She also points out that a system may not be easy to power and maintain in isolated rural areas. But she says that given the lack of other methods to deal with the problem it is worth trying.
Prajna Chowta of the Aane Mane Foundation, an Asian elephant conservation agency, agrees with Chowdhury. In contrast the nocturnal behaviour of Indian elephants is poorly understood. The paper says, however, that most of these studies explored the behaviour of African elephants during the day.
"Many such experiments on predator call replay have been tried on elephants, but the primary drawback is that elephants ultimately realise the hoax," says Sushant Chowdhury, a senior scientist at the Wildlife Institute of India. This board book from much-loved author-illustrator Alison Lester is perfect for little children discovering the world around them. Other experts are not sure if this approach will succeed in the long run. He adds that the loudspeakers could also warn villagers of invading elephants - potentially avoiding dangerous contact. Thuppil says that if tiger growl playbacks are deployed continuously during crop growing they could prevent elephants raiding fields. 1,014,535 views 11K Dislike Share Save Real BJWT 62.3K subscribers This is the area where they eat, made of concrete in. But the calls of leopards - which, unlike tigers, do not prey on young elephants - prompted the elephants to linger in the area while trumpeting and grunting aggressively. Alcyone, A Siberian Tiger, Growling At A Caretaker (Not At Me). When elephants crossed the beams they triggered a playback of a recording of either tiger or leopard growls.Īnalysis of movement showed that elephants retreated quickly and silently on hearing the tiger growls. To avoid such danger, Thuppil positioned infrared beams on paths usually taken by the elephants on their routes to crops. According to a paper in Gajah, the journal of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG), 226 people and 87 elephants have died in clashes between 20.
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