return for credit. He said it made a very good insulator and you could always drink the beer. When sizing up a large job he would say "Well, thats a lot of beer!"

[@mattmoore2304]

Legend

[@Bandicoot803]

He's right regarding the bottles as insulators: They're even in use today since 1745 as "Leyden Jars" which are excellent capacitors for high voltage appliances. They are extremely sturdy against high voltage, made out of cheap material and don't degrade over time unlike electrolytic capacitors which tent to bloat'n'blow. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyden_jar

[@hypyeasv2667]

What a god

[@WISHBONEL7]

"" Miller Time ""

[@quickfixengineeringltd8035]

How was life in the 50s without smart phones sir. Do you think humans were smarter? Better in arithmetic or had better memory than now. Do you think smart phones made us dummies comparably. What would you say changed?

[@senor1928]

I love how they straight up showed us a clip of a bird getting electrocuted.

[@jibbymarket]

He just said. pce

[@jaydenfrancis6467]

Was that not from the wires touching each other

[@RonanTetsu]

@@jaydenfrancis6467 They still got electrocuted lol. While most people don't know why birds don't get shocked they also don't know how birds would get shocked.

[@jaydenfrancis6467]

@@RonanTetsu I didn't take that in tbh

[@kennyc388]

That bird was dead quicker than instantly !

[@Den1seQu0ta]

idk why I thought he was gonna say "To understand that, we must first become one with the birds."

[@donutello_]

I thought he was gonna say "to understand that, we need to talk about parallel universes."

[@hanac5586]

Sounds like a working method

[@shane9245]

@@donutello_ **vsauce music starts**

[@Robby4291]

IDK , according to FORREST GUMP..."STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES". YOU QUALIFY. "Den1se".

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

It would have made more sense than the error filled science talk that followed.

[@slashine1071]

As a bird, this safety video has been very informative.

[@leoncorbett4553]

You’re not real

[@josorr]

I'm going to go out on a limb (no pun intended) and guess that you typed your comment using the "hunt and peck" method.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@josorr, No, they have their hooman servants type for them.

[@dunkelheitserval4764]

I'll remember this when i become a bird

[@trakan7971]

Here at 15 likes. I'm the 15th

[@adambruins]

Me too i plan to become one with the doves one day and fly off into oblivion

[@HappyFarm-db]

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[@Muhaiz]

good luck bro, I was a bird too before I got reincarnate into this ugly human being. My life was so much fun, hope you will too :)

[@Rwdsach]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@38SRI]

I was here from the video - "Birds make transformer explode in *Houston*"

[@Egaztzz]

Me too ,another recommendation

[@andriansubianto2213]

Same

[@karamjeetkaur1474]

same

[@francescopetrosino2945]

Lol ahahahahhah

[@jerrydesilva7359]

It is their form of revenge for Not putting up feeders.

[@Sojourner7367]

someone argued with me that the bird had rubber boots.

[@MohsinExperiments]

Their skin is less conductive than humans.

[@sandippaul468]

Yes that's true.

[@yitsous2]

@@MohsinExperimentsbut still get electrocuted when they touch both life and neutral together

[@AmericanOne9621]

I worked for a local power company for 30 years before I retired 3 years ago. I can say yes the bucket trucks are insulated from the bucket to about 15 foot down the neck. I can also say that you will feel a shock though minor if you touch the wire without high voltage gloves on.

[@terrylandess6072]

Thanks for your selfless work when storms hit and everyone is crying.

[@AmericanOne9621]

@@terrylandess6072 Now that I have retired I've joined the cry babies...ha!

[@DidNotReadInstructions]

How do you know which wire to fix in Manila Philippines?

[@AmericanOne9621]

@@DidNotReadInstructions I'm not familiar with the equipment Manila has such as fuses, fault finders which hangs on the line. The easiest way is to see the wire broken (mostly falling trees here) and laying on the ground with the fuse barrel open. (hanging down).

[@frstnme316]

"They still need to make sure they only touch one wire at a time though" Next clip: *electricians crawling on two wires at a time*

[@kth66]

I noticed it too

[@Wishuk112]

ikr

[@matthewkuhl79]

Those are parallel conductors of the same phase - no difference in potential.

[@frstnme316]

@@matthewkuhl79 thanks for that, figured there was some reason behind it and it was safe... just kinda bad timing with the edit for those who are not in the know lol

[@matthewkuhl79]

@@frstnme316 i don't consider it _safe,_ but safe in the sense of getting shocked i guess. Medium voltage and above terrifies me 😬

[@MrBrightXCVI]

Thanks for this informative video.

[@primuse.x.e6141]

Hello there

[@ShiratoriIsOffline]

Greetings

[@JoblessMusic]

Thank you for thanking them for this informative video.

