And you thought you had problems with wildlife in your garden

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/24/opinion/24WED4.html?ex=1387602000&amp;en=c5d18cce283beb0d&amp;ei=5007&amp;partner=USERLAND">The Elephant and the Chili Pepper</a>: &ldquo;Farmers in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe have hit on a novel way to keep elephants from trampling their fields. They surround their crops with rows of chili peppers, whose smell is noxious to elephants. The peppers prevent battles that have harmed both man and animal, save crops and give farmers a lucrative new product to export.&rdquo;