For one thing, the habit could help to protect crops.
Software is being developed to warn farmers when elephants are close so they can protect crops.
The police arrested a farmer they said had illegally put up an electrified fence to protect crops near the sanctuary.
Dr. Phillips said the Biotechnology Industry Organization would like to see a similar federal law intended to protect crops.
He said landmines that were used to protect crops and processing labs killed almost 900 civilians this year.
We need to make sure it doesn't happen, and there are many ways to segregate and protect crops.
Richard Heck designed a method of building complex molecules that has helped fight cancer, protect crops and make electronic devices.
The widespread use of agricultural fungicides to protect crops and their use in some paints and coatings has been linked to the rise of this resistance.
A few days later another reader wrote to me, warning that "upstream flood banks now protect crops, not the city of York".
The report warned that many of the nation's levees were built more than 50 years ago to protect crops, but now protect communities.
To protect crops and woodland, and to reduce the risk of car accidents caused by road-hopping deer, the government wants more stalkers.