[@dylanh609]

@@JoblessMusic thank you for thanking them for thanking them for this informative video

[@vexture2466]

@@dylanh609 thank you for thanking them for thanking them for thanking them for this informative video.

[@BillyMcBillface]

I remember watching a squirrel running along a wire in elementary school. It went near the pole and all the sudden a big smoky flash and he fell to the street. Knocked out power to a few blocks! We had to stay outside because the school wouldn’t let us in without working lights. We had like a 1 hour lunch break, it was sick

[@HuggableLoveablePlushies]

That does sound sick. And also funny.

[@ucsucs3722]

RIP Squirrel

[@peesafpayper9688]

Your sacrifice shall be remembered

[@theemirofjaffa2266]

@@seriouslyman2611 squirrel lives matter

[@techfrank2431]

Lol

[@tgclva6751]

The electrons don't travel from the power plant to your house, that would be the case if it were DC (direct current) which is bad for long distances, instead it's AC (Alternating Current) meaning the electrons move back and forth in the wire (like you would use a saw)

[@oriraykai3610]

The waves of voltage travel across the ocean of electrons in the wire just like the waves on the surface of the ocean.

[@in4327-0]

So each wire has its own AC wave?

[@Ignisan_66]

DC is not bad for long distances (its actually better, look up high voltage DC lines), DC is only harder to transform to a higher or lower voltage, AC can be transformed using transformers which is the main reason why AC is used.

[@morie8347]

Yo i literally watched that bird that bites the electrical wire a minute ago

[@Flopshop123]

That's cool and all but is no one gonna talk about the poor bird at 1:31

[@reigningtoast5503]

I feel bad for laughing at the bird

[@cosmickitty3720]

Dont feel bad its alive

[@stighma]

@RainFall how does feeling bad for a bird getting electrocuted relate to veganism? There is literally no mention of eating meat or birds in the video or this comment

[@ChampaRealLordChampa]

I watched the full video, it was stunned for a bit but flew off perfectly fine

[@kati3514]

@@stighma person they replied to probably deleted their comments. They commented a month ago too. :|

[@Wil_Dasovich]

Interesting

[@natethegreat3320]

Ano ginagawa mo dito

[@slendyfn]

@Buraison 🔫 there you go

[@chrisgreece732]

Noooo

[@slavdog3180]

@@chrisgreece732 lol what do you mean “no”

[@Nietabs]

Doritos gaming

[@reueljacques]

I suffered and survived 3 massive electrical discharges at the Washington DC VA hospital. I lost memory of the event for 4 years, lucky to be alive!!!

[@sandasturner9529]

Wow! Can't imagine how much that hurts 🤕!!!! The most I can relate to is that I've been discharged from a hospital in 2022!!! Hope you have recovered well!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@CG64Mushro0m]

1:33 from alive to dead in a second edit: i saw the longer version of the video, it actually didn't die, it was stunned

[@aryandeep]

@Onkar Jadhav i found that hilarious

[@richie3602]

there are two types of people in the world

[@aryandeep]

@@richie3602 bro im not cold. i just find it funny, the way it fell down.

[@haseebejaz]

Poor bird.

[@CG64Mushro0m]

@@haseebejaz don't worry, it probably didn't feel a thing

[@curiouslyt2123]

Wow! The best explanation of how electricity flows for anyone who didn’t work with it.The more you know about something, the less scary it is and more predictable but electricity is still one of those things you MUST respect no matter how much you think you know about it.

[@thebreifcaseman269]

Electricity doesent flow in power lines its from what ive read the electromagnetic field created when the circuit is conected that allows the energy dto flow.

[@QuantumFirefly]

@@thebreifcaseman269 That's right, the video has it all wrong in that respect. Electrons don't flow the way described.

[@jesusyamatotv3099]

One day this will be in everyone's recommended and it'll get like 2+ million views over night.

[@angelux079]

Ok

[@terraghost]

Ok Also maybe that's now?

[@HelderGriff]

Ok But how's Reimu?

[@Just_curious-99p]

True

[@SpookaySpctr]

I was here.

[@agabe_8989]

There are some things that are just plain out wrong. 1) 0:24 Electrons do not come from the power station all the way to the houses. The long range power transmission is done with alternating current in which the electrons just move back and forth. Even if we used direct current for long range power transmission or the alternating current was not purely alternating, it would take literally years for individual electrons to reach their destination since electrons move at very low speeds that depend on some various factors. 2) 0:53 Electrons don't move from a higher electrical potential to a lower one. It's the electric current (conventional current, which is said to be the flow of positive charge) that moves from a higher potential to a lower one. Conventional current direction is the inverse of the electron flow direction. You can thank Benjamin Franklin for that. 3) 1:12 Birds' feet are not on the same electrical potential. If that was the case, then there would be no current at all in those wires. What happens is that the wires have extremely low resistance compared the the birds body, therefore almost all the current passes through the wire and very little current passes through the bird which the bird probably doesn't even notice.

