Wildlife crossings stop roadkill. Why aren't there more?

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A better way for animals to cross the road.
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Sources:
Highway Wilding: www.highwaywilding.org/
ARC Solutions: arc-solutions.org/
Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Reduction Study: Report To Congress: www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications...
Western Transportation Institute Road Ecology Program: westerntransportationinstitut...
"How Effective Is Road Mitigation at Reducing Road-Kill? A Meta-Analysis" T. Rytwinski et. al: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...
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Cminna: • Buffalo Crossing
DKrieger: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
El-polacio.com: • Slowest road crossing ...
Benjamin P. Y-H. Lee: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
m01229: flic.kr/p/FVDvhe
Maine Audobon: • Video
Larry Lamsa: flic.kr/p/Sbe5KM
Tamsin Mackay: • Giraffe owns the road
Ganesh Raghunathan: • Indian Gaur Crossing
Isydia Vibes: • Deer runs across my truck
Washington State Department of Transportation: wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2015/06...
Wyoming Department of Transportation: • WYDOT Crossing Structu...
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Roadkill harms animals, endangers drivers, and costs billions of dollars every year. In Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, wildlife scientist Tony Clevenger and other researchers have proven that constructing overpasses and underpasses for animals decreases roadkill and improves ecological connectivity. Many animals, including deer, elk, grizzlies, moose, lynx, cougars and others, have been recorded using the structures. Although animal crossing structures have been fairly common in Europe for a few decades, there are relatively few in North America. In The United States, the crossing structures that have been built, in places like Washington State and Wyoming, were partly inspired by the research Clevenger conducted in Banff. To create even more of them, Clevenger worked with a team of experts, including ecologist Nina-Marie Lister, to organize a design competition. The competition, named ARC solutions, was held in order to generate more cost-effective crossing designs that are also sustainable and environmentally friendly. The competition generated many new models for animal crossings and Clevenger and Lister hope that highway planners will adjust their approach to structure design based on them.
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@RsRuneSpec 7 лет назад

vox: making me care about issues i didnt realize existed

@thomasp100Gaming 7 лет назад

Paco Mexicano so true haha

@thebiglad 7 лет назад

never seen that one before

@GoldenTab 7 лет назад

Paco Mexicano replace issues with animals and you will be killed by vegans.

@glebfedorov2601 7 лет назад

Paco Mexicano I have mixed feelings about Vox, their usual videos are awesome, but anything concerning politics is super biased to the point where it's just hard to watch.

@RsRuneSpec 7 лет назад

Animus Vox though often time their motive seems biased, Vox does though promote their opinions with factual information

@jacob6039 5 лет назад

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because he didn't have an Animal Road Crossing... case closed.

@netajithevar296 4 года назад

It's not an animal

@bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963 4 года назад

William Clarke A chicken is an animal...

@oussyach8216 4 года назад

@@bfbvouabeorbvoaervure963 No it's a dragon duhhh

@matrixman8582 4 года назад

@@oussyach8216 A dragon is an animal too

@mingsweetjp1 4 года назад

Jacob because he needed to get to get to the other side

@kevinmartinez1477 6 лет назад

I would love that my taxes were to build this type of bridges, instead of building more military weapons, or to finance new wars and invasions.

@hotelvictortango 6 лет назад

A random Crusader why is he an idiot if it’s true

@theworldoverheavan560 6 лет назад

Night Hawk idiot

@MazdaRX--gm2dh 6 лет назад

Federal taxes (witch is what pays for the military) don’t go to fixing roads that’s what state taxes are for

@a.j.deutsch1792 5 лет назад

Kevin Martinelli, I think they should start actualy using their tax dollars. I mean, my state has the biggest gas tax in the country and they aren't doing too much with the billions they get from it. Sure our highways are ok. But backrouds are terrible. Even major ones.

@xxmemestar69xx82 5 лет назад

A random Crusader you're an idiot

@barcafc3990 6 лет назад

If the cost is the problem why doesn't our government actually use the money we give them for actually a productive thing like these animal crossings?

@Sphere723 6 лет назад

In short, fuel economy has gone up, gas tax rates have stayed the same. So less money for more cars.

@SenorGuina 6 лет назад

A random Crusader Us military funding is largely exaggerated, it's important, but it would be better to invest in infrastructure, and NASA

@migvelv 5 лет назад

New Leaf

@kodyjohnson6294 5 лет назад

You know what? You sound like an expert. You should go into government and then report back on the costs. OR you could look it up and stop acting like 90% of your taxes go towards military costs and Congress salaries.

@Phoenix-uy7nm 5 лет назад

@@kodyjohnson6294 You don't have to be an expert to look up gov pages which actually do show that the vast majority of our taxes DO go to military spending. Why are you defending the elites anyway?

@cianelt9963 7 лет назад

and the crossings are aesthetically pleasing!

@LegoSwordViedos 7 лет назад

And expensive.

@SarumanOrthanc 7 лет назад

Banananans Not as expensive as paying regulation, hiring architects, buying equipment and materials, hiring workers, and having the road closed. It only affects a relatively small area because the animals might not even discover it while following their normal routine.

