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Technology has to the rescue of Japanese farmers. For thousands of years they have to keep animals away from their farms. However, engineers have the "Super Monster Wolf" to finally away wild animals that want to crops of rice, pumpkin or sweet potato. Super Monster Wolf is a solar-powered scarecrow robot that like a real wolf. It has lookalike wolf hair, big scary teeth and red LED eyes with infrared sensors. It also 48 different wolf howls and other noises so animals never used to it. Super Monster Wolf will used to keep animals like wild boar and deer out of rice paddies, farms and fruit orchards. Farmers millions of dollars of crops every year to hungry animals.

Members of Japan's agricultural association (JA) part in trials of the Super Monster Wolf in nine locations across Japan. JA spokesman Chikao Umezawa that the robot wolf significantly crop losses. He said it was more effective than an electric fence at animals out. The robot can movement up to one kilometre away and immediately make its scary sounds. The robot will being mass produced from next month. It will be 65cm long and 50cm high. The price is $4,800 but farmers will the option of renting the wolf by the month. Japan's farmers are that this new electronic aid will finally wild animals their crops.