🤯 Did You Know (click to read)
Camera monitoring is used to verify whether large carnivores adopt newly built wildlife crossings.
Infrastructure projects in Malaysia have incorporated wildlife underpasses designed to reconnect fragmented tiger habitats. These structures allow animals to move beneath busy roads without entering traffic lanes. For a wide-ranging predator, even a single highway can block genetic exchange. Underpasses must be sufficiently large and vegetated to encourage use. Motion-triggered cameras confirm that tigers and prey species utilize some crossings. Such engineering attempts to reverse fragmentation damage. Roads once symbolized habitat loss; now they may partially mitigate it.
💥 Impact (click to read)
Wildlife crossings operate at scales comparable to railway tunnels. Their construction reflects recognition that apex predators require landscape continuity. Without safe passage, dispersing juveniles face lethal collision risk.
While underpasses cannot replace intact forest, they reduce mortality and restore connectivity. For a population under 150, preventing even a few road deaths annually has measurable demographic impact. Infrastructure design now directly influences predator survival odds.
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