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Study entailing painting eyes on cows' backsides rolled out in the Mara

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A cow with eyes painted on its backside. [Caroline Chebet, Standard]

An ambitious project of painting spots that resemble eyes on the backside of cattle to scare predators has been rolled out in villages bordering Maasai Mara National Game Reserve.

The new anti-predator trick is part of a study set to run for six months to determine the effectiveness of painting eye spots to create the perception that the predator has been seen by the prey, making them abandon the hunt.

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