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by herodotus 3058 days ago
No, it is supposedly the technique that was used by farmers in the Transvaal to discourage baboon packs from raiding their corn fields. The baboons apparently could not distinguish between groups of 3 and 4 people, so they did not realize that someone was waiting to ambush them in the field. Sorry for the bad joke. I should have left that out.