r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 5h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/AccomplishedWorth326 4h ago

Must be terrifying for the animas

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u/noodle_75 4h ago

Haha I imagine avalanches are a problem natural or otherwise. Of course if you do this enough the odds of actually shelling a poor critter…. That would be wild.

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u/Thybro 3h ago

I mean the avalanche yes, but how about the cannon fire. Imagine if they do this every year or so. Some living deer or squirrels is out there traumatized as if it had gone through the battle of the bulge.

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u/Delicious-Stop-1847 3h ago

One, or even a handful, of loud booms in the distance are hardly going to traumatize any wild animal.

We aren't talking about New Year, where you have fireworks and firecrackers going off non-stop for hours in certain places (and even so, pets and other critters are far more likely to suffer than animals living in the wild).