Scammed! Animals 'led by the nose' to leave plants alone

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Feb 2, 2024, 11:51 am66 pts
Fake news works for wallabies and elephants. Herbivores can cause substantial damage to crops or endangered or protected plants, with traditional methods to deter foraging lethal, expensive or ineffective. Biologists are now using aromas from plants naturally repellent with remarkable success to deter the…

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Scammed! Animals 'led by the nose' to leave plants alone

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