Deer need to all die

Deer need to all die Nov 27, 2020 11:57:02 GMT

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Post by Arlon10 on Nov 27, 2020 11:57:02 GMT

Nov 27, 2020 10:43:15 GMT Karl Aksel said:

Nov 24, 2020 9:15:37 GMT Arlon10 said:

I suspect most of the problem is the difference in the way deer and cars move. Deer spring, cars glide. The gliding car confuses the deer. Try to see it from the perspective of the deer. It is thinking, "If those cars would just spring like normal deer, we could guess where they're going and when they'll get there. But this?"

Be careful. Don't try to mimic springing with your car. Cars can neither accelerate nor decelerate as quickly as deer can.

In combination with the fact that cars are moving away or towards, they will have difficulty gauging how much distance is safe. Also at night, when all they see are the lights, they're not going to automatically associate that with a big, physical object.
Even in daytime, though, they seem to wait until the last possible moment to leap across. I think they realise that they're running out of time if they want to cross the road, but not bright enough to realise they can simply wait until the car has passed - that would require planning.

Dodge made a car called the "Dart" (discontinued) that couldn't mimic deer springing either. Deer have a good top speed, but another advantage they have is the ability to reach that speed in a very short time (accelerate), and to suddenly change direction (decelerate) that takes as much force as acceleration.