Chase elephants with ... chili!

Wildlife experts in northeastern India have successfully experimented with a new " weapon " to drive away forest elephants, not letting them devastate fields and houses and causing human losses in areas settled.

Accordingly, people only need to scan the motor oil compound and the powder of a dried chili called bhut jolokia, which has been recorded in the Guinness Book of Spices , on the fence to prevent the devastating forest elephants. People can also use bhut jolokia chili powder mixed with straw and burn, the smoke will emit a strong smell that keeps elephants away.

Northeast India is currently the largest concentration of wild Asian elephants in the world, particularly in the Assam region, there are about 5,000 children. These elephants often destroy or attack human settlements due to their natural habitat being violated. In Assam region, over the past 16 years more than 600 people have died from elephants.

The use of bhut jolokia chilli powder is considered an effort by animal experts to reduce the situation of Indians poisoning elephants when they destroy their fields and destroy their homes.

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MINH ANH