Sunday, October 03, 2010

Lion Dung Doubles As Military Tool


Israeli Innovation Fights False Alarms at Northern Border

Soldiers from a reserve unit currently on Israel's heavily-guarded border with Syria have found a novel solution to having their few hours' sleep each night disturbed by wild boars bumping into the border fence and setting off the alarm system, Yediot Ahronot reported.

With help from the Safari Park outside Tel Aviv, which supplies the product for free, the military engineers deposited loads of lion droppings alongside the fence, the smell of which apparently frightens the boars and deters them from approaching the fence.
(DPA)
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