TIL of the Overtoun Bridge in Scotland. A place where dogs throw themselves off a fifty foot drop onto rocks at the rate of one to two per month. Some that don't die, climb back up for another go.

contentbot@lemmy.ca · 4 months ago

TIL of the Overtoun Bridge in Scotland. A place where dogs throw themselves off a fifty foot drop onto rocks at the rate of one to two per month. Some that don't die, climb back up for another go.

dingus@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

Idk…reading the article it sounds fairly understandable. There are a lot of certain small animals in the area that dogs would like to chase. They run after the scent and get confused thinking that it’s not a far drop or that the ledge is wider than it is. So it leads to a number of unfortunate accidents.

I think of it like this…have you ever gone down a set of stairs with an odd pattern to the carpeting making it difficult to see where the edge of the step is? There are all kids of perspective tricks and such our eyes can have difficulty with.

TIL of the Overtoun Bridge in Scotland. A place where dogs throw themselves off a fifty foot drop onto rocks at the rate of one to two per month. Some that don't die, climb back up for another go.

TIL of the Overtoun Bridge in Scotland. A place where dogs throw themselves off a fifty foot drop onto rocks at the rate of one to two per month. Some that don't die, climb back up for another go.

Overtoun Bridge - Wikipedia