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Technology has come to the [rescuer / rescue] of Japanese farmers. For thousands of years they have tried [to / for] keep animals away from their farms. However, engineers have [invention / invented] the "Super Monster Wolf" to finally [scare / scary] away wild animals that want to eat crops of rice, pumpkin or [sweet / sweets] potato. Super Monster Wolf is a solar-powered scarecrow robot that [look / looks] like a real wolf. It has lookalike wolf hair, big scary [teeth / tooth] and red LED eyes with infrared sensors. It also has 48 different wolf howls and [other / another] noises so animals never get used to it. Super Monster Wolf will be used to keep animals like wild boar and deer [out / in] of rice paddies, farms and fruit orchards. Farmers lose millions of dollars of crops every [yearly / year] to hungry animals.

Members of Japan's agricultural association (JA) [took / gave] part in trials of the Super Monster Wolf in nine locations [cross / across] Japan. JA spokesman Chikao Umezawa reported that the robot wolf [significance / significantly] reduced crop [losses / lost] . He said it was more effective than an electric fence at [keeps / keeping] animals out. The robot can sense movement up to one kilometre away and immediately [make / do] its scary sounds. The robot will start [been / being] mass produced from next month. It will be 65cm long and 50cm high. The price is $4,800 but farmers will have the option of [renting / rent] the wolf by the month. Japan's farmers are hoping that this new electronic [aid / maid] will finally stop wild animals eating [them / their] crops.