[@HeavenlyCelestia]

Very informative video, surprised this doesn't have more views.

[@foxsaysnani7712]

It doesn’t have more views because it takes the brain of a cow to understand the concept.

[@ambalavanant]

There is your answer. It's informative. That's why less views

[@uncontrollablyrage19]

Realy informative video, it answered allnmy questions.

[@keneleven-11]

Because we already know.

[@N9TheNoob]

how do you not know this?!??

[@nanofate8662]

An information video that gets straight to the point while remaining under 10 mins. You earned a sub, sir.

[@yell0wberry]

Now I see why electricians who work for the city get paid as much as $100 an hour just on straight time

[@aronsumisu6173]

1:33 the way the bird folded 💀

[@3bigbignig-abandoned]

Drone malfunctioning

[@priatalat]

Workers who repair power lines are literally heroes

[@sandasturner9529]

Just like my mom and dad.😊

[@TheSlimmshadyy]

Plot twist: You are a bird, watching this to understand why you don't get electrocuted while chilling on power lines with your homies.

[@nolife097]

More like pov:

[@theresnothinghereatall]

That's not a plot twist. I already knew I was a bird

[@sumukhkulkarni2001]

Yep.

[@user-fy6fy2xw3d]

nah my homie got electrocuted the other day and now i wanna know how he died. Us birds are weak in physics.

[@William_Clinton_Muguai]

Am a bird reading comments to gain more insights.😂

[@abhaysingh8345]

A must watch video for all the birds, Pet owners should educate their birds to spread awareness

[@Soul-co7ki]

This question was in mind in years and thank you for making this clear to me.

[@rodneycooperjr3223]

I love videos that attract intelligent conversations, rather than a bunch of trolls looking for a stranger to fight with.

[@Nafets-C]

This is the most ask question during the first week of semester in an Electrical/Mechanical Engineering degree course

[@Bandicoot803]

Allow me to correct a crucial mistake you made in your video about no current flowing through birds sitting on the single power line phase: Are you aware of the step voltage? When a current flows through a loop regardless of its length a certain differential loss is always present. That's why a bird on the power line represents a high-value resistor hooked up in parallel to the line it sits on unless it lifts one leg off and detaches the connection ( open circuit ). A barely noticeable amount of current also flows through its body, but no where nearly enough to be even noticed ( if at all ). Another dangerous situation takes place upon being near a thunderstorm when a lightning bolt strikes the earth at this point of time. The current flowing through the ground spreads 360° outwards. The further more out it flows, the more the voltage drops. That drop in voltage in relation to the distance from the starting point is a dangerous matter. A person walking nearby suddenly feels that voltage difference shooting through his/her legs, causing it to instantly feel uncomfortable and eventually collapsing. That's why it is important to keep both feet tight together in order to keep that crucial voltage difference as low as possible. Wether the voltage difference varies depends upon the earth conductivity in dry or wet condition. Also the amount of minerals and salt in the soil are a contrubiting factor in regards of the dirt chemistry.

[@halil7588]

Perfect knowledge, when i apply job interview they asked me why birds don't get electricity on their body, I exactly explain that in your way. They little bit shocked but they liked my answer. I got magnetic field course. Thanks to this course :)

[@googleevil9553]

Yes! yes! I knew that was the case, but no one mentions it. Very good day to you sir!

[@MCAlexisYT]

What does “dirt chemistry” mean?

[@SteveIsHavingMC]

@@MCAlexisYT what chemicals are in the dirt.

[@Bandicoot803]

@@MCAlexisYT Defines what elements the individual earth layers are composed of.

[@LivingWithTheGuzmans]

Thanks for the info

[@TheAurelianProject]

Ok?

[@naif9464]

Sir Knight Errant ok?

[@sidneyasiegbu]

@@naif9464 ok?

[@VedantMishra55]

@@sidneyasiegbu ok?

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Ok

[@jamesmooney8933]

Yes, as an Electrician I have touched 120v electrical lines, but there are some tricks involved. First you can be grounded. Electricians never used aluminum ladders because aluminum conducts electricity, and would ground you. Electrician use fiberglass ladders, which don't conduct electricity. Also you don't touch the other 120v line or the neutral line.