@gloop2701 7 лет назад

Redcoat The Regular As the video explained animals saw it and adapted to it fine. Also sure it might not cost as much as hitting one deer but these crossings could prevent thousands of roadkill accidents in the future

@casualcommenter9730 7 лет назад

And these structures would promote more infrastructure jobs, which has historically (to my knowledge) always led to booms in america's economy

@aidanw6766 6 лет назад

Cianel T also aesthetically expensive!

@menuly 7 лет назад

The cost of just one raptor fighter jet would build 113 wildlife bridges at 3 million for each bridge. Crazy.

@MarloSoBalJr 6 лет назад

I think that's the point. Federal highways cost *FEDERAL $$$*, so rather pouring money for defense (or "offense") weapons, you cost reduce vehicular accidents.

@drsnowmon 6 лет назад

So? We need our guns and weapons to boss everyone in the World

@shnbwmn 6 лет назад

drsnowmon - the world would greatly appreciate it if America could kindly stop.

@emersonherrera4939 6 лет назад

But we need to spread democracy all around the world....tho😉

@jadenhalstead7290 6 лет назад

Din Joekhannaz China and Russia don’t hate us. Where’d you get that idea?

@sarahs_killin_it9806 5 лет назад

I often travel to Alberta and love seeing all the wildlife bridges along the way! Definitely a good use of our tax dollars

@richy77 3 года назад

Let's go Canada OP

@Christopher.Colberg 3 года назад

Yeah, on my way from calgary to the mountains, theres quite a few, they really help

@dhyeyapatel8688 2 года назад

Yet a majority of wildlife inhabited areas in Alberta and B.C still don't have overpasses and underpasses like Banff does.

@thetowerfantasymusic 3 года назад

Imagine if the USA took just 1 Billion out of their 700+ Billion $ budget for the military per year, the absolute good it would do.

@ianmalone6847 3 года назад

@MrG0TH1ER b-b-but we need to get involved in every Middle East conflict instead of fixing our schools, healthcare and roads

@alecnolastname4362 3 года назад

@@ianmalone6847 firecrackers boom boom Hehee it go boom. When you aren’t educated, things are just as entertaining as when you were a kid.

@hughjassstudios9688 3 года назад

Troops gets stationed in other countries on federal tax dime. If we charged other nations for the moving and provisions for the troops they ask for, maybe it will pay for many bridges.

@alecnolastname4362 3 года назад

@@hughjassstudios9688 So what your saying is the US Millitary should become a private entity?

@alecnolastname4362 3 года назад

@@hughjassstudios9688 For Hire War

@MrInsdor 7 лет назад

We have a bunch of those in Germany. They're called Grünbrücken, green bridges.

@SploshBadger 7 лет назад

Zinouweel I study Ecology in NZ and I really am jealous of how much effort Germany (and other EU members) put into keeping the enviroment clean, it really puts other countries to shame

@dabbingduskullz 7 лет назад

we have them in Australia

@MrInsdor 7 лет назад

Big Lover Yes and no. For example we're still the world's biggest producer and consumer of lignite/brown coal (as of 2014) as a country of 80 million. China and India (maybe more) do produce and consume more coal as a whole though. And that is actually only half as much as in the seventies. Still a sixth of the world's production. Also, moving away from atomic power sounds good in theory, but doing so before you have enough power from renewable energy means having to turn to more fossil fuels. Looking at Chernobyl right now, I'm not convinced atomic is worse than fossil fuel for animals and plants. But you are right. Compared to most countries, we in Europe, are almost saints. What I listed for Germany probably exists similarly in several other countries. The middle east pretty much only got where it is now due to fossil fuels, Australia keeps coal mining in disfavour to the reefs and an estimated half billion people in Asia, Africa and South America are burning down woods in unsustainable slash and burn agriculture.

@hmz01_ 7 лет назад

Troy Burton, we do? I haven't seen any in Perth tbh. Do you live up North?

@MrInsdor 7 лет назад

Aaron Smith Wolves actually came back to Europe in the last two decades. They also don't attack humans.

@drizm9257 7 лет назад

I hit a deer driving earlier. How the deer was driving I'll never know

@drizm9257 7 лет назад

Trinity English ❤

@stardust4001 7 лет назад

bruh haha

@TorquemadaTwist 7 лет назад

Driz M Pay attention to the road and stop staring at the deer's rack. Pervert.

@iainhansen1047 7 лет назад

Driz M hahahahahaha dammit now I have to dry my laptop

@poltronafrau 7 лет назад

WELL DONE BRUCE

@Creeppersharp 7 лет назад

As a Canadian who has driven through these wildlife bridges, they significantly reduce the fear of hitting wildlife whilst on the road. Also, the idea of these crossings is really interesting, at least to me, because they help animals whilst also ensuring that road development is not hindered

@kr3ptic_neckman88 5 лет назад

Is nobody gonna talk about how the fox looked both ways at 0:37

@beaolmos2293 5 лет назад

That was amazing! Thank you for pointing that out.

@kr3ptic_neckman88 5 лет назад

Bea Olmos your welcome

@playero2s 4 года назад

More clever than most kids with smartphones these days

@ovoxomcful 4 года назад

Nobody gonna talk about how the turtle looking both ways? @1:36

@tagrisaj3344 4 года назад

@@playero2s ok boomer

@qbmac2306 7 лет назад

Why did the chicken cross the wildlife crossing? To stop inbreeding.

