Alan Dix - research
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We have all seen those wildlife programs where a poor defenceless wildebeest is having a pleasant drink at the local waterhole, only to suddenly become lunch for a nasty crocodile.
Well now the shoe is on the other foot. Gone are the days of carnage by the waterhole.
The Wildebeest Erection System is a unique but simple device that aids the wildebeest in avoiding the chops of the preying croc. The Wildebeest Erection System comes in two parts - a bio-feedback device that is attached to the animals head, and a special retractable leg system that is attached to its torso. The bio-feedback device is especially designed to detect feelings of danger, fear and terror - the sort of things the wildebeest would feel when gazing into the open jaws of a crocodile. Upon detecting these feelings the bio-feedback device alerts the special retractable leg system, and two titanium enforced metal legs shoot out and propelling the wildebeest into the air and away from certain death. Once the danger has receded, the legs retract returning the wildebeest back to its normal pose.