Japão usa robô 'Lobo Monstruoso' para deter ursos selvagens

Ursos não são avistados desde setembro, quando foram instalados os robôs Kyodo/via REUTERS - 21.10.2020

Uma cidade do Japão acionou robôs semelhantes a lobos na tentativa de assustar ursos que se tornaram um problema cada vez mais perigoso no interior do país.

A prefeitura de Takikawa, situada na ilha de Hokkaido, no norte, comprou e instalou um par dos robôs depois que ursos foram vistos rondando bairros em setembro. Autoridades municipais disseram que os animais não foram avistados desde então.

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Os flagras de ursos atingiram um pico de cinco anos, sobretudo em áreas rurais do oeste e do norte do Japão, noticiou a emissora nacional NHK. Já houve dúzias de ataques em 2020, dois deles fatais, o que levou o governo a convocar uma reunião de emergência no mês passado para tratar da ameaça que eles representam.

O robô chamado “Lobo Monstruoso” consiste de um corpo peludo com quatro patas, uma juba amarela e olhos vermelhos brilhantes e ferozes. Quando seus sensores de movimento são ativados, ele mexe a cabeça, pisca luzes e emite 60 sons diferentes, que vão de uivos a sons de máquinas.

O fabricante de máquinas Ohta Seiki vendeu cerca de 70 unidades do robô desde 2018.

Autoridades municipais de Takikawa disseram que ursos se tornam mais ativos e perigosos quando buscam alimento antes de entrarem em hibernação, no final de novembro. A diminuição das nozes e castanhas na natureza selvagem neste ano pode ter induzido os animais a se aventurarem mais perto de cidades pequenas em busca de sustento, de acordo com a mídia local.

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