Tiger deception scares off crop-raiding elephants

[Sunlei]

Sept. 24 - Using a system of sensors and speakers, researchers in California are exploiting elephants' natural survival instincts to stop them encroaching on farms and villages in India. By fooling the elephants into believing there are predators nearby, the researchers say crops and lives can be saved. Ben Gruber reports.


see the video link- funny, the elephant sneaks in to the crops- hears a tiger growl, he turns & runs away.


http://www.reuters.com/video/2099/01/01/reuters-tv-video?videoId=273890376

[geek tragedy]

1. And that is how bad-ass tigers are nt

[pscot]

2. I wonder if that would

keep the deer out of my yard.

[Sunlei]

4. interesting! good idea , wonder if mountian lion sound/scent would work?

be pretty cool if you could use one of those switches that turns on a light to activate a mountain lion sound. perhaps even a motion detection light or a dog bark sound would be enough to scare them off.

run a video to capture the action

[pscot]

6. Motion lights just make easier

for them to find the veggies and the fruit trees.

[Sunlei]

7. hmmm, a niche for an entrepreneur business, if a sound/scent of mortal enemy works

Lions are a mortal enemy of deer, just like tigers are for elephants. wish I had more hours in my days.

[TlalocW]

3. Unfortunately...

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The farms are now attracting tigers to them.

TlalocW

[Sunlei]

5. lol, sounds attracts real tigers who eat the farmers. crops saved! :)

[pinboy3niner]

8. Elephants catch on, start playing Sharknado sounds to scare away farmers

[Sunlei]

9. good idea! Sharknado sounds!!

http://www.wavsource.com/snds_2013-09-22_2863147938513243/tv/sharknado/sharknado_streets.wav

[TlalocW]

10. Reminds me of a hunting game

My brother-in-law and nephew used to play - they're both deer hunters. I think it was a parody of a game actually called, "Deer Hunter," where the deers hunted humans, and one of the calls to attract a human was, "Oh, my God! It's Ted Nugent!"

TlalocW