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2015-07-13 Science & Technology

The heroic mine clearing critters of Africa that are helping to save thousands

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-13 11:54|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The Soviet method would be to drop a few thousand rats into the minefield. Catch the ones that live and repeat...

Posted by Steve White 2015-07-13 12:14|| 2015-07-13 12:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Heroic? Glad it's working and all, but seriously?

Posted by Iblis 2015-07-13 12:31|| 2015-07-13 12:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Cool - and then of course you get the PETA freaks who rush out to 'save' the poor rats...

Two birds with one stone type of thing.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-07-13 12:38|| 2015-07-13 12:38|| Front Page Top

Posted by 2015-07-13 13:00|| 2015-07-13 13:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Steve, the Soviet way would have been to have troops March through the minefield. This was the approach Iran used in the Iran - Iraq war. They had kids wrapped in blankets March ahead of the troops. Why blankets? To help keep the body parts together.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-07-13 13:52|| 2015-07-13 13:52|| Front Page Top

#6 And by the way, the African pouched rat is not a true rat.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-07-13 13:54|| 2015-07-13 13:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Thats what the penal battalions were for.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-07-13 14:29|| 2015-07-13 14:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Glad it's not a real rat, I wuz thinking it much to cute for a rat thus.

Posted by Shipman 2015-07-13 15:03|| 2015-07-13 15:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Aye, he be a Scottie fer sure.

Lets see FRANCE top this.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-07-13 19:48|| 2015-07-13 19:48|| Front Page Top

#10 What happened to the bee training? IIRC there's a project to breed bees to cluster at the smell of explosives.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2015-07-13 22:32|| 2015-07-13 22:32|| Front Page Top

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