How to avoid running over animals whilst cycling on a canal at night?
My commute brings me through a park with a lot of rabbits (or similar animals, not a zoologist here) and it has been rather close a few times ...

I use a head lamp when driving there at night for two reasons:


It allows me to see through turns much better
The eyes of animals reflect directly back at you, which helps to see them a little earlier


All that does not help when they jump out of the shrubs directly in front of you. It doesn't happen a lot, but I have seen dead rabbits on the path a few times. (No dead cyclists yet)