West Japan Railway Company constructed dedicated micro-tunnels beneath their train tracks specifically to prevent turtles from causing catastrophic commuter delays.

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West Japan Railway Company constructed dedicated micro-tunnels beneath their train tracks specifically to prevent turtles from causing catastrophic commuter delays. Reptiles migrating to nearby ponds kept getting stuck in the railway switches, which inevitably led to them being crushed into an absolute paste and jamming the entire mechanical system. Instead of accepting the bloody delays, engineers installed concrete ditches that guide the slow-moving animals safely under the rails. It sounds incredibly wholesome and environmentally conscious until you realize the railway only spent the money because turtle-induced train traffic was costing them serious profit. Capitalism will absolutely save the wildlife, but only if that wildlife is actively interfering with the sacred on-time departure of the morning express