Scarecrows defend oil tankers

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Oil tankers are carrying scarecrows on board to scare off pirates. An article in Times Online has this picture of a threatening oil worker scarecrow on the deck of a large oil carrier.

"If pirates see that people are watching them from the ship they tend to go for other vessels," said Pottengal Mukundan, director of the International Maritime Bureau.

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