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     When farmers and wild animals share land, conflicts can be hard to prevent. 1._____ The FAO and other
groups are developing what they call the Human-Wildlife Confict, Mitigation (缓和) Toolkit-a collection of
advice and information that farmers in southern Africa have been testing. The main aim of the toolkit is to
provide low-cost methods to deal with wild animals without harming them.
     In Zambia and Mozambique, crocodiles are blamed for more deaths than any other animal. Nile crocodiles
kill an estimated three hundred people each year in Mozambique alone. 2._____ Besides, people should always
enter the water several at a time, in groups armed with weapons like sticks and stones, axes and spears.
     The toolkit also has ideas to control baboons. These large monkeys raid crops and they can kill sheep and
other livestock. One suggestion is to remove the center from a loaf of bread and hide a snake inside-a live one
if possible. Baboons have a fear of snakes, 3._____ A baboon frightened by a snake sandwich will probably
not come back.
     Another animal with a good memory-the elephant-often destroys field crops. The loss of their crops means
the loss of a family's food supply. 4._____ Famers can mix pepper powder with elephant waste and form
bricks. The idea is to burn these bricks around the edges of fields to keep elephants away. Farmers can also
grow fields of chili peppers. Another way to control elephants is with a plastic gun. It fires balls that burst and
release a chili liquid when they hit the elephant's skin. 5._____

A. You might also be able to stop an elephant by shining lights in their eyes.
B. But the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is trying to help.
C. For example, some farmers in Kenya use donkeys to guard against lions.
D. And they also have very good memories.
E. Crocodile attacks are less likely in places that have not been overfished.
F. Strong fencing at watering points can offer protection.
G. Did you know elephants hate chili pepper?

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