Drones Blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson Are Helping Biologists Protect Cattle From Wolves on the Oregon Border

Drones blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson are helping biologists protect cattle from wolves on the Oregon border

For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones.But a team of biologists working near the California-Oregon border do, and they’re using them to blast AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” movie clips and live human voices at the apex predators to shoo them away from cattle in an ongoing experiment.“I am not putting up with this anymore!” actor Scarlett Johansson yells in one clip, from the 2019 film…

Drones blast AC/DC, Scarlett Johansson to scare off wolves

Biologists are using drones to scare wolves away from cattle. They blast sounds like the AC/DC song “Thunderstruck” and scenes from movies to deter the predators. The USDA has been experimenting with drones and thermal imaging to monitor wolf movements…

Department of Agriculture uses AC/DC song to safeguard cattle

These drones detect wolves and emit sounds like fireworks, 'Thunderstruck,’ and yelling to scare them off.

Drones blast music and voices to scare wolves from cattle

Biologists use drones blasting music, voices, and movie clips to scare wolves and protect cattle along the Oregon-California border in a new USDA experiment. The post Drones blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson are helping biologists protect cattle from wolves first appeared on Idaho Business Review.

Drones blasting AC/DC, Scarlett Johansson help biologists protect cattle from wolves.

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