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A Japanese train now barks like a dog to reduce crashes with deer

A new gadget that blares the sounds of dogs barking and deer snorting from a train is helping reduce the number of collisions in Japan.

The contraption, fitted to a Japanese train, was invented to reduce the number of collisions with deer.

And apparently its actually working.

Officials from the Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI), which came up with the idea, say it is successfully repelling deer, with more than 40% fewer animals being sighted from trains.

<em>Repellent – the noises of deer snorting and dogs yapping apparently repel deer that could cause collisions (Pictures: Getty)</em>
Repellent – the noises of deer snorting and dogs yapping apparently repel deer that could cause collisions (Pictures: Getty)

According to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, the Tokyo-based institution is hoping to have the system in practical use by the end of the year to help reduce collisions.

The system emits the sound of deer snorting – which they do to alert other deer of danger – and the sound of their enemy, a dog, to help drive them away.

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Apparently in tests, three seconds of deer snorting and 20 seconds of a yapping dog broadcast from a running train between evening and late at night reduced sightings of deer by around 45%.

The RTRI is reportedly planning to carry out a longer-term experiment to verify the effects and also plans to develop a device that automatically emits the sounds at sites where deer are commonly seen.


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