Sometimes, reading a newspaper can really make you happy, like this morning when I found this article in our local paper:

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Yeah, I know, it's German :P. Local paper... so this is the content (basically):

Toad Tunnel Planning

Langeoog (one of the East Frisian Islands): The accident statistics reveal: every year, toad migration causes lots of collisions near the dike. Within the last six and a half years, the Agency for Nature Protection counted 542 deaths plus 97 severely injured toads and amphibians because of cyclists and pedestrians. In coorporation with Prof. Dr. Franz Joseph Wiesenkraut they decided: This has to stop!

Langeoog finally decided to stop this tragedy

Now they found a solution: To minimize the accidents, they are going to build toad tunnels under the dikes. An additional problem, the enormous costs, seems already be solved: Langeoog decided to work together with famous rabbit breeder and captain H.Schröder.

These special orange coloured dig rabbits are going to dig the tunnels.
That will save the Island a six-figure sum.

He found a way to use the natural behavior of rabbits. They will dig the tunnels.
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This problem has been known for years and I'm so glad they are finally going to do something about it :).

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