Israeli farmers’ feathered friends not only keep fields rodent free, they have helped build bridges with Palestinian and Jordanian neighbors.
Barn owls love hunting mice, catching thousands a year if given the chance.
With that fact in mind, ingenious Israeli farmers and scientists figured out a way to use owls to catch the mice eating their crops.
Remarkably, the owls are keeping the fields pest-free without the need for pesticides. They are also bringing together grateful Israeli and Arab farmers, whose fields the owls prowl at night.
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