Noise made by humans can be bad news for animals
The racket of humankind can drown out little sounds of life-and-death importance
LISTEN UP Even if prairie dogs don’t move their homes away from human noise, the distraction may take a hidden toll.
G. Shannon
I keep looking over my shoulder at the dark wall of roadside trees that passing headlights make slightly less black. Muggers are less of a worry than some suburban samaritan materializing out of the winter gloom to ask if everything’s OK with a reporter down on her hands and knees in front of a parked car, caressing the pavement.