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From: TimF9/16/2020 11:17:15 AM
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When Botswana Farmers Paint Eyes on Their Cattle’s Butts, Everyone Wins
The unlikely method may reshape an unhealthy relationship between farmers and lions.
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Short version, the lions see the eyes and think the cattle are looking at them and are less likely to attack the cattle. Which in turn means that the cattle owners are less likely to want to hunt down the lions.
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