fibre optics in nature - the auroran sunset
This section is dedicated to the many useless facts that we collect in our travels. Warning: your brain may run out of room for useful information!
“A number of flora and fauna cause damage to fiber. Some birds really
like the Kevlar reinforcing material and think it makes lovely nests for
their babies, so they peck away at fiber-optic cables to get at that
Kevlar material. Rodents such as beavers like to sharpen their teeth on
exposed cable . Several different types of ants seem to enjoy the
plastic shielding in their diet, so they nibble at the underground
fibers. Sharks have been known to chomp on cable near the repeating
points. A plant called the Christmas tree plant thinks that fiber-optic
cable is a tree root and wraps itself around it very tightly and chokes
it off.” pp.80-1, Telecommunications Essentials: The Complete Global Source
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Telecommunications Essentials: The Complete Global Source
by Lillian Goleniewski & Kitty Wilson Jarrett
Addison Wesley, 2006, pbk
ISBN-10: 0321427610/ISBN-13: 978-0321427618
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