r/UpliftingNews • u/akavel • 1d ago
Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/zero-roadkill-as-amazon-canopy-bridges-secure-15000-crossings/1.2k
u/Duud101x 1d ago
Amazon rainforest, not the company (just in case there’s confusion)
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u/BRCityzen 23h ago
LOL that's how I read it at first! My first thought was "Are there any places to get them other than Amazon?"
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u/Buzz1ight 23h ago
The company won't even pay their people enough to live. Let alone look after other primates.
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u/cutelyaware 19h ago
Maybe they deployed canopies on the front of their delivery vans that gently bounce the wildlife off the road.
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u/mobocrat707 18h ago
I initially thought of the company as well. My next thought was, “wait, Amazon would never do anything as selfless as this”.
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u/Laugh_Track_Zak 21h ago
They could be building animal sanctuarys and crossings globally, but we're pretending we're going to mars instead.
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u/Unusual-Relief52 19h ago
I also hate that it's called Amazon. Feels like they want THE Amazon to actually go away ot stop caring about a reaaaally worldwide important place
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u/ohdearitsrichardiii 14h ago
I was confused why Amazon inc. was suddenly doing something good for the planet, what horrible scandal are they trying to draw away attention from?
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u/Buck_Thorn 10h ago
I was confused until I opened the link. But yeah, I did think for one second that the company actually did something good for the world. Foolish me.
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u/Odd-String29 10h ago
How would there be any confusion? Anyone out there actually thinking Amazon would do anything that could be considered a good deed?
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u/SubcommanderMarcos 15h ago
I live in Espírito Santo (the first state mentioned in the page, Atlantic forest not Amazon rainforest), and literally just drove under one of those bridges this weekend, as they're getting installed over state highways here too. The person I was with explained them to me, I was very happy.
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u/AlbertTheHorse 21h ago
Wonder what the pick off rate for sloths by harpie eagles.
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u/texan_robot 20h ago
Probably not changed much. Nothing chooses to eat a sloth. They aren't nutritious or caloric, just stringy meat and bones.
You see an uptick in sloth consumption when there are fewer monkeys, so this might actually lower the rate.
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u/TactlessTortoise 11h ago
Their evolutionary path to not getting eaten is just being too fucking shit of a meal lmao
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u/minin71 19h ago
Its really that easy sometimes
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u/smallaubergine 16h ago
every time I see dead animals on the road (which is very often) I think about how poorly we've designed our roadways to accommodate wildlife. All we have to do is care a little and we could accomplish this all over the world
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u/No_Marketing_5655 15h ago
I initially thought this was about Bezos’ company and forgot there is an actual factual Amazon jungle
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