‘Looming’ Illusion Deters Raptors At Airport
Researchers working with Airbus have tested a visual pattern that causes birds of prey to avoid airport areas where there is a high risk of collisions with aircraft. The pattern was tested at Lourdes-Tarbes-Pyrénées Airport, near plains where buzzards and kites forage in the summer. Despite raptors’...
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