The USDA is reportedly using audio from the intense fight scene between Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in the film Marriage Story as part of a program to scare wolves away from livestock.

This information comes from a Guardian interview with a USDA wildlife specialist. She explained that their "bio-acoustic harassment" program uses non-lethal methods to deter predators. These methods involve playing a variety of startling and unfamiliar sounds, such as helicopters, gunshots, and human voices, to create an unpredictable and frightening environment for wolves.

While the program is real, the use of the Marriage Story scene was mentioned as a humorous, anecdotal example of the type of jarring human voices they employ. It is not an official, widespread policy. The core idea is that the raw, emotional yelling is just one of many effective sounds for scaring off predators, and the story went viral due to the absurdity of the specific example.

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