Birds in Ukraine weave nests from drone fiber-optic cables discarded in war zones
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Mark Tyson
Summary
A short article reports that birds in Ukraine's war zones are adapting to the battlefield environment by weaving nests out of fiber-optic cables discarded from drone warfare. The fibers, left behind by the miles of drone cables littering the landscape, serve as an excellent thermal insulator for the nests. The discovery came after a Russian glide bomb knocked down a tree in Donbas, revealing sample nests made of optical fiber.
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· 3 pulledBirds have been discovered feathering their nests with optical fiber.
Our feathered friends are tidying up the miles of fiber waste precipitated by drone warfare, at least a little bit, while making use of what is likely an excellent thermal insulator.
It definitely isn't the tech utopia we dreamed about, but the birds might have been colder without this detritus of war.
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