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India farmer paints dog to look like tiger to protect coffee crop from monkeys: report
Fox News ^ | December 4, 2019 | Robert Geart

Posted on 12/04/2019 6:45:28 AM PST by C19fan

Monkeys in India apparently can’t tell a tiger from a dog made to look like a tiger -- or at least that is what one farmer claims.

The farmer, identified as Srikanth Gowda, said he has been able to protect his coffee crop from monkeys by painting his pet dog Bulbul with black stripes, an Indian news outlet reports.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dogs; farming; india; monkey
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I wonder if the monkeys will figure out it is just a dog.
1 posted on 12/04/2019 6:45:28 AM PST by C19fan
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Looks like rednecks are found everywhere, not just the US....


2 posted on 12/04/2019 6:48:15 AM PST by proxy_user
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My Dutch Shepherd doesn't need any paint:


3 posted on 12/04/2019 6:48:40 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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I looked at the photos. It’s a very good job. I’ll bet it actually works.


4 posted on 12/04/2019 6:52:20 AM PST by BuffaloJack ("Security does not exist in nature. Everything has risk." Henry Savage)
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Looks like a very intelligent dog


5 posted on 12/04/2019 6:52:53 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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Headline Writer Wins Pulitzer For Most Animals Named in Headline


6 posted on 12/04/2019 6:53:08 AM PST by x
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If so, the next step is to upgrade his weapon load.
7 posted on 12/04/2019 6:54:45 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: nuconvert
That's a random pic of Dutchie from online, but looks pretty much like mine.

In my life I've had German, Belgian and now a Dutch shepherd. All three are intelligent, but I have to say, the Dutch is by far, the hardest-headed, most stubborn of the lot.

8 posted on 12/04/2019 6:57:08 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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This kind of out-of-the-box thinking is what makes me believe in humanity for a little while


9 posted on 12/04/2019 6:57:30 AM PST by Spruce
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SO, making use of the “stimulus generalization” effect in monkeys works too!


10 posted on 12/04/2019 6:59:47 AM PST by _Jim (Save babies)
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Who knew that monkeys like coffee?


11 posted on 12/04/2019 7:00:40 AM PST by Rio
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“All three are intelligent, but I have to say, the Dutch is by far, the hardest-headed, most stubborn of the lot.”

haha. That’s trouble.


12 posted on 12/04/2019 7:06:08 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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Who knew that monkeys like coffee?

There is a brand or type of coffee that comes from Asia, I think, that is made from the beans that are excreted by monkeys after they eat the fruit and can't digest the beans.

I $h!+ you not.

13 posted on 12/04/2019 7:13:09 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (In an age of artificial intelligence, teachers are creating artificial stupidity.)
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Genius


14 posted on 12/04/2019 7:14:16 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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Good thing the farmer didn’t paint him with a blackface. The democrats would have a fit unless the dog was a democrat as well.


15 posted on 12/04/2019 7:16:37 AM PST by Dacula (Epstein did not kill himself.)
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Once the monkeys develop ‘resistance’, some will make the fatal mistake of ignoring real tigers.


16 posted on 12/04/2019 7:16:51 AM PST by libh8er
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17 posted on 12/04/2019 7:18:53 AM PST by libh8er
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Civets IIRC.


18 posted on 12/04/2019 7:19:16 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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19 posted on 12/04/2019 7:22:44 AM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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I looked at the photos. It’s a very good job. I’ll bet it actually works.

I was imagining something a bit more orange, white, and black, not 2 minutes with shoe polish.

A Bengal tiger:


20 posted on 12/04/2019 7:23:45 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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