If you touch a current carrying wire you get a shock- but on the same wire a bird sits it does not get any shock- Explain why-

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When we hold the wire carrying current then the circuit is closed and the current flows from our body and enters earth but the birds sitting on the same wire do not get any current as the circuit is not complete- If the bird touches the earth wire- it will also die due to electric shock-

If you touch a current carrying wire you get a shock, but if on the same wire a bird sits it does not get any shock. Explain why?

When we hold the wire carrying current then the circuit is closed and the current flows from our body and enters earth but the birds sitting on the same wire do not get any current as the circuit is not complete. If the bird touches the earth wire, it will also die due to electric shock.