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Rats to the rescue: Rodents are being trained to go into earthquake debris wearing backpacks with microphones so rescue teams can talk to survivors
2022-06-04
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Scientists are training rats wearing tiny backpacks to find earthquake survivors trapped under debris

  • The backpacks have inbuilt microphones so rescue teams can speak to survivors and coordinate a rescue

  • Scientist Dr Donna Kean, 33, from Glasgow, has been working in Tanzania over the past year for non-profit organisation APOPO on the project titled 'Hero Rats'
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  ^ FREEDOM!
Posted by: SteveS   2022-06-04 13:37  

#7  Hamsters spend 27 hrs a day trying to escape the comfortable life with water, food, safety, toy wheels, and clean bedding. Their dedication is superbly annoying but impressive :-)
Posted by: Frank G   2022-06-04 12:27  

#6  We had three female hamsters when I was a girl. They lived together in a pet shop-recommended ten gallon fish tank. Cute little things, but they would fight so viciously that whoever picked them up to pull apart the shrieking ball’o hamster would get bitten and disemboweled hands as well. Daddy’s lab rats, mice, and guinea pigs never acted like that, so when the things finally died after three years we got a guinea pig next.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-06-04 10:55  

#5  /\ So are you telling me Hamster NBA/NFL Leagues won't be happening anytime soon ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-06-04 07:49  

#4  Remember...

I remember they were quite busy on the World Trade Center remains.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-06-04 07:47  

#3  Scientists accidentally create super-vicious HAMSTERS in a lab after gene editing experiment goes wrong and makes aggressive rodents chase, bite and pin each other down
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-06-04 07:46  

#2  
Reminder...
Rats are well documented to nibble on inter-city babies and the occasional homeless person.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-06-04 07:41  

#1  Ah, one of my favorite Aerosmith songs seems appropriate here.
Posted by: Raj   2022-06-04 00:47  

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