Why Don't Birds on Power Lines Get Zapped?

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Skillshare is offering SciShow viewers two months of unlimited access to Skillshare for free! skl.sh/scishow-11 If you stick your finger in a socket, you’re in for a bad time, so how can birds perch on power lines without getting zapped? Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: rokoko, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.explainthatstuff.com/electricity.html alum.mit.edu/slice/how-do-birds-sit-power-lines-without-getting-electrocuted journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0300985816646431 slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/07/why-are-power-lines-so-dangerous.html www.eagles.org/take-action/avian-friendly-power-lines/ journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0101565 megaanswers.com/why-does-water-conduct-electricity-while-air-does-not/

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