My father is a keen birdwatcher, and he told me that birds go low to the ground as a defence mechanism against birds of prey - the bird of prey cannot catch the

My father is a keen birdwatcher, and he told me that birds go low to the ground as a defence mechanism against birds of prey - the bird of prey cannot catch the swooping bird without crashing into the ground. I suppose they might do similar with cars and bikes if they feel threatened as an evolutionary misfiring.