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Terrible scenes were filmed in the historic center of the Italian capital. Thousands of birds died or could no longer fly, disoriented by fireworks New Year Eve in Rome, although the authorities had prohibited the organization of this type of shows, given the traffic restrictions caused by the pandemic.
People were desperate for this year 2020, they were upset by the restrictions imposed and found on these fireworks, this year to a greater extent than in other years, they encountered a crackdown, said biologist Adrian Bîlbă, the director, on Digi24. Constana Museum of Natural Sciences. “I don’t know if they did something like that uba-uba to drive away evil spirits, but certainly a repression through noise and the light show that probably existed, “he said.
Fireworks are an old custom, an Asian custom, to ward off evil spirits. Interestingly, he left the Chinese province of Hunan (adjacent to Hubei province, whose capital is Wuhan, no) and there are still many factories that produce fireworks, said the biologist.
“These are habits that, unfortunately, make not only the animals uncomfortable, but also other people who don’t want to listen to them. Birds are not nocturnal animals, they are eminently diurnal, and consequently starlings -because they are in Rome- but not only starlings, but also other birds that take refuge in cities in the cold season, in great numbers. , they get scared and of course they cannot handle it, they are disoriented, they run into various obstacles, they fall and die. Many of them do not even manage to realize what is happening, many of them fall dead, frightened by the shock generated by the sound waves, the light, which generates such a situation not understood for these animals ”, explained Adrian Bîlbă.
Dogs listen 50 times louder than us
Beyond the animals not realizing that it is the New Year, they perceive these light and sound signals to a much greater extent. Dogs listen, for example, 50 times louder than we do.
“You realize how they listen to fireworks, cats, many animals suffer from our joy and my opinion is that we should understand more, because through knowledge we realize that we are often wrong,” said Adrian Bîlbă.
“Pets and animals that, beyond the wild ones, live in urban areas, such as stray dogs, are terrified by these fireworks, they don’t understand them, they hear them much louder than we do and we have to think about them, to understand that it is just a light show, a sound show, ”said the researcher.
We end up destroying our own home
Our invasion of the natural environment is still very strong and we have not learned anything from those blackout periods in which the entire planet held its breath for a while and the animals were also able to breathe calmly. We have not learned anything and we continue doing the same invasion, without thinking about them, said the biologist.
“We thought selfishly about our pleasure for a few minutes, in which the world saw beautiful fireworks, but did not see the smoke afterwards, did not see the scared animals after that, did not see the pollution generated by them. Money thrown away, which can be used for much more useful purposes. All of these are things to know and learn, because otherwise we get nowhere other than destroying our own home! ”Warned biologist Adrian Bîlbă from Digi24.
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
