Hers of cattle in Botswana are having issues and are constantly being attacked by lions and other predators. This in turn is causing the farmers to kill lions in an attempt to protect their cows. That was until recently when people got together and came up with a new non-lethal way of dealing with this predator vs. prey problem.
They call it the "Eye-Cow-Project" and a recent study has shown that painting fake eyes on cows butts helps ward of lions and other predators.
Neil Jordan, a biologist from University of South Wales, actually thought of this idea a few years ago while working in Botswana. Jordan witnessed farmers killing lions to protect their cattle, and got to working on a non-violent solution.
Lions like to ambush their pray, so Jordan thought if he painted eyes on the back-end of some cows it may prevent them from attacking. In other words, lions don't want you to see them sneaking up on you, so if they think cow is looking at them, there's a chance that it would reduce the number of attacks.
Does that make any sense?
Anyways, it seems to have worked. If you want to check out the details on the butt-eyed-cows click HERE.