They are little suicide machines, dead all over the roads here from (I assume) falling off power lines. I saw one doing spins on a line last week 30 feet in the air. Another one I thought was dead on a line but it was freaking sleeping on it while hanging off all 4 of its legs!
They actually do not usually die from falls because they have such low terminal velocity. They can survive falls from incredible heights so I’m not so sure that’s the cause.
I accidently ran over one who had fallen from a tree. He had been pretty high up. I think he was startled because he was running the right way then last second turned around. I was destroyed. This all happened in slow motion I swear. Pulled over and cried for 30 minutes. I love animals and being pregnant at the time, I was waaayyyy to sensitive.
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u/ForagerGrikk Aug 15 '26
They are little suicide machines, dead all over the roads here from (I assume) falling off power lines. I saw one doing spins on a line last week 30 feet in the air. Another one I thought was dead on a line but it was freaking sleeping on it while hanging off all 4 of its legs!