Comments on: Overtoun Bridge – Scotland’s Mysterious Canine Suicide Spot https://www.odditycentral.com/news/overtoun-bridge-scotlands-mysterious-canine-suicide-spot.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=overtoun-bridge-scotlands-mysterious-canine-suicide-spot A collection of oddities that includes weird places, strange people, bizarre events and other odd stuff from all around the world Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:03:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: MF https://www.odditycentral.com/news/overtoun-bridge-scotlands-mysterious-canine-suicide-spot.html#comment-466911 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:03:53 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/?p=32287#comment-466911 It is not odd, but very simple. The layout of some bridges, viewed from on the bridge create an optical illusion for dogs, because of their height and the way their brains work. They assume it is a small wall, with the ground immediately on the other side. It’s just how dogs commonly think – they leap over expecting the ground to be right there. Its very sad – bridges that are shown to do this should have warning signs for dog owners before the approach.

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