@TorquemadaTwist 7 лет назад

QB Mac Untrue. Chickens are more incestuous than the Lannisters. They want to keep their bloodline 'pure'. Racists.

@TheRonster9319 7 лет назад

Bruce Dunn Targaryen's did most of the inbreeding haha

@KonradofKrakow 7 лет назад

Who will sit on the Iron Throne? The Iron Hen.

@Redorgreenful 7 лет назад

Comment of the day ⭐

@dontknow8118 7 лет назад

*claps loudly 👏

@joelike7787 7 лет назад

These wildlife bridges also look amazing too, who wouldn't want these on their highways??

@LegoSwordViedos 7 лет назад

they're expensive and the roads don't have the money to be maintained as it is. So they wont be maintained or replaced in the long run when they decay and we'll have a bunch of ugly decreped bridges everywhere 40-50 years from now. If you want them so bad go donate yourself stop telling politicians to take more of our money at gun point for these projects, or worse yet just building them on debt and passing the bill the the next generation.

@joelike7787 7 лет назад

LegoSwordViedos hahahahahaha oh my, I should say I'm European so can't exactly relate. But America's under investment in roads and infrastructure from federal and state level is criminally bad. only way to solve that is better allocation of taxed money, and increased progressive tax which America desperately needs to counter rising inequality and poverty

@RoCK3rAD 7 лет назад

Scott Like increased taxes do nothing, I live in one of the highest taxed places (New York City) and the infrastructure here has been terrible my whole life. The roads are bad, the subway is the worst in the world so taxes do nothing

@joelike7787 7 лет назад

Really bad example to disprove taxes though, you're using a very specific case there. That problem is with your own State and Major and their failure to under invest, not with the principle of taxes themselves. Plenty of evidence to support high tax countries (like northern Europe) that have incredible infrastructure and governmental services and welfare (and consequently happier people). I've been to New York, and your subway are awful, so dated and old, don't quite understand why it isn't a priority of your officials to tackle.

@RoCK3rAD 7 лет назад

Scott Like officials in America can't manage taxes properly yet they always want to raise them

@shoulders-of-giants 6 лет назад

Animal-vehicle collisions definitely cost lives. Almost every time.

@1light4love 5 лет назад

I'm so glad someone else said this first. I stopped the video right there. Talk about specism. WHO WAS HERE FIRST, AGAIN?!? Holy cow. 🙄🤭 Yes. Holy. Cow. 😁

@bob.evans.8679 5 лет назад

Really we hit a deer fucm in america at least in the country well get out move it into the ditch alot of times i mean after you hit it it gets back up keeps going or if ot dead ive seen some people put it in the back of there truck or you put it on the side of the road

@rowanwilliams1548 5 лет назад

Human lives and animal lives are not equal.

@sriraotherandomguy3806 5 лет назад

Rowan Williams why?

@sriraotherandomguy3806 5 лет назад

anonymous oh yeah yeah commander what about a bear or deer . Those are probably bigger than humans and stronger too

@boxbird5723 5 лет назад

Animal Crossings should be made more often (For the Nintendo Switch too)

@bonefish3264 5 лет назад

buddy do i have news for you

@mingsweetjp1 4 года назад

No neiteno

@HaventheDemoness-vy9lx 3 года назад

PFFT! The pun!

@Yoxorg 7 лет назад

For all the naysayers here, did you see the capital cost animal collisions have on us?!? $8 BILLION dollars a year! building these structures in that park in Canada reduced collisions by 94% from this video. NINETY FOUR PERCENT. if we estimate similar results for implementation in the US, we'd be saving $7.5 BILLION a year! I'd say that's a fantastic investment of tax payer money. A couple of million on some bridges to save an easy few billion per year.

@jonathanosborne1244 7 лет назад

I suspect you underestimate how many miles of road there actually are in the USA. Searching "miles of road in us" shows "There are approximately 4,071,000 miles". It's a lot more than a couple of million of investment and a LOT of people would not be happy if they were forced to have a fence in their front yard and a gate on their driveway to force the animals to the new crossings instead of just crossing the street in front of traffic.

@Yoxorg 7 лет назад

Jonathan Osborne mate, they won't be covering every road, just ones in key heavily animal populated areas. When someone says they're installing crosswalks, they don't mean stick them on every US road/highway, they mean in stategic city locations.

@ih8t2lose3 7 лет назад

Nah bro, we're talking tens-hundreds of billions of dollars

@Yoxorg 7 лет назад

ih8t2lose3 even if we're talking $50 billion, there's a 13~ year return on that if we're saving $7.5 billion a year. and why would we do all the bridges at once? I imagine it happening in stages, slowly over time, one bridge at a time. learn from each project and improve the next ones, build them more efficiently from lessons learnt

@jonathanosborne1244 7 лет назад

As long as you understand that in that case the amount of damage prevented won't be nearly 8 billion a year since you're excluding a lot of the collisions due to them not being in "heavily animal populated areas". It sounds like your proposal is actually to look at where the strikes are happening and do a cost/benefit analysis that is specific to each case and in this case I agree that this is a good idea to do (although I have my doubts about how many areas will justify the payback).

