Birds know road speed limits
Crows, house sparrows and other species judge when to flee the asphalt by average traffic rates rather than an oncoming car's speed
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SLOW DOWN Birds that hang out on roads may rely on the speed limit to judge when to flee instead of checking how fast an oncoming car is moving, a new study finds.
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