Georgia State Police found a large number of dead crows on I-285 just outside Atlanta yesterday morning. There was concern they may have died from Bird Flu.
US Fish and Wildlife Officials examined the remains of the crows and confirmed the problem was not Bird Flu.
The cause of death appeared to be from striking vehicles. Officials noted varying paint colors on the bird's beaks.
Officials found that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with tractor-trailers, while only 2% were killed by cars.
Officials wondered if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of tractor-trailer kills versus car kills.
US Fish and Wildlife concluded that when crows eat road kill they always have a lookout crow to warn of danger.
They discovered that while all the look-out crows could shout "Cah", not a single one could shout "semi truck".
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Georgia State Police found a large number of dead crows on I-285 just outside Atlanta yesterday morning. There was concern they may have died from Bird Flu.
US Fish and Wildlife Officials examined the remains of the crows and confirmed the problem was not Bird Flu.
The cause of death appeared to be from striking vehicles. Officials noted varying paint colors on the bird's beaks.
Officials found that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with tractor-trailers, while only 2% were killed by cars.
Officials wondered if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of tractor-trailer kills versus car kills.
US Fish and Wildlife concluded that when crows eat road kill they always have a lookout crow to warn of danger.
They discovered that while all the look-out crows could shout "Cah", not a single one could shout "semi truck".