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perishthethought ,

3.5 billion birds are killed in North America per year? I didn't know anywhere near that number even existed.

But then again...

Wikipedia says there are about 7.5 million square miles in the US and Canada, so that's over 400 birds killed per square mile, per year, on average.

That's amazing, no?

MegaUltraChicken ,
@MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world avatar

not if we have anything to say about it

-Cats

Justas ,
@Justas@sh.itjust.works avatar

You forgot to include Mexico, but even with it it's pretty high.

perishthethought ,

I checked again and yeah, it's more like 9.5 million square miles, so an average of more like 370 bird deaths per square mile, per year. But now that I know that includes chickens and turkeys, and Mexico and Greenland and the Bahamas, it's OK.

match ,
@match@pawb.social avatar

Misconception. Birdkiller Georg has 3 billion dead birds a year and is also known as New York City

pafu ,

There are more than 8 billion chickens slaughtered every year in the US alone, to give some perspective.

ChaoticNeutralCzech ,

Is this even a meme? It's a screenshot of yet another Windows/windows joke.

ChaoticNeutralCzech ,

What's up with comms towers? High-voltage AM antennas are not that abundant anymore. Are birds getting cooked close to high-power transmitters? Shot to avoid interference with crucial military infrastructure? Is 5G real?

n7gifmdn OP ,
@n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca avatar

Well the image claims to be based on data from 2015, so no 5G was not real at that time.

ChaoticNeutralCzech , (edited )

That was a joke, and so was the previous sentence (a reference to the birdsarentreal conspiracy. Seriously, how do comms towers harm birds?

Edit: collisions with tall AM towers' guy wires

UntouchedWagons ,
@UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca avatar

Why is the bar for Windows as long as the bar for cats?

zephr_c ,
@zephr_c@lemm.ee avatar

Because it's by area, not length.

UntouchedWagons ,
@UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca avatar

It never even occurred to me to consider the height of the boxes lol

TimeSquirrel ,
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.social avatar

https://i.imgur.com/qeccUlZ.png

Nariom ,

The area isnt the same though.

steersman2484 ,

As are the numbers

EmperorHenry ,
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I actually laughed at that last part.

I don't let my cats outside without direct supervision.

JasonDJ ,

Who even uses cat? Use less or tail.

Zerush ,
@Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

Worst birdkiller is Musk

Anticorp ,

Fuckn Microsoft, man!

EvilEyedPanda ,

Bill gates putting microchips in the water to turn the birds suicidal

Evil_Shrubbery ,

I def have more penguins than windows in my house.

antonim ,

This reminds me of the anti-wind-energy arguments about the turbines killing many birds...

sirico ,
@sirico@feddit.uk avatar

I know a lot of people don't like Andrew Lloyd Webber but killing yourself is a bit much

snooggums ,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

Is the plural for CAT cable really Cats and not CAT cables?

Guess it is like mouses for more than one computer mouse.

TIL.

Fixbeat ,

No flu, I guess?

ElderberryLow ,

I see no lies

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