asked 93.9k views
2 votes
Why Don't Birds Get Electrocuted When They Land on Electric Wires?

asked
User Eppye
by
8.1k points

1 Answer

6 votes

Answer:

Birds are able to sit on electrical power lines because the electrical current essentially ignores the bird's presence and continues to travel through the wire instead of through the bird's body. A bird's body is not a good conductor of electricity.

hope i helped

answered
User Ramez Ashraf
by
8.2k points

Related questions

asked Sep 17, 2018 204k views
Jaswanth Kumar asked Sep 17, 2018
by Jaswanth Kumar
7.6k points
1 answer
0 votes
204k views
1 answer
5 votes
128k views
2 answers
11 votes
224k views
Welcome to Qamnty — a place to ask, share, and grow together. Join our community and get real answers from real people.