💩 Why do birds always leave their gift in clean cars?
If you have ever left the proud washing tunnel of your gleaming car ... just to find it the next day covered with winged "memories", you are not alone. It seems that birds have a special radar to detect bright and freshly cleaned surfaces, but is it true or just a sensation? What if there is science behind this phenomenon as irritating as curious?
Today in The Curious Pancho, we are going to solve it. 🕵️♂️🐦
🧪 Clean cars attract birds more (and it's not a joke)
A study by the British cleaning company Halfords Autocentres He analyzed more than 1,000 vehicles in five cities in the United Kingdom. Result? The cars of red, blue and black color They were the most attacked by the birds, and among them, the newly washed carried the worst part.
Chance? Not quite. There are several factors that explain this accuracy aim.
🌞 Bright reflexes and surfaces: the great deception
Newly washed cars reflect light as mirrors. And it turns out that many birds are very sensitive to reflexes. Some species even interpret their reflection as a threat or territorial competence.
In addition, the bright and smooth surfaces They may look like water or safe rest areas from the air. The bird low ... and while it is accommodated or scared, drops its "package." Because yes, birds do not control when they evacuate. They do it when they need it, regardless of the moment or the place.
🧬 An efficient digestive system ... and without control
Birds have a super fast digestive system. By not having bladder like mammals, they eliminate liquid and solid waste in a combined way. This allows them to stay light to fly ... but it means they do their needs Very often.
It is estimated that a bird can defecate every 15 to 20 minutes. So if you have a tree near or you are under a common flight route, the probabilities multiply.
🅿️ The location matters ... and much
Parking under trees, electrical cables or next to food sources (such as bins) increase the exposure. But if your car is clean, dark and bright ... it is also a perfect visual target.
🧼 How to avoid it?
- Avoid parking under trees, posts or eaves where birds usually rest.
- Use car covers if you don't have a garage.
- Some repellent protectors or even CD hanging in trees can move birds away by the light reflection.
- And if it happens to you ... clean as soon as possible! The excrement can damage the paint if it leaves a long time.
🤔 And you had noticed it?
This behavior has a scientific basis, but it also shows us how much we share space with nature ... even if it is not always welcome in our hood 😅
Do you have any anecdote with snipe pigeons? Leave her in the comments and share this curiosity with whom she always cleans the car "to rain" ... or to bombard it 🐤💣
