Internet and animals, a different approach to the wondrous world of animals. Our animals have been tricked. For thousands of years we have been living with them, having the impression that the animals are very cute. On the one hand it's true, take a look at small cute puppies. And while we are busy watching videos with cute animals, you know now, puppies, kittens, monkeys, on YouTube, some others suffer as the same animals conspire to destroy our Internet.
This week, Reuters reported that its technicians Indias are struggling to bring it back Internet in the provinces of the country because the monkeys gnawed them cables of optical fibers running the length of the Ganges. Sounds like a mess. The crews constructions had to replace the cables in the holy city of Varanasi just two months after their installation because creating an underground system is impossible due to the large population of the city. The macaque monkeys were nearby and admired the excellent work of the crews, smiling blindly...
"The monkeys destroyed all the wires," communications technician AP Srivastava told Reuters. And apparently this will continue.
But it's not just the monkeys. Last summer, Google product manager Dan Belcher said at an event that all Fiber Optic's underwater cables are protected by Kevlar. Why; Shark attacks.
In a recent report, the International Cable Protection Committee reported that sharks are attracted to electromagnetic fields and thus begin gnawing on Internet cables.
Let's see another cute little animal. 2011, Level 3 Communications, which operates a 84.000 Mine Fiber Network in the US, reported that squirrels were the cause of 17% of the damage done to its cables. This is no surprise. Have you ever seen a squirrel do not chew anything?
Post / Photo The Verge.
