Impala escapes hungry predators by jumping into a car full of tourists who let it out

[Serpo]

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[Cebu_4_2]

And I was thinking 'Chevy' Impala...

[Horn]

If only the few members here left in California were as fast as Impala..

[StreetsOfGold]

That was way cool

[Hitch]

That was way cool

Indeed, though imagine if the cheetah jumped in after the impala. Imagine the mess that would have made?

[midnight rambler]

Animals are not 'dumb'. lol

[Hitch]

Animals are not 'dumb'. lol

We don't give them enough credit.

I heard a story about some scientists on a research boat. The seagulls would land on one particular rail, and crap all over the boat. The scientists, bored, at sea, decided to put a small electrical charge on that rail, and see if the birds would learn.

The next day, no birds on that rail.

The day after, all the birds were back on the rail. Standing on one leg.

[Cebu_4_2]

We don't give them enough credit.

I heard a story about some scientists on a research boat. The seagulls would land on one particular rail, and crap all over the boat. The scientists, bored, at sea, decided to put a small electrical charge on that rail, and see if the birds would learn.

The next day, no birds on that rail.

The day after, all the birds were back on the rail. Standing on one leg.

Birds wouldnt get a shock unless grounded, that's why they don't incinerate on power lines.

[Hitch]

Birds wouldnt get a shock unless grounded, that's why they don't incinerate on power lines.

Electricity needs a path, and takes the path of least resistance. This is why defibrillators work, when the pads are placed so the charge goes through the heart. One leg does not create a 'path' for the electricity to flow, but two legs does.

[Cebu_4_2]

Electricity needs a path, and takes the path of least resistance. This is why defibrillators work, when the pads are placed so the charge goes through the heart. One leg does not create a 'path' for the electricity to flow, but two legs does.

Umm no, but okay. I don't want to learn you here.

Defibrillators have a charge between the 2 pads. So that part is true.

[Hitch]

Umm no, but okay. I don't want to learn you here.

Defibrillators have a charge between the 2 pads. So that part is true.

Haven't you ever grabbed an electric fence as a kid?

[Cebu_4_2]

Haven't you ever grabbed an electric fence as a kid?

Yes and it sucked because my feet were on the ground, now if I hopped up and could balance on that wire I would get no shock.

[Hitch]

Yes and it sucked because my feet were on the ground, now if I hopped up and could balance on that wire I would get no shock.

My feet weren't on the ground, and I still go shocked. As long the wire is grounded (doesn't have to be to you) you will get shocked.

[Cebu_4_2]

My feet weren't on the ground, and I still go shocked. As long the wire is grounded (doesn't have to be to you) you will get shocked.

ok.

[Hitch]

ok.

Test it man and learn something. As long as you provide a path for the electricity to travel, it will travel. If you grab an electric fence with both arms, the shock will go through one arm and out the other. If you touch it with two fingers of one hand, the charge will stay just in that one hand. It has nothing to do with you being grounded yourself. You complete a circuit, a path for the current to go.

[midnight rambler]

lol Birds light and loiter on high voltage electrical distribution lines (bare aluminum, no insulation whatsoever) all the time as a matter of course and you don't see them being deterred (or killed) simply because they aren't grounded.


It has nothing to do with you being grounded yourself.

That is so wrong, it could not be more wrong.

[Cebu_4_2]

That is so wrong, it could not be more wrong.

Hahaha I thought I was losing it for a minute.