Factlets about Road Kill

Here are some little facts, or factlets (or factettes?), about the dangerous intersection of nature and roads.

In the US roads cover an area equivalent to 100,000 football fields - per state.

In the US, as early as the 1960s, estimates suggested that cars kill a million animals a day.

Not surprisingly, a study found that the heart rate of female bighorn sheep increased notably when nearing a road, regardless of whether there was traffic or not.

So .... anyone for a bike ride?



These are true factlets, vouched for by Discovery Magazine, not mere factoids.