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A buoy, a pole, and two silly eyes save thousands of birds

I love it when the cleverest solutions turn out to be wonderfully simple. It looks like a bright buoy, a sturdy pole, and a pair of googly eyes are now teaming up to keep thousands of seabirds out of fishing gear. By floating near active nets, this quirky scarecrow setup warns diving birds away before they get entangled. And here's the thing - the early results show massive drops in accidental bycatch without disrupting the fishermen's daily haul. Which brings me to the best part: a bit of playful human ingenuity is quietly giving our marine wildlife a much safer ocean.
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