Vladimir Dinitz in Podcasts
personA scientist who observed a hawk waiting for cars at a traffic light in New Jersey.
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Why Daylight Boosts Immunity
So Vladimir spent a couple weeks watching this and saw the hawk attack six different times. And Vladimir's theory here is that the hawk just listens for the beeping sound to know when it can launch its attack. He wrote about it in the journal Frontiers in Ethology.
Short Wave
Why Daylight Boosts Immunity
But if the hawk just swoops in, the prey will fly away. The hawk needs cover for this ambush. And that's when the story, like, really starts. Zoologist Vladimir Dinitz observed a hawk waiting for a long string of cars to line up at this traffic light.