[@jamesmooney8933]

@@antonkemperjr4128 The secret is to learn. Always work with one hand, when you think the wire might be hot. Why? because if one hand is ground and the other is touching a hot wire then the current goes thru you heart. 220v is 120v +120v, there is no neutral on 220v, but the 120v conductor must be on another phase. This gets a little complicated. You have to study about phases. At the power plant, the generator has 3 phases or 3 taps

[@sbreheny]

The clip at 1:51 is a bit misleading. The very high voltage lines shown are actually dangerous for birds to land on and you won't see birds on them (they feel pain as they get close to the wire and avoid landing on it - usually - although sometimes they do get killed). The wires with birds on them in this clip are so-called "shield wires" and they are grounded. Their purpose is to help prevent direct lightning strikes to the power lines (the lightning will usually strike the grounded, higher shield wire instead). The reason why very high voltage (>100,000 V) lines are a problem for birds is that all objects, including birds, have a property called capacitance. The capacitance is bigger when the object is bigger. Since these (and almost all) lines are alternating current, connecting a capacitive load allows a small current flow (essentially electrons flow into and back out of the object on each cycle of the AC). The higher the voltage, the more current flow. A typical residential street high voltage line (about 10,000 V) isn't high enough voltage to affect the birds but large cross-country lines (typically 300,000 V) are a problem.

[@Agnelum1]

I remember asking my high school physics teacher the question if a person can hang from a power line and avoid electrocution as long as they remain off the ground. He said it's also dependent on the "potential difference". I don't remember the explanation as he gave it to me, but what my brain stored is basically that you can't just hover 1cm off the ground while holding onto a high voltage line and expect not to get fried. So it's not just a simple matter of "as long as I don't touch the ground I'll be fine".

[@ziphyperap3369]

Of course. Just because a material is an insulator doesn't mean electrons cant flow through it. Air itself isn't a conductor (luckily), but as you see, the worker at 2:30 is making the current flowing through air. Simply put, everything is a conductor when the voltage is high enough. Even things like glass or rubber. And thats why materials can also be "half conductors" and having a millimetre thick layer of rubber doesn't save you from getting shocked.

[@tomtoms15]

Without a doubt. There's way too many variables. For example, things that are in your person, type of cloth, rings, what's on the ground as well, a million things. There's no black and white type situation where if u don't do this, then x thing won't happn, etc etc

[@HyperMario64]

Yeah it's not as clear cut. The rule of thumb is that 30kV per cm of air is necessary to have a current flow through it. But once the air gets ionized, the channel is open and it may expand further. Also in the real world, a bird is not at the same potential when it comes into contact with the live wire. It will take a bit of transient current for the charges in the bird body to equalize with the line. Good example is with linemen working on HV transmission lines from helicopters, they first connect to the line a rod connected to the helicopter body before working on it. At these high voltages the transient current is visible on camera as the rod approaches from the line. Same with AC (even with no load) on a power line, there is always some capacitance to the wire because a real-world wire, of course having a non-zero volume, necessarily stores some charge at any point. That's why we have reactors to correct that in substations (among other sources of reactance in the system). DC power may not seem to have that issue as the potential is constant, but in the real world no regulator is perfect and a AC component is always present. We have all these nice abstractions we can understand with these fancy elegant circuits diagrams, but there is always more to it...

[@SC-zq6cu]

so if my feet are 2m above the ground i'm safe ?

[@Johnnyy832]

It’s as long as there isn’t a voltage difference. Electricity likes taking the path of least resistance.

[@doudymac]

1:31 Bird: Aight imma head out. 💀⚰️

[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

Doudymac 🤣

[@linodin0]

Rip 😔

[@DR.SLAMMER]

🍗

[@No_BS_policy]

In short: Electricity is a term used to describe the flow of electrons through a medium with either a uniform electrical potential or a different electrical potential. When a conductor that is not attached to something else touches a medium having uniform electrical potential, the flow of electrons remains within the loop as there is no other electrical potential to travel to. But if a conductor is, say, attached to the ground, then electricity will flow from the higher potential to the lower potential through it.

[@PhilosophyThatMatters]

This is one of my deepest teenage questions to which nobody I know gave a good answer. Thank you for finally putting my question to rest.

[@monstrousdickzilla2744]

Now you can rest peacefully

[@zaid.ann177]

Why did electrons didn't went through bird? Cuz electrons don't want to take a U turn to come in same path or what😂?

[@valandhol9four680]

Except it's not true the electrons move along the power line to your home. It's better understood as a ripple along a jumping rope.

[@cactusman1771]

@@valandhol9four680 or a pulse in a stretched slinky.

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

2:30 these guys are masters beyond measure. They have balls of steel.

[@Robby4291]

YOU have brains of OATMEAL....

[@vanhattfield8292]

Maybe, but more likely balls of a less conductive substance, lol.

