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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute.
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2 .The thieves arrive under cover of darkness, to steal crops.
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3 .Farmers try to ward off the raiders with drums, firecrackers, electrified fences, even poison.
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4 .The conflict kills hundreds of people annually.
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5 .And hundreds of the thieves also die.
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6 .But hungry elephants keep returning to pilfer cropland at night in India.
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7 .Now farmers may have an effective new tool: a tiger growl.
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8 .Researchers recorded tiger and leopard sounds in a Bangalore zoo.
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9 .Then they set up playback systems in southern Indian villages near two wildlife refuges, an area known for elephant crop raids.
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10 .For six months, when marauding elephants attempted to raid a field, they might have triggered the tiger recording or this one of a leopard.
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11 .When the elephants heard the leopard, they trumpeted and loitered for a while.
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12 .But when they heard the tiger, which is known to kill baby elephants, they backed off quickly and quietly.
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13 .The report is in the journal Biology Letters.
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14 .Should the tiger sounds work, and save crops, people and pachyderms, farmers may say "They're great!"
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15 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.
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