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  1. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐆🚗 On #Washington’s #OlympicPeninsula, camera traps and tracking collars show #deer shift their space and time use wherever #pumas roam, avoiding #roads and sleeping through the night hours when collisions are worst.

    The result is a drop of up to 76% in deer-vehicle crashes where the #predators are most active. Notably, pumas deliver this benefit mostly by scaring deer, not killing them, essentially serving as free wildlife bridges.

    👉 popsci.com/environment/pumas-p

    #pumas #puma #cougars #mountainlions #wolves #predators #ecology #wildlife #roadsafety #deer #behavior #ecosystemservices #olympicpeninsula #conservation #science