Why don't birds get electrocuted on power lines? | WTFAQ | ABC TV + iview

Lawrence Leung investigates the superiority of birds and how they're are able to chill out on power lines without being zapped. #WTFAQ
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[@wombat.6652]

Thank you! Just so you know, Bats frequently get injured by power lines because they have such huge wings. They touch two lines at the same time. If you see a bat on the ground, call for help from qualified wild life rescuers. DON'T touch. If you get bitten or scratched they have to kill the bat to find out if it is carrying diseases that can hurt you. I learnt this from Meggabattie on you tube.

[@evd]

To answer the initial question "why can birds sit on power lines safely but humans cannot?", the answer to that would be "weight". Humans are far too heavy to sit on power lines!

[@bhanani5480]

Not snacking on a roast chicken leg 😅

[@xei2694]

I'm a bird. Moo.

[@Tuesdayb2008]

They should make a show?

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Smart man 19

[@mdc4677]

I saw a fruit bat electrocuted on a power line

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[@midsunikm]

Interesting... but they will get zapped if they touch 2 phases simultaneously: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKiQiHmMaKmSd6c

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[@ayoCC]

The premise of the video is great, but the writing is a bit much. Maybe the video should get shot as a shitty iphone video at home first to review how well it comes across. At parts i was anticipating the information but the comedic padding lasted a bit too long. Maybe those moments are best inserted as one liners or a funny rhetorical question, or a visual gag while someone is explaining with mysterious music in the backgrlund. I get what you were attempting, something like the 5 second rule of keeping the interest by not showing a still image for more than 5 seconds, either having movement of cut. For successful short form informative production, i would say use tiktokers and ytshorts like theactionlab or having a voiceover with b roll. When it comes to getting the video into peoples recommended feed, make sure that anyone you show this video tells you when they would have closed the video and try to do something against that for high retention

[@Persuiter]

Powerfully unfunny.