@stop6578 7 лет назад

Its ironic how constructing wildlife crossings is seen as a bigger issue than the cost of the collisions. Sure, it may cost a leg and a half for its initiative, but it will pay itself in the long run. I don't understand why government agencies like to think about the present and completely disregard the future.

@prayforharambe6200 7 лет назад

John Locke Not really. The crossing thing doesn't work. In the Netherlands they built one of those and only one animal crossed it, a cat.

@stop6578 7 лет назад

Thats the Netherlands. We are talking about the US and Canada which both have a considerable wildlife population.

@moc4123 7 лет назад

John Locke more and more spending...

@moc4123 7 лет назад

We actually can't afford this. We owe 19 trillion thanks to Obama and all we want to do is spend more because that's all we did the last 8 years.

@stop6578 7 лет назад

Based on what? For all I know the US spends half a trillion on military budget. You're making it sound like this would be a deal breaker when in actuality it really isn't.

@capt.fuzzball8956 5 лет назад

At Least people are doing something to protect animal. Unlike others *cough cough Peta cough*

@jkbleach4902 4 года назад

Zane Seegers ana oop

@karina_S13 4 года назад

😕 Peta??? What's that? Who are they???

@lameduck1690 4 года назад

@@karina_S13 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. They're a pretty radical animal rights organization who so happens to euthanize thousands of animals per year. Their campaigns are often absolutely ridiculous.

@ayowhat6139 4 года назад

U r coughing a lot. Take a medicine

@ToyotaCamry-go8gp 4 года назад

You know nothing about PETA lol

@Minecraft101ToonLink 6 лет назад

I actually tried to make this a thing in Minecraft for minecarts several years ago as an experiment, but the animals never used it. And now that I know how computers work, I now know that it was just the way artificial intelligence was designed then. I think I made it in 2012, so sometime between 1.2 & 1.4.

@johnrickard8512 5 лет назад

You forgot the important bit about putting fences along the minecart track.

@ry1774 3 года назад

you shouldve put fences along the side of the road, so that the AI realises the animal cant go there

@BigBang28A 7 лет назад

I cant wait to play real life animal crossing!!!

@HaloMG 7 лет назад

turning over a *new leaf*

@gustavoalamilla7260 7 лет назад

Atheist Lego plz "knit yourself" a Nice sweater

@Luaksz 7 лет назад

Atheist Lego thanks for promoting the "kool you system" anti-bullying program.

@tankwraith 6 лет назад

Atheist Lego thanks so much for allowing non bullying online!

@lmfao5194 7 лет назад

Cost my ass we apparently have enough money for wars and cities but not things like these

@Samtell 6 лет назад

lmfao

@valkarez1137 6 лет назад

they are too expensive

@romaniangamer1 6 лет назад

Valkarez But wars in Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Grenada and God knows how many more are very cheap. Now the point of the first 3 was to actually make profut which is disguisting

@valkarez1137 6 лет назад

RomanianSocialist k whats ur point

@steeldriver5338 6 лет назад

That's because the things you mentioned are funded by the fed. These crossings would be funded by the state or local gov, which are even more limited with the money they get. Should the fed step in? Absolutely, but until support ramps up, I doubt it'll happen.

@jaydenpham9953 4 года назад

Why did the Chicken cross the road? *it didn’t, it was ran over due to a lack of wildlife crossings.*

@iamvinnyyes 3 года назад

*Or even more realistic, why tf would a chicken cross the road.*

@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544 3 года назад

old man *idk to get food or a mate or whatever tf chickens do idk*

@DAN-sf6jd 3 года назад

I live in Croatia and we have fences about 20 meters from the highways for all the way and on the highways we have atleast one animal overpass every 10 killometers, im pretty happy about how the situation is over here.

@IronmanV5 7 лет назад

We need these in Texas. Know a rancher who a few years back hit a feral hog with his super duty. Totaled the super duty. Nice thing with underpasses is they are great places to wait out a bad storm, unless there are tornadoes.

@mattatherton1323 6 лет назад

oh nooo hopefully he didn't have any fun stuff on the truck

@IronmanV5 6 лет назад

King Ranch Superduty with an aftermarket bumper.

@puntoni 6 лет назад

Mark Longoria Getting under a tunnel is bad if there's a tornado.

@godzilla964 2 года назад

I'm a Texan too. I see deer everywhere I live. I saw one get hit by a truck.

@whatzittooya3873 7 лет назад

The lil sloth crossing the road😭

@CallieMasters5000 5 лет назад

Like where the hell is he going? I thought they were too lazy to haul ass anywhere.

@mydogsfacelookslikeastockp8275 5 лет назад

the leaves on the other side looked bigger, just like some people flock to the bigger food

@kelseycoca 5 лет назад

That road will be shut down for hours! Lol

@olerius1235 5 лет назад

Stop crying u baby

@olerius1235 5 лет назад

And ur drawing sucks

@cindygiesbrecht3146 5 лет назад

I love those wildlife crossings in Banff. They're beautiful as well as useful. I'm very proud to live near them.

@saihe8510 4 года назад

literally drove through banff for the first time this weekend and saw these structures in person, and now youtube recommended this video to me. the algorithm is real and it is creepy.

@sweettea3879 3 года назад

They're watching us.

@miriammeenattoor2952 2 года назад

Of course it real.Did you have location data on? If so, this is to be expected.

