JAPAN - If deer could talk, they'd probably raise a fuss
over how many of them are getting hit by trains in western
Japan. Lucky for them, the Japanese were smart enough to
realize the problem and come up with the perfect solution:
lion crap. Deer, like most semi-intelligent beings on the
planet, don't really care for the smell of the king of the
jungle's feces. After several other failed attempts with
different options, railway officials decided to mix up a
lion dung paste and smear it along the tracks where most
of the accidents were occurring. In the last five months
since the deterrent was put into use, not a single deer
has been killed by a train. Deer must be pretty confident
animals, seeing as how such a delicate creature won't put
up with any crap from the lions.