A bird sitting on a high tension electric wire does not get electrocuted because:

A. Sit has high resistance
B. the body is earthed
C. it does not form a closed path for the flow of current
D. its feet are good insulators

Submitted by: Abid Hussain

Birds don’t get shocked when they sit on electrical wires because they are not good conductors of electricity. If the bird would touch the ground while sitting on the wire or flap its wings and touch another electric wirewith a different voltage, then it would get shocked and likely die by electrocution.

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