Japanese trains may soon speak deer and dog asahi.com/ajw/articles/A
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For years, deer have caused headaches for Japanese train operators and riders.
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Train operators have tried everything from ropes and flashing red lights to sprinkling predator/lion feces to ward off deer. Last year's attempt to create designated deer crossings with ultrasonic waves seemed promising: asahi.com/ajw/articles/A
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Japan has thrown so much science at trying to solve this problem. In 2015 they even developed a salty iron brick that was supposed to ease deer's appetite for licking train tracks
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Steel worker Norihiko Kajimura is credited with discovering why deer are so attracted to train tracks (because they lick the rails to ingest iron) and coming up with these salt & iron blocks as a deterrent
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In what could be a new scientific breakthrough for deer deterrence, Nara Park is testing gates sankei.com/photo/story/ne
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Japan vs deer on the train tracks, continues. The latest deterrent is red nets combined with some foul smelling liquid.
As the Rugby World Cup and Olympics approaches, organizers worry that deer collisions could cause delays in transporting spectators
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The day when I hear a train bark instead of honk is the day I'll seek out a psychiatrist...
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