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Smelly rotten eggs, dung and chillies repel jumbos, stop raids

Elephants have 2,000 olfactory receptors — five times more than humans.

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by The Star

News03 July 2022 - 10:13
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Farmers hang bottles on wiring sets for smell repellent.

Human-wildlife conflict is increasing as humans encroach on animal habitats — and the most dangerous can be elephants that eat crops, attack people.

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