I always see birds hang on the wires but never get fried how do they do. It?
Dear Gluebeh, That would be a problem only if they touched two wires simultaneously. I have heard of that happening to unfortunate squirrels.
We won't get a shock if we fly or when we aren't grounded... Because, Current flows only in closed circuits . A bird sitting in the wire doesn't form a complete circuit in order for the current to flow. In other words, Birds have their feet in the same wire. I've seen many days, birds (like crows in our country) get shocks. Sometimes birds too touch the Phase and neutral (or Earthing) wires thereby creating a largest potential difference, get toasted fall down. Not all birds are clever.
The wire has less resistance than the bird. If the wire were to be cut and the bird were to place one foot on each wire, then the bird would get electrocuted.
Because electricity won't pass through them unless they're grounded to something else. A human can do the same to a live wire as long as they aren't connected to something else the electricity can travel to.
