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somni-omni:

Birds don’t get electrocuted on power lines because electricity does not move through their bodies. When the bird sits with both its feet on the electrical wire, its legs have an equal electrical potential, so the electricity will not move through its body. The bird isn\u2019t touching the ground or anything in contact with the ground, so the electricity stays in the power line.

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And they’re much higher resistance than the wire

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