Five Crazy Bridges for Animals

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Image Credits
Traffic - Wikimedia user Minesweeper
High Tension Power Lines - Andy Beecroft
Lesser Prairie Chicken - Greg Kramos / USFWS
Greater sage-grouse - USFWS Pacific Southwest Region
Fawn Footed Mosaic Tailed Rat - Greg Schechter
Sitka Black Tailed Deer
Reindeer - Alexandre Buisse
Pronghorn - Yathin Krishnappa
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Cow
Pipeline
Dry Grass Field
Soccer Field - O'Jay Barbee
Footbridge - William Murphy
Wildlife Crossing - Adam Ford
Rope Bridge - Rodney van der Ree / ARCUE
Crab Overpass - Parks Australia
White tailed deer
Angola Colobus - Ryan E. Poplin
Elephant Underpass - Jason Straziuso / AP
Salmon Cannon - Whooshh Innovations
Grassland - Wikimedia user Scottthezombie