[@mrunalbisan3647]

I asked this question to the science teacher in my 9th standard 2011....after 10 years I am getting satisfactory answer. Thanks to youtube🙏

[@j.h.6081]

I was sad to hear a Canada Goose fly into a power line once. The sound was so loud, my friend, me, and other people crossing the street were very startled. It was sad to see the goose loose its struggle once he or she was on the ground. There was what looked like a burned hole in the bird's chest. That's a completely different scenario from your video but it was really startling.

[@toxicity6629]

2:30 my mans really almost got hit with force lightning and just looks calm asf lmao

[@redrosie7498]

Don't worry he also has the force to push it back

[@konrad8541]

So, if I end up hanging on a power line, I'll be fine as long as I don't touch the ground while I'm doing that. Got it.

[@journeyswithj246]

Nor another wire

[@kellyakakells]

Rip

[@rameshchadrapatel3448]

Yes. But will die after falling down.

[@erlycuyler]

Yes. You'd be fine.

[@sppspharmdude]

2 seconds to read 3 minutes to spell out.

[@andthentheyallfook8582]

2:04 When your crush passes by

[@Kavish-tg5cv]

😂😂😂

[@spacegarage6826]

Lmao

[@roachtoasties]

Good news for birds, but some of those wires the birds were standing on weren't electrical wires. You got phone and cable, insulated wires and even cables that are helping support the pole.

[@ekowapeja]

What happens if a one legged bird lands on the wire

[@kennethcohan9630]

Nothing would happen regarding current flow, as there has to be a complete circuit. However, if it had two legs and both feet were touching the same wire, then a current would flow through the bird but it would be so small that it wouldn’t feel it...

[@Truestorytweez]

Chicken nugget

[@ekowapeja]

True the plug lol 😂😂😂

[@Peter-976]

Her name changes to Eileen! I`ll be here all week folks!

[@39LFC]

what happens if it got no legs.. kfc

[@sophiaisabelle027]

I’ve always wondered about that. But even if they do end up getting electrocuted for some reason, there’d be numerous bird corpses lying around anywhere, and that’d also be a complete hassle to clean all of that up.

[@studentofsmith]

Or the scavengers will have a free meal - cooked too.

[@AntiR2525]

1:30 I'm going to hell for laughing at this and replaying it as much as I am

[@mikey3106]

your not alone lmao!

[@pruthvirajn7709]

It did not die :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmmrhp1pbNN4gLs

[@7svn.]

@@pruthvirajn7709 oh good, now i dont feel so bad lmao

[@LeTDeMHaVeiT113]

Very informative video but that part was hilarious bro LMAO hard not to laugh

[@jnsjenjdjdjsm6541]

@Eristhenes PC x xh h.

[@HeiMiBR]

I actually saw a pigeon got electrocuted by powerlines on a rainy day, probably the raindrops from its flapping wings caused it to connect to 2 lines at once. The sparks and noises were quite phenomenal.

[@killtie15]

Sweet, a dinner AND a show!

[@fosminclorin]

​@@killtie15 that's what my cat would think

[@rustydowd879]

I once saw a squirrel bridge two wires. I remember a loud pop and it fell to the ground dead as a door nail. Didn't even twitch.

[@amardave84]

Electrical line man, the most dangerous job.

[@damion1121]

The real crazy ones are the guys who do it out of a helicopter.

[@BillC-64]

One job where no is claiming to want diversity.

[@robertleamon1419]

@@BillC-64 there are multiple jobs where a particular group isn’t screaming for diversity. Oil rigs, mining, electricians, plumbing, hvac, road construction i can keep going.

[@Т1000-м1и]

The silent kid when teacher explains nothing:

[@wendihyd6799]

I had no idea those wires were live. I figured it was like the cords in our homes that could be touched, like when you remove a plug from the wall...

[@markushutto4017]

Me too

[@marywealth6475]

Me, as well. I'm 'shocked' to learn otherwise. You'd think that all the moisture from rain, snow, etc. would short out the wires causing huge blackouts every time there was precipitation. Still, I've seen those wires close up, and they certainly look like they're insulated with rubber.

[@markushutto4017]

@@marywealth6475 yea me too

[@ironjohn5914]

I seen a bird one day and it was sitting on a wire I stopped looked up at it and started to talk to it we had one of the greatest conversations ever!

[@dang48]

I heard about this on Twitter. The bird gave you a positive review in its tweet.

[@DarkOceanShark]

2:02 my man got some really cool moves 😂

[@junzenlavapie4458]

I'm using a headset right now, and that unexpected sound effect at 1:32 shocked me into battle stance.

