Notes
wild boar イノシシ;

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I saw a report about a special Japanese robot on a U.S. news program the other day. Japan has problems with wild animals. Bears come into towns looking for food, and they sometimes attack people. Deer and wild boar don’t attack people, but they are a bigger problem for farmers. They go into fields and eat up the vegetables. Now, people are fighting back with a robot called “Super Monster Wolf.” It looks like a wolf. When it sees wild animals, its eyes turn red, and it makes scary sounds. It seems to work. People haven’t seen any wild animals since they started using it. (by Douglas Jarrell)
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(Image from https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43303781)

Notes
dragonfly トンボ;
golden-ringed dragonfly オニヤンマ（鬼蜻蜓、馬大頭);

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Yesterday, an elementary student found a dead dragonfly by the door of the visitor center where I work. I was surprised because it was about 10 centimeters long. That’s the biggest dragonfly I have ever seen! Someone at the center told me the name in Japanese:”oniyanma.” In English, it is called “golden-ringed dragonfly.” The English name comes from the gold rings that go around the dragonfly’s body, but hardly anyone in English-speaking countries knows this dragonfly. That’s because it only lives in East Asia. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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