Over the past few years, the number of attacks by wild animals, mainly bears, on local residents in rural areas of northern and western Japan has increased significantly. During the year 2020 alone, several dozen attacks were recorded, two of which were fatal. It was these two cases that prompted the administration of Takikawa, on Hokkaido Island, to take a very unorthodox decision, which has worked one hundred percent.
This situation, according to Japanese scientists, was due to the fact that before going into hibernation bears become more aggressive and active in search of food. And lately, due to climatic changes, there has been a decrease in the number of ripe wild fruits, which forces the animals to venture closer to cities and other populated areas in search of their daily bread.
The above-mentioned solution was the purchase and installation in appropriate places specialized monster-like robotic wolf, which was originally created to scare the wild boars away from agricultural land. But such a high-tech scarecrow worked as well as possible in relation to wild bears, after the installation of robotic wolfs no more cases of bears attacking people have been recorded.
Note that since we first told you about the wolf robot on our website in 2018, the manufacturer of this device, Ohta Seiki, has managed to produce and sell about 70 units, which, when installed in appropriate locations, have demonstrated high efficiency.
The prototype of the robotic wolf is a real Japanese wolf, which inhabited the northern and central regions of the country more than a century ago, until the species was completely wiped out. The robot has four legs, a body covered with distinctive hair, a mobile head with a mane and a grinning mouth, and big red flashing eyes. When the robot’s sensors detect movement in the area it controls, the robot begins to move its head and body, generating flashes of light from its eyes and other light-emitting elements, while making recordings of a real wolf howl alternating with loud sounds of man-made origin.
And, as you can be convinced by watching the video below, such a psychological attack cannot withstand any wild animal, which immediately turns to flight.
