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Animals get hypnotized by the car lights. Here if you get a wildboar or deers, they either run as crazy, jump in the middle of the road or freeze in front of you, no matter how much you are speeding.

AnnSofiNovelist 5mo ago

We usually see hares and mice sunning across the road, and they make it across with speed, which is nice! I'm really happy they usually don't try to stop!

These two calves looked a bit confused, but they did keep moving which was nice! The bigger cows have seemed more open to moving when we come with a car, or they've stayed on the side of the road instead of crossing it when they kinda seemed like that's what they were about to do.

"Deer in the headlights" is a real thing, as the bright lights actually stuns them, I've heard, so that makes sense.

I'm glad we don't have wild boar, cause I wouldn't wanna go outside and encounter one of those 😅

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 5mo ago

even if the bright light doesn't actually put the animal into a state of catatonia, it still is disorienting. this is why many gun mounted tactical lights have flash modes to disorient the targets so they can't shoot back.

AnnSofiNovelist 5mo ago

I'm guessing you're referring to combat with other humans rather than the cows or deer shooting back, right? 😅

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 5mo ago

in the dark, bright light destroys your ability to see in the direction the light is coming from, so it causes disorientation. deer and rabbits and other nervous animals this causes shock, their blood pressure drops because their pulse weakens. cows are quite nervous animals too, but not as nervous as rabbits or deer, and animals like cats and sheep and goats (and weasels and raccoons) are just crazy so when they get that shock reaction their adrenalin surges and they run. humans are somewhere in between.

FikaTimeBooks.com 5mo ago

This is interesting.