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Why don't birds get electrocuted when they land on an electric wire?​

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Birds can sit on power lines and not get electric shocks because the electricity is always looking for a way to get to the ground. The birds are not touching the ground or anything in contact with the ground, so the electricity will stay in the power line.

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because the electricity always looking for a way to get to the ground

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