@Mksterk1998 7 лет назад

We have those everywhere in Germany.

@amtejsingh1355 6 лет назад

Martin m

@mosession8809 5 лет назад

that's not true ich hab erst eine solcher Brücken gesehen und ich war schon überall in Deutschland...

@Minebilding 5 лет назад

3.14159265358 wir wollen hier mal nicht übertreiben wir haben ein paar aber nicht überall

@tristanmoller9498 5 лет назад

Echt nicht viele

@yammmit 5 лет назад

Amtej Singh very epic response

@thisguyftw9874 7 лет назад

I was just in Banff Canada last week and there were a lot of those wildlife bridges

@krajca666 4 года назад

and they are still there ;)

@williamcromwell3432 5 лет назад

recently in Tucson Arizona, a wildlife bridge was built and there is a lot of controversies because we had to pay a small tax for it. Personally, I think it was worth it and the results have been exponentially increasing saving cars and animals. Animals take time to learn to use the bridges in the sky island ecosystem. So gradually its results have been more prevalent. I believe this was one of the first bridges in the USA and Americans are very stubborn with their money and are slow to change. But slowly I hope it will become more popular and supported. thanks for reading :)

@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536 3 года назад

Wildlife when humans step on leaves: gotta run Also wildlife when a vehicle is going 100kmh: yo let's run towards it.

@jessiemayfield6749 3 года назад

Dude have you tried crossing a highway with no crossing light? I’ve seen it done it’s very dangerous

@do.re.mi.2713 7 лет назад

This hits home. I live in PA and its horrible when you see the remains of an animal

@kad1342 5 лет назад

Yeah I've seen too many it's so sad I've seen three dead skunks, a deer, raccoon, and many more it really is heartbreaking 😢

@katxo7151 5 лет назад

me too! about every time i go on a long ride. i see dead animals on the road, and it’s sad

@ii_bubblegumkuki2578 4 года назад

I also live in PA. I saw a cat dying on the road.. it was too late to save it :((

@jamesnialG 3 года назад

What does living in PA have to do with roadkill? Just curious.

@kyemerchant5455 3 года назад

@@jamesnialG idk if this is what they mean but there is definitely an overabundance of deer here

@ryancarson8461 7 лет назад

Everyone's Worst Fear: Death My Worst Fear: Hitting an animal and having to live with myself

@dragosrmn9400 7 лет назад

Ryaka My worst fear: Running out of memes

@NO0MMM 7 лет назад

Same... Imagine killing someone's pet. My worst fear

@eganplaysMC 7 лет назад

My Worst Fear: Hitting an animal and not having car insurance.

@martinhubinette2254 7 лет назад

I was hitching a ride with with some friends downtown and they started worrying that they would hit a deer or a cat as they Saw a cat run over the road. Then they keep on driving 100+Km/h (60+mph) on a 50km/h (30mph) road. I swear the world is stupid. And when i protested they told me to shut up.

@martinhubinette2254 7 лет назад

David Deeley My cat was Run over on One of the roads they where driving to fast on...

@RevKali 3 года назад

We have some here in Colorado! I pass by some quite often on my way to work, it’s always amazing when there’s a heard crossing over while you’re driving by.

@817sports 6 лет назад

It would cost money but create a ton of jobs.

@tristanmoller9498 5 лет назад

Economy is doing well, if that’s the argument, we’ll build em during a recession

@kodyjohnson6294 5 лет назад

1. The government creating jobs is a bandaid fix that hurts more in the end. You’re using your tax dollars to pay yourself. And there is no return on investment from an animal crossing 2. Don’t you think the 8.3 billion spent on “vehicle repair, medical costs and other expenses” creates more jobs?

@lovecats7837 5 лет назад

We don’t have job problems in Canada as bad as you have it in the United States

@kodyjohnson6294 5 лет назад

Love cats we don’t have one in the U.S. At least not in the Midwest, you can’t walk down the street without seeing a “now hiring” sign.

@alexanderchristopher6237 5 лет назад

@@kodyjohnson6294 if you see "hiring now" signs, isn't that a job problem where there are not enough laborers/workers?

@perhour12345 7 лет назад

I went under at least 2 in Colorado last week... it was very refreshing to see! :)

@sandarbha 7 лет назад

That's my state!

@perhour12345 7 лет назад

+Rex Sandu Well I must say, I REALLY love your state. Went out to Steamboat Springs for a week and had a fantastic time.

@sandarbha 7 лет назад

@MyTrevonne 7 лет назад

I was trying to push for these in CT. Liberals of course was on board, but the opposition, conservatives, argued it was a waste of money, and a better solution would be to loosen gun restrictions in the state to encourage hunting so it will be less deer to hit.

@sion8 7 лет назад

*+*

@prayforharambe6200 7 лет назад

I highly doubt that. Anyway this would be way too expensive.

@buster7797 6 лет назад

those conservatives are the most american guys i've seen on my life,solve animals getting hit by cars and dying by shooting the animals and dying.

@aidanw6766 6 лет назад

Alhut Aleazim your kidding right? The amount of crossings needed to fix the problem would cost tens of billions that would never be made up for waste of money

@user-bi9kj1oh1f 6 лет назад

aidan wevodau lol. Did I say that the problem needs to be completely fixed? It at least has to save endangered species and what's your proof they will cost billions of dollars?