[@Withern679]

Lmao

[@vickyvilliersab6273]

Thanks very informative....but a small doubt, when the bird sits on the wooden pole and touches a wire...how will the current flow to the ground since wood is an insulator?

[@dsjenzen]

In my country, civet cats usually climb and travel via the wires in urban areas. They never seemed to get electrocuted as well.

[@evilsharkey8954]

A lot of those wires are communications cables, not electric wires

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

@@evilsharkey8954 and they are insulated.

[@cloudbydayfirebynight618]

They would rather take the chance and sitting on a power line versus listening through all the b******* that goes through the telephone lines

[@sourabhsingh6427]

In the seventh grade my teacher said because they sit using their dead fingernail.😂

[@zahiddar5614]

In fact that is also a reason why don't they get electric shock. Your teacher is right to some extent.

[@SuccessforLifester]

That is why they teach seventh grade.

[@petermcgill1559]

Very well explained. Thank you to whoever put this together

[@sailingaway7170]

Very interesting. I have always been scared that they will get electrocuted when I see them on power Lines.

[@clyde3769]

very educational and easy to understand. Thanks for the great vid.

[@ghostcoffee1099]

Wow imagine having “The floor is Lava” as your job

[@metalmanny666]

I still don’t get why birds don’t get zapped. This is why I gotta watch things 15 times in a row. And why I dropped out of community college.

[@thecreatorsson4649]

😂🤣😭

[@itsbeyondme5560]

@Jort Kuiper What do you mean one altitude? You mean it is because birds light weight, they are the same altitude?

[@mrjamesgrimes]

Wtf dude...you get zapped when electricity flows through your body from the power line to something else. If you’re only touching the power line then obviously it’s not flowing to something else. but touch the line and the pole and electricity flows from the line through you to the pole and down to the ground....and that’s what zaps your ass

[@metalmanny666]

@Jort Kuiper so if we were somehow able to fly like birds, we’d be able to walk on those wires safely just cuz we’re not on ground?

[@metalmanny666]

@Jort Kuiper kay

[@ashfakuddinahmed1807]

0:53 It's just completely wrong. Electrons move from lower electrical potential to a higher one, not the other way around. It's true that the movement of electrons is what makes the current flow. But the general convention is that the current flows opposite to the flow of elections i.e. current flows from higher potential to a lower one. If electrons moved from higher potential to a lower one, then that would make the higher potential negatively charged. But in reality, it's always the positively charged terminal that has the higher potential.

[@nuclearfish010]

I thought electricity needing a ground to flow would be common knowledge.

[@patthewoodboy]

and the world is full of people who dont understand this simple fact

[@carultch]

It doesn't necessarily need a ground to flow. But it does need a closed loop, with a path back to the source.

[@teddmented]

From where? School? Lol

[@koitorob]

I know adults who don't know how to wire a plug, so no.

[@karonsmith3689]

Thank you so much for your brief explanation to this mystery... Love your unique way of explaining each point that even a child can understand... Thanks much

[@shahabuzafarzubaer6919]

Not understand, explain me a bit the reason in ease way why electrocution in birds not happen though electricity conducted by cables???

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@shahabuzafarzubaer6919 , Different materials conduct electricity differently. There's a reason why we use metal like copper to conduct it, rather than bone. What I gather is the birds still conduct a little electricity, but not enough to hurt them. In rare instances they do get electrocuted though.

[@nxthgbutgemz]

Lol that bird got too comfortable smh 1:32 I hope it’s in a better place 🙏

[@ineedmorecarrots6063]

Its alive i saw the whole video its just it lose its consciousness for a moment

[@nxthgbutgemz]

@@ineedmorecarrots6063 death wasn’t it’s destiny

[@raddastronaut]

Well the line in the thumbnail is a bracing line not a power line. Power lines are insulated. They only die if their feet get under the shielding.

[@acemarshals3211]

Birds aren't the only ones immune to electric shock from power lines, Monke also has this power

[@usgalsen]

You didn't get it (if you did, you wouldn't speak of immunity) haha.

[@kacodemonio]

1:34 ??

[@epikgamur9621]

1:34 I shouldn't be laughing at that 😂

[@zackdane275]

That makes 2 of us

[@JayHeartwing]

Tho, that bird survived tho.

[@returntothetruth1469]

It isn't funny at all

[@jonasbluntson5864]

I finally got the answer, all these years I been wondering thanks!!

[@ContendersUTube]

But what if a human being touches an electric wire with one or both of his hands without actually touching the ground... I think he would still get electrocuted... This video explains what happens to birds, without explaining what happens to humans and why.

