Hero Rats - fixed!
An NGO (herorats.org) is training rats to detect landmines. Some landmines use plastic to fool metal detectors, but a rat can smell the TNT. A rat is also a lot less likely to trigger the landmine than a bigger animal like a dog. PBS has made the Frontline documentary about these African rats available online here.
Edit: Link to video fixed.
Edit: Link to video fixed.
posted by Sirkowski at 4:58 PM
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These guys are pretty brave.
Heh.
All of a sudden, I'm starting to think that I'm giving the Republican Party too much credit when I call them "rats."
the video doesn't seem to be working at the moment. hm.
Shit, I wrote the wrong video link. Fixed!
That's pretty cool, are any governments supporting this, or are the NGO the only people doing it? Cause it sounds like a good idea.
hey sirkow
send ur rats to war xD
They get help from some governments, from the EU and even the US Army. But also from donators, so I gave 20 Euros just because they're rats. X-D
Aww, yay for the rats! ^_^
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