@standwiththeoppressed7030 3 года назад

The thing that shocked me is Singapore having wildlife and SPACE for it.

@tessonaut 3 года назад

I lived in Banff for a while and everyone loves these wildlife passes! They make so much sense!

@boostedremiska 7 лет назад

yup in eu preaty much every highway build in last years has this

@Livereater 7 лет назад

...wouldn't a smart bear or a smart wolf just wait by this animal bridge and have the deer funnel right to them and become dinner?

@chaoticrealm777 6 лет назад

Livereater00 If they ever get tired of moving around, sure. From what I've watched in National Geographic and the like, animals prefer their freedom to move around.

@jellejanwillie 6 лет назад

That also would mean to be around other competitors, so it might not be as ideal for the hunter. You'd probably have an easier time finding dinner in a spot where there are no others.

@openyoureyes3113 6 лет назад

The animal overpasses are good in one way bad in another. The one in Banff national Park there’s actually videos of animals that usually don’t come close to each other walking by each other over top structure. I seen a video and it was amazing when a bear walks right past dear.

@irispark1381 6 лет назад

Yup. This happens. It's also filled with other wolves doing same thing and deers migrating in giant group at any given time

@nicolasreinaldet732 5 лет назад

Here is the thing. Animals ( with some exceptions ) dont think abput things. They just folow they instincts. A good part of they "inteligence" is genetics plus wathever they learned from they parents.

@sleepingmelons8420 4 года назад

when I was 8 I remember having this idea. I just figured somebody has already thought of it and is working on something like this. My favorite Internet browser Ecosia has already perfected highways for wildlife. They are absolute pros when it comes to anything tree. I mean they've been doing it for ten years now, completely self funded. EDIT: I am just thankful somethings actually being done. I know how slow the US can be about things sometimes.

@asunflower7993 3 года назад

I'm a minor So my mom won't let me decide which Internet browser to use because she pays for it but when I pay for my oh I'm gonna use Ecosia

@5.43v 2 года назад

@@asunflower7993 😂

@yeetgaming69 Год назад

@@asunflower7993 internet browsers are free

@christopherjon3273 7 лет назад

So does this mean no more crossy road? :(

@MinenArbeiterLP 5 лет назад

Croatia has them too

@bungacow9241 3 года назад

Lol

@stephaniemeyer2786 7 лет назад

I really want more in the us... PLEASE can we get these all around the world. It is more safe for the earth and for the humans and animals

@prayforharambe6200 7 лет назад

No it really isn't. It's a waste.

@johnrickard8512 5 лет назад

@@prayforharambe6200 It's not really a waste considering lives are being saved here, but the economics of these things seem dubious at best.

@kalamaroni 7 лет назад

Nooo! Not mah sloth! Not mah sloth! He done nuttin' wrong! Just slowly waddling along to visit his gf in the next tree over...

@TorquemadaTwist 7 лет назад

kalamaron i In the sloth world that guy in the video is an Olympic sprinter.

@SockTeamStudios_Official 7 лет назад

Bruce Dunn in Zootopia world, sloth drives fast

@lucydrexel3073 5 лет назад

I’ve been to Banff before. It’s such a beautiful place! I saw some of these crossing things and it’s really cool!

@Dryaspis 3 года назад

I visited New York last year (I'm from Greece) and we rented a car to visit the Niagara Falls. We were stunned by the amount of dead deer on the side of the road and how high the risk was to hit a dear on the highway... I mean the probability felt way higher than any regulation should aloud it to be since we are talking about serious accidents both for the deer and passengers

@internetperson9813 3 года назад

And on the other side, there are practically none on the highway between Toronto and Niagara.

@TheCherryTrader 7 лет назад

ooooh so the chicken crossed the road to avoid inbreeding on its side, I get it now!

@Deadlyaztec27 7 лет назад

Cherry Trader It all makes sense now.

@erikpate8370 7 лет назад

What was that one bear doing crossing it 66 times lol ?

@chaoticrealm777 6 лет назад

thereal Bubba Life

@slopcrusher3482 6 лет назад

Because it could

@Minecraft101ToonLink 6 лет назад

The bear just needed to get over the bridge and through the woods to get to it’s grandma’s cave and back home.

@nathanbenzeleski3521 5 лет назад

thereal Bubba mating or looking for food.

@mikabarnayja5586 5 лет назад

finding food and mate

@jiabirbs4862 4 года назад

THE INTRO LITERALLY SCARED ME

@rahuldhargalkar 5 лет назад

A simple/ingenious solution to a very serious problem!

@ReadyPlayerArcade 7 лет назад

In america, this would mean more private funding, more government money going to national parks, dept of the interior, and infrastructure. Structure like these can be used to prevent natural disaster as well, like flooding and mudslides.

@swallowedinthesea11 7 лет назад

Yes, but it's never going to happen.

@exterminator9676 7 лет назад

Welcome to Animal Crossing.

@bramhocks4704 3 года назад

American: Why there aren't more Me a dutch: every where I go I see that bridge

@abhishekgorana372 3 года назад

Even in india i see them at many places even under pass in railways track also. America just care about profit.