[@jeremygott7709]

@@ContendersUTube Well, if I understand the video, which it's possible that I don't, if we could stand on the wire like birds, we wouldn't get shocked. The closest example of this is at the end of the video, where the guy is going across 2 wires on his hands and knees. He is wearing protective gear though, and that reduces his potential to get shocked.

[@LFTRnow]

Interestingly, the birds actually DO get "zapped" (when only touching one wire), but the current is very low. Something called "corona discharge" comes off the wires and is leaked into the air along the length of the wire. It is concentrated when the object is pointy (like a bird's beak for example). The leakage is very low, but it rises with voltage. You may have noticed very few birds sitting on the very tall "extremely high voltage" (220kV and up) lines. The increased voltage increases corona discharge. The birds don't die, but it gets uncomfortable. It is similar to the experiment you see where someone touches a Van De Graff generator while insulated and seeing their hair go on end. The electricity is trying to (and slowly does) escape into the air, but they are unharmed.

[@cactusman1771]

I like watching helicopter linemen work on those. Its fun watching the lineman use a metal stick to drain the corona discharge before working on the wire.

[@adang578]

​@@cactusman1771It's not corona discharge it is charging current. They arn't draining anything they are getting up to the same potential as the conductor.

[@toureyacoubou9589]

0:16 Because birds are not stupid like human, they wear shoes and gloves and they are saying their prayers everyday for Safety

[@mrkat8137]

Dumb question. So does that mean if I wasn’t touching the ground, and hung from the wires with both my hands, I’d be alright? Obviously this is a hypothetical

[@leonhardt1358]

Well yes. What really kills you is the flow of the electrical current and not the voltage. So if you are touching a live wire you have the same electrical potential. And if at the same time you are on the ground or touching a wire with different electrical potential. Electrons will flow at rapid rate which will kill you

[@simoncheung2427]

MrKat seems not. if you wear plasric shoes and dont touch the wall = ungrounded but one hand touch L and one hand touch N wire, then you still get shocked. if just touch only one wire,you will be fine.

[@carmcam1]

I will nevr forget the story of a maintenance worker forgetting to wear insulating gloves and touch as high voltage live wire cutting himself in half.

[@simoncheung2427]

Carmela Camba kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXK3k5V6rriXq8k

[@Retromaster364]

@@simoncheung2427 He means hanging from one wire with both hands

[@NeoiconMintNet]

And this is why we have grounding wire, the third prong in a power plug.

[@verntoews6937]

50 comments, you and I the only ones to understand ground circuit

[@michaelk3021]

Could please explain more, I never understand the use of the third plug

[@diljith.cjithu8703]

@@michaelk3021 If it's done by a professional in the proper way, every 3rd plug point in your house is connected together and is earthed/grounded... The 3rd pin in any device is connected to the metal part of that device, for example for a clothing iron 3rd line is connected to the metal parts of it.so if due to malfunction or some accident the current carrying line touches the metal part current will immediately pass through the 3rd line to earth instead of passing through your body and kills you,because your body has more resistance compared to the 3rd/earth line. The reason some electronic devices like TV, mobile chargers have no 3rd plug is because they have no metal outside part that would come in contact with a fault line or a human

[@michaelk3021]

@@diljith.cjithu8703 computer lcd monitors does not have any exposed metalic parts, yet they have 3pin.

[@diljith.cjithu8703]

@@michaelk3021 yes true to some extend.. most generic models don't have metal parts but main stream manufacturers also sells monitors with Aluminium backs and metalic stands also they make all the other pc parts including psu , so they use the 3 pin plug as generic part , for plastic monitor it's not necessary but they are not gonna make a seprate part which is non necessary for just 1 kind of device same reason their laptops also have 3 pin eventhough it's not necessary, it kind of act us just an extra support for the adaptor in some cases... but some manufactures differ like apple macbook have 2 pin plug or monitor only manufactures like AOC has 2 pin plug or even usb power supply monitors etc..

[@crestonperry2891]

This video gave me a total appreciation for bird 🐦 brain information.

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

2:30 holy crap I did not expect electricity to spark like in cartoons and fiction

[@dirtytreerat14]

Before the video: I think you don’t get electrocuted unless you touch two wires at once. Let me see if I’m right. Edit: I was right.

[@dekisuba]

Thats not right.

[@vempor129]

@@dekisuba r/wooosh

[@randyortega9545]

You are absolutely right☺☺☺

[@t.r.4496]

Unless you can stand on the ground and touch it.

[@OninDynamics]

@@t.r.4496 We count the ground as one big wire.

[@zenjm6496]

They'll get electrocuted if they sit on a transmission line. That is the one without a neutral line.

[@ravindug]

Yes failed to mention that

[@TheRoswellCode]

How heavy birds with small wings can fly up to power lines in the first place is more intriguing.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

Or how hummingbirds can stay in the same spot

[@kxfka]

Thank you. Now I can sit on power line without being electrocuted.

