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 | | So if the bird has one foot on our original wire, and the other foot on, for example, the ground or on a different wire with less voltage, the bird would be electrocuted, because the electricity would pass through the bird on its way from the high-voltage line to the lower-voltage line or the ground. |
 | | But as long as both of the bird's feet are on the same wire (or wires of the same voltage), the bird is safe. |
 | | This would work for humans, too--if you were to hang suspended from one of these wires, you wouldn't be electrocuted, as long as you didn't get too close to anything else, like a ladder or a telephone pole or the ground. |
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