@mohdhumza2071 3 года назад

@@abhishekgorana372 where in India you saw those ? In my opinion India would be the last country to think about this. Our politicians are busy collecting votes and money.

@abhishekgorana372 3 года назад

@@mohdhumza2071 in Madhya Pradesh. Yes our politicians might be clueless about such things but not the bureaucracy

@bilboomer1105 3 года назад

@@mohdhumza2071 in the Mumbai Delhi expressway they are going to build a lot of those . Plus we have already some of those as the other guy mentioned.

@over00lordunknown12 5 лет назад

This is why I love the internet, interesting videos like this that actually teach me about an issue and it's solution! :)

@SullyGamer17 7 лет назад

This is why I'm subscribed to Vox.

@cristinakhatiwada 5 лет назад

Jack Sullivan me too

@akzebraminer5679 5 лет назад

Jack Sullivan Are you still subscribed after they started a new Adpocolyse?

@MrDapcat 7 лет назад

That elephant would wreck that car

@chantalbellmont6937 6 лет назад

I live an hour away from Banff, and would drive though the park, and visit the park a lot as a kid. Growing up, I always thought the animal crossings were a normal thing that people made everywhere. I was surprised to learn that they were not common.

@benbruning3413 5 лет назад

I really wish this would be more common because it's so important. Great video

@Onneukbaar 7 лет назад

Here in the Netherlands we have a lot of them

@swallowedinthesea11 7 лет назад

I like your country and your women.

@NietStefan 7 лет назад

11swallowedinthesea appreciate it! We do too

@edipires15 6 лет назад

How’s the squirrel bridge doing?

@marioventura6055 7 лет назад

Thank god for you, whoever did this video.

@proskilztimez2785 3 года назад

I’m glad to live in a place we have these (I don’t live in Banff but I do take that highway occasionally and it’s actually cool to see animals cross them, I once saw a black bear with her cub on the highway once and one of her cubs was hit and killed sadly, but after those were built a decade later I saw a mama bear and her 2 cubs cross the first one they actually showed and it made me smile so much, but I did cry so I had to pull over

@internetperson9813 3 года назад

Such an emotional story 😭

@Wolfsification 6 лет назад

I Quebec, Canada, when we had to construct a new highway, we just made the bridges that were going over rivers larger, so animals can cross from bot side of the river, underneath the highway. The bridge is a little more expensive then a normal smaller bridge, but it sill way cheaper than the design showed here!

@douglasdale8592 7 лет назад

I live in Calgary and have a place in Banff and it's funny how all the time I see black bears climbing the fences which are perfectly suitable for climbing as is the case when pine polls are used. I believe they should do something about this prominent issue in the Canadian Rockies. Just an interesting thought I had about these overpasses and underpasses.

@mysterioustiings9909 3 года назад

Louisiana taxes should go towards this, new roads, and better schools. Not funding rich people like they do now.

@Mo.Ha900 3 года назад

This is incredible, I hope this becomes more common around the world 🙏🏼

@chingymofo1 3 года назад

Need these in Australia, especially in the more rural parts like where I live. A lot of non Aussies seem to be shocked that they see more dead kangaroos on the side of the road than live ones. Also they can grow to quite a big size and when its a mother and her family it's hard to avoid them! Man I'd feel way safer driving at night not having to look out for roos!

@Craigory722 3 года назад

I learned about these in elementary school like 20 years ago. Sad that there aren't more.

@ravencassidy1979 5 лет назад

If there are alot of wildlife bridges there should be strict laws that forbid any hunting near them

@jarringprism494 Год назад

I hit a giant elk and it totaled my car two weeks (to the day) after I bought it. It ran down an almost 90 degree cliff on the side of the road before it ran straight into my headlight. Never have I ever been as scared as I was when that happened. I was all alone with no cell reception up in the mountains at dusk. If I had been a couple seconds later driving down that road, I probably wouldn’t be alive. We just recently got one of those built in my state after years of them working on it, and I just wish we could have more. They truly are lifesaver to both humans and animals.

@Donkey2_ 4 года назад

The idea of building a bridge for animals to cross in a great and smart idea! This saves a lot of money from accidents and insurances and most of all it saves both people and especially the animals because they have no forms of protection at all unliked people are protected in cars. I'm so happy for the ideas and for the animals. Thank you sir and hats off to you!

@ledkeeganledkeegan1346 4 года назад

donkey 2 the only problem I see is that small towns won’t have enough money for it especially in the state I live in (New York) where all the taxes go to the city’s

@mini_high 7 лет назад

they still have animals in Europe? Interesting

@zribo5063 4 года назад

What do you mean there are more wildlife in europe than in donald trump landia

@lead_tv 4 года назад

@@zribo5063 landia?

@bobobluedog 4 года назад

@@zribo5063 actually no there's a billion more wildlife in America like deer,polar bears ,red foxes,wolves,black bears,brown bears,and a while bunch of cool aquatic life. And unlike Europe we actually care about our wildlife and have very strick hunting polices such as not shooting breeding pairs,and no pregnant or young ones. Europe on the other hand as completely screwered their wildlife .There's pretty much no wolves or lions and everything else is gone.

@comradepolarbear6920 4 года назад

@@zribo5063 no you don't. We have way more species of animals and along with with that national parks. We care way more for our land then you guys do, so please step back in your place.

