A Japanese town is protecting itself from wandering bears with a pair of unusual guardians: motion-detecting robot wolves.<\/p>\n
Officials in Takikawa, on the island of Hokkaido, said\u00a0concern about an increase<\/a>\u00a0of bear incursions into residential neighborhoods this year led to their purchasing two Monster Wolves, robotic guard canines created by machinery firm Ohta Seiki in partnership with a local university.<\/p>\n The Monster Wolves, which are made of metal and covered in fake fur to make them appear real to other animals, are\u00a0outfitted with motion detectors<\/a>\u00a0that cause them to activate. The wolves then flash red lights in their eyes, move their heads back and forth and emit a series of howling and screeching noises.<\/p>\n