Whenever there’s a slow news day at the office, we do what any journalist would and attempt to toy with the forces of nature.
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We try to resurrect 39 fish and learn a little about life in the process
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Why deer are drawn to train tracks, and how Japan is solving the problem with this simple block
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Master Blaster
Oct 17, 2015
Recently Nippon Steel & Sumikin Metal Products unveiled a new type of deer bait that is not only highly effective, but also works exclusively on deer. It’s called a Yukuru and as you can see in the picture above, it’s pretty much just a regular salt lick but it contains one very important ingredient: iron.
That’s right, deer apparently go crazy for the great taste of the metal. It’s a fact that went widely overlooked until now.
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