@Calv-tb1bx 4 года назад

@@bobobluedog also europe protects its wildlife very well. What have you got against europe? And you know europe isnt a country. It's a continent. There are alot of countries in europe like uk,france,germany,greece,Czech republic... all with varying wildlife laws. Dont discriminate and think all of europe is the same.

@kyle7574 6 лет назад

I'm republican and I love this idea

@Samtell 6 лет назад

@patrick-ul5ws 6 лет назад

Why does it matter that you are a republican

@Victor-ly1cj 6 лет назад

"I'm republican" *said the guy with eminem profilepic*

@casual_ice_consumer4148 5 лет назад

Why'd we have to politicize this?

@Mumsiken 5 лет назад

In Canada they value all life.

@ijustwanttosleepnow 3 года назад

Aye! So proud of us for having these :)

@TheHadesShade 4 года назад

In the Netherlands currently has 30 ecoducts (wildlife crossing bridges) and another 20 are in construction or planned to be build in the nest 20 years. The first was build in 1990.

@Perfectly_Cromulent351 3 года назад

Our road bridges are dangerously unsafe, there’s no way the US government is going to spend money on bridges for animals.

@loreleilazuli8874 2 года назад

Maybe they should start taxing billionaires and getting rid of tax loopholes.

@handrihandoyo 6 лет назад

Such a good video really inspiring stuff!

@ShiningSakura 5 лет назад

I would love to see this in yellowstone in a few spots. I know going slow definitely helps, and you would still need to go slow in the park after one building ones like this. What it would help with is buffalo jams and idiots trying to get up close to them while they cannot move their car. Yellowstone has seen a HUGE increase in park attendance to the point that you almost cannot get through the park and you cannot lodge anywhere near there either. So many tourists making it hard to walk on the footpaths and lots more close calls to people getting almost pushed over into hot springs. I went this year early summer to try and beat the summer rush.... It was packed. The rush just comes earlier every year.

@nukelyS 6 лет назад

I actually grew up around the Kootenay/Banff area. For a long time I had NO idea that overpasses weren't everywhere. A simple solution that will need to be implemented if we want to press towards a sustainable future for ourselves and the wildlife that live with us.

@KrazyKate859 7 лет назад

Wow only 7 views? I've never been this early ever. Now on the video, this concept is amazing and I'm mad I've never heard of this. These are brilliant and so good for nature, we need more of these!

@aniketmehendale 7 лет назад

Kat Leigh k m'lady

@cameronsipka3352 7 лет назад

Aniket Mehendale what?

@kawsarhussain5448 7 лет назад

I believe he said 'k m'lady'

@MrRisdon1 7 лет назад

Kat Leigh , The video JUST came out. Chill

@joostietoost4220 7 лет назад

Kat Leigh Because you are early doesnt mean nobody cares about the video.

@nuclearelevator8898 7 лет назад

"And grizzly bears." *Shows black bear.*

@KiroKanashii 4 года назад

We really need more of these. Specially in Philippines, seen too much roadkills and lost animals in roads.

@larrote6467 6 лет назад

very glad you tackled habitat fragmentation

@Sebastian-lr8jc 5 лет назад

Ever been in Norway? They are animalcrossings everywhere there.

@Klossmann 5 лет назад

Lol nei. Kanskje et par steder på østlandet. Men langt i fra sannheten

@TheJaredtheJaredlong 7 лет назад

How to desjgn something well: Stel 1: HIGHER A GODDAM ARCHITECT

@Sphere723 6 лет назад

Nah. Those designs would be ridiculously expensive. Hire an engineer.

@amperzand9162 6 лет назад

And those will be over pragmatic, hire both and add somebody specific to what the building's for.

@tristanmoller9498 5 лет назад

Hire a tighter budget They’ll figure it out

@eringreelish9608 5 лет назад

Hire any human to redesign your bad typing

@Bronze_Age_Sea_Person 5 лет назад

Hire a team of capable peole,each with a specific skill to make your RPG,oh wait,design party.

@zendriumminium8724 3 года назад

Love the fact that US only starts to think about this now. Mean while in the netherlands we already have those Eco ducts.

@flowerpower8722 3 года назад

I love a good productive solution to problems that affect so many.

@shadowheadmaskedbandit1034 6 лет назад

Wow. I wanna help. These should be everywhere.

@yizharamir5915 7 лет назад

very interesting!

@chickenbatnana4600 4 года назад

I live in an important animal habitat in the Netherlands called the Peel, there's foxes, deer, wild hogs, ermines and weasels, and a lot of them. The roads here are too small to have them get proper wildlife crossings (though we do have them on highways) but what all the tiny roads have are these 4 sided turning little reflective things. When light from the car shines on it, they reflect, and then due to wind or the cars speed they turn and move. That way wildlife is scared off and they dont get used to it, because it moves around.

@mythirdchannel 7 лет назад

this is amazing! I'm totally blown away by these things existing, and by the people who dreamed them into reality. So cool :)

@latebloomer4959 5 лет назад

That's awesome I've never seen one of those

@kingterra111 5 лет назад

We need more people to look at this and say, yes we need more of these

@nothingatall3432 4 года назад

KingTerra111 maybe if we could roll back some regulation so it didn’t cost millions of dollars. Than more conservatives and republicans would be on board