Low-tech solution saves crops because elephants' noses very sensitive
(NEWSER) - With elephant populations finally on the rebound in eastern Africa, farmers are increasingly squaring off against the giant pachyderms, which can eat up to 660 pounds of food a day. Electric fences have been deemed too dangerous and expensive, so many farmers have started employing a much lower-tech solution to the problem—hot chili peppers. Chili mixed with engine oil will stick to fences, even in the rain, but the spicy zing of the peppers is too much for the elephants' sensitive noses, reports the Wall Street Journal . More»
