Monday March 9, 2009
Human hair can repel wild boar, claims planter
TAWAU: Would you believe that human hair can be used to repel wild boar?
Although there is no scientific proof to support his claim, Kampung Sungai Laba estate manager Mohd Nuin Rusni said he has been using human hair to prevent wild boar from destroying his young oil palms.
“Previously, if we planted 300 oil palm trees today, we would find that by the next day all the trees would have been uprooted and eaten by the wild boars.
“However, after placing human hair around the young crops, the wild boars don’t destroy them,” he said when met recently.
Mohd Nuin said he learnt this method of protecting young oil palm crops while working on a plantation in Sandakan previously.
“A handful of hair was placed near the young crop so that when the wild boar sniffs the hair, it would think that there are humans present or the hair will get into its nostrils and thus, it will run off,” he said.
Mohd Nuin said it took about three months to gather 200 sacks of human hair from the barber shops in Tawau with each sack costing RM5. — Bernama
Human hair can repel wild boar, claims planter
TAWAU: Would you believe that human hair can be used to repel wild boar?
Although there is no scientific proof to support his claim, Kampung Sungai Laba estate manager Mohd Nuin Rusni said he has been using human hair to prevent wild boar from destroying his young oil palms.
“Previously, if we planted 300 oil palm trees today, we would find that by the next day all the trees would have been uprooted and eaten by the wild boars.
“However, after placing human hair around the young crops, the wild boars don’t destroy them,” he said when met recently.
Mohd Nuin said he learnt this method of protecting young oil palm crops while working on a plantation in Sandakan previously.
“A handful of hair was placed near the young crop so that when the wild boar sniffs the hair, it would think that there are humans present or the hair will get into its nostrils and thus, it will run off,” he said.
Mohd Nuin said it took about three months to gather 200 sacks of human hair from the barber shops in Tawau with each sack costing RM5. — Bernama
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