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Theme Park Deploys Trained Crows To Collect Litter (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader quotes the Guardian:
Six crows trained to pick up cigarette ends and rubbish will be put to work next week at a French historical theme park, according to its president. "The goal is not just to clear up, because the visitors are generally careful to keep things clean" but also to show that "nature itself can teach us to take care of the environment", said Nicolas de Villiers of the Puy du Fou park, in the western Vendee region.... The birds will be encouraged to spruce up the park through the use of a small box that delivers a nugget of bird food each time the rook deposits a cigarette end or small piece of rubbish.
"There's an easier way to get rid of all the cigarette butts," suggests one anonymous Slashdot reader.
"Just train the crows to attack smokers."
"There's an easier way to get rid of all the cigarette butts," suggests one anonymous Slashdot reader.
"Just train the crows to attack smokers."
Maybe not but they are all ash-holes.
-Forrest Cameranesi, Geek of all Trades
"I am Sam. Sam I am. I do not like trolls, flames, or spam."
Hopefully they learn to take cigarettes from the people actively smoking them, and then go offsite to get more, and teach others crows this behavior, and finally the ash-hole problem will be solved.
-Forrest Cameranesi, Geek of all Trades
"I am Sam. Sam I am. I do not like trolls, flames, or spam."
Here, arm yourself with some knowledge, for a change: The park is in France.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
Cows?!?! Wow, that is a whole new angle on this story.
French theme park deploys herd of cows to clean up cigarette butts!!!!
Who cleans up after the cows?
This.
Obligatory XKCD.
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
"You could create a pretty effective bird crime network". Maybe, but it would all come crashing down due to a few stool pigeons.
His ignorance covered the whole earth like a blanket, and there was hardly a hole in it anywhere. - Mark Twain