China imported a U.S.-made scream machine to scare away the birds at
Beijing airport -- except they didn't recognize the noises and refused
to budge.
The bird-dispersing equipment had recorded the screams of American
birds or the sounds of the birds' natural enemies, the Beijing Evening
News said.
"Local birds did not understand the foreign language," the newspaper said.
So Chinese experts "translated" the U.S. bird noises into those of their Chinese counterparts.
"The workers have already recorded six or seven bird screams
which are common in Beijing," it said, adding that the new scare
tactics were undergoing tests.
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