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Is roadkill - animals killed accidentally by vehicles accidentally running them over - a modern thing, or did it used to happen in the pre-modern era? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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My assumption is that it's probably been a thing since roads, so possibly since at the least Ancient China, but I don't know, so I was curious if any experts know.

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[–] human@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I read in this book that the "deer in the headlights" behavior is because they can't really process something moving at that speed.

I'm sure there were animals killed in wagon wheels and groups of people riding horses and stuff, but we're obviously on a different level.