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SCIENCE SERVICE, of Washington, D.C., gives an interesting but somewhat alarming summary of Dr. Dreyer's statistical report of animal road deaths, made during a journey of 2,550 miles. Dr. Dreyer counted sixty-one dead animals on the road. This included cats, dogs, birds, snakes and turtles. Contrary to expectations, more turtles than chickens met their death in this unhappy way, there being counted eighteen of the former and only three of the latter among the total. Of the other animals listed, after turtles, which headed the list, skunks were the most unfortunate. Dr. Dreyer's census is of particular value in that little attention has hitherto been paid to animal road fatalities in the campaign against loss of life by the motor-car.
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Animal Road Fatalities. Nature 137, 310 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137310c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137310c0