[@PANZERFAUST90]

Sure go for it.

[@firestonegraywolf]

In conclusion: birds really do be playin with they lives 😫

[@madisonwarner4076]

Interesting

[@MochaFur1]

They really do be edg-

[@NightBazaar]

That describes the term, "birdbrain".

[@smech4880]

"We must understand electric current". Ah, not for me

[@jeffwvu4602]

It was a simple explanation.

[@thedarkderp2520]

Foolishness Rafay Foolishness

[@TheMultialdo2009]

The house where I grew up had a power line in back. On several occasions a bird sitting on the wire or the transformer got electrocuted and landed in our back yard.

[@johnhealer8375]

Thanks for the interesting insight on electrical engineering

[@PANZERFAUST90]

weird flex

[@andyosully]

Can’t touch two wires. Moments later, crawling on two wires.

[@jannemakela8107]

Yeah what a BS 😁

[@martinkuliza]

Right ? what you're not understanding is 1. That's High Voltage 2. When they do they they isolate one side and the other side of the cable they are working on yeah.. probably not the best time to show that image but... Here are 2 HV Wires ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | the guy wants to crawl here they isolate the wires like this so that a circuit still exists and the grid doesn't go down but the power doesn't pass to their part of the wire -------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- as you can see they can walk in the middle bit without getting killed while the power is redirected so the city still has power they have special instruments that isolate part of the grid so they can work on it safely obviously this is an oversimplified explanation but it conveys the point MAKE SENSE NOW why the guy was able to crawl on it LET'S ALSO NOT FORGET Power or no power HE CAN ALSO FALL TO HIS DEATH FROM THOSE THIN WIRES Remember they are thin and they do move from side to side THINK ABOUT IT And why they don't fall is because they have a harness connected to a helicopter

[@AdemolaVictorTv]

I’ll remember this when I become a human

[@zerocat888]

Are you human yet?

[@toxic8129]

How about now?

[@lakshay7901]

Sir a little correction, the electrons don't need to flow all the way from source to the operating device rather there's a localised drift of electrons all over the circuit. For that electrical field needs to established and that's possible only if the circuit from higher to lower electrical potential is closed and has a finite resistance.

[@francocabrol1689]

1:34 my boi just was like * bloop* imma head out

[@PANZERFAUST90]

uuugghhh stfu

[@ultrainstinctgoku9321]

Poor guy. An ibis bird i think. He was standing on the transformer and took a look at the pointy things sticking out of it and tapped one with his beak

[@francocabrol1689]

@@ultrainstinctgoku9321 Certainly! He would never had thought that break would kill him after who knows how many hours of fly. I feel bad for him.

[@pigeonlove]

@@francocabrol1689 The line needs insulating urgently but apparently it did not die kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmmrhp1pbNN4gLs

[@francocabrol1689]

@@pigeonlove wow, cool that you found the original video! Thanks. I love the reaction of the man, though

[@ayushkhandelwal9382]

Aren't the transmission lines insulated with something?

[@the_dark_knight_9]

That would be a huge waste of money

[@magosexploratoradeon6409]

No not really, insulating entire kilometers of transmission lines not only add weight to the wire itself but also add the needed cost for it. Extra cost and weight isn't needed when by design transmission lines are already detached from ground and only has the parasitic capacitance to the atmosphere.

[@diljith.cjithu8703]

Only service lines from main line to houses or industries are the one that are insulated.. basically line that are more closer to ground.. main lines from power srations and substations are non insulated cause of cost and impracticality

[@XEinstein]

Technically they are air insulated. Air is actually a very good insulator since for electricity it's very hard to pass through air. A 1 cm gap is enough to stop 10 kV from arcing. Bare wires are unsafe to touch though, that's why they're put up high on transmission masts.

[@carultch]

The wires themselves are bare. Overhead wiring isn't built with insulation, because it relies on air to be the insulator between the wires. Air is a much cheaper insulator than wrapping each wire with a thick enough coating of polyethylene or PVC so that you can handle thousands of volts with your hands. This is why it is cheaper to run wires overhead, than underground. Underground wires need to be fully insulated, and be run through a trench, while overhead wire can let the air be the insulator. The wires are mounted on ceramic insulators, as they are hung from the transmission line tower. The transmission line tower is conductive steel, and is grounded through its foundation. The ceramic insulators are the structural support for this wire, that prevent the tower from becoming energized.

[@Maarttiin]

1:33 Can you imagine being that bird and seeing your friend die and not knowing why? Heartbreaking.

[@itzqwerty5576]

It didnt die