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How do animals safely cross highways? | Learn the phrasal verb ‘cut through’

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Wild Life Crossings

The state of california is planning the biggest wild life crossing in america. It will be 200 feet long, and it will cross ten lanes of whizzing traffic. But this won't be an ordinary bridge - it will be designed specifically to encorade mountain lions and other critters to use it. There won't be any people, and that means the bridge will shield noise and light from the traffic below. And it will be specifically landscaped to look like the surrounding areas. The mountain lions even know that they're on a bridge. This is a proven concept. They can be bridges, under passes, tunnels or trenches. All are designed to allow wild life to safely

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