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Birds perch on an electrical wire, Jan. 5, 2017, in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Birds are not electrocuted when sitting on a power line because their feet are at the same electrical potential, meaning electricity will automatically choose the path of least resistence, which is going through the wire rather than through the bird. Power lines still kill birds though. Statistics show 12-64 million birds die each year due to power lines, with the majority of those being due to collisions with power lines rather than electrocution. (Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright)
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Birds perch on an electrical wire, Jan. 5, 2017, in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Birds are not electrocuted when sitting on a power line because their feet are at the same electrical potential, meaning electricity will automatically choose the path of least resistence, which is going through the wire rather than through the bird. Power lines still kill birds though. Statistics show 12-64 million birds die each year due to power lines, with the majority of those being due to collisions with power lines rather than electrocution. (Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright)