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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoCouldn’t that also be new improvements in car aerodynamics where bugs simply glide off instead of getting squished?
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·7 months agoApparently, it’s the other way around, presumably because unaerodynamic cars pushed around a big air cone, which deflected the insects. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/12/car-splatometer-tests-reveal-huge-decline-number-insects
Couldn’t that also be new improvements in car aerodynamics where bugs simply glide off instead of getting squished?
Apparently, it’s the other way around, presumably because unaerodynamic cars pushed around a big air cone, which deflected the insects.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/12/car-splatometer-tests-reveal-huge-decline-number-insects