A heated scene between Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver’s characters in the 2019 film “Marriage Story” is being used to save cattle from prowling wolves.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s project was revealed by The Wall Street Journal, which noted that ranchers are deploying drones equipped with thermal cameras and spotlights to protect livestock from wolves at night. The devices also play loud, unsettling noises, from fireworks and gunfire to clips of heated arguments, including a scene from “Marriage Story.” They have also played AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” and Five Finger Death Punch’s “Blue on Black” to try to scare away wolves they spot from their positions overhead.

“I need wolves to respond and know that, hey, humans are bad,” a USDA district supervisor in Oregon told the outlet.

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