Forest elephant reacts to an acoustic elephant deterrent called a Buzz Box in a remote Liberian forest, undated. Buzz Boxes are effective in keeping both forest and savannah elephants safely outside of farms and could be a valuable mitigation tool in human-elephant conflict (HEC) hotspots across Africa. Note: Picture is a screenshot from a video (ELRECO/Newsflash)
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11 July 2023
Scientists in Africa have developed a way to make rogue elephant herds bee-have - just by playing the buzzing sound of an angry swarm of stingers at them. The device - called BuzzBox - was developed to help keep tusker herds away from human settlements that have sprung up on their grazing...