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Japan’s robot wolf sells out as record bear attacks drive demand (www.independent.co.uk)
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‘Monster Wolf’ was originally designed to protect cropland from deer, boars and bears

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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 18 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That thing is nightmare material

[–] Get_Off_My_WLAN@fedia.io 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I prefer the threat of a potential bear attack over the guaranteed nightmare of having this thing around all the time.

[–] Luccus@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

But it's not all robot wolves!

Why is she choosing the bear over the robot wolf that makes no sense. The bear is clearly stronger!

(just in case)