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rayb


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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003712156_rats18m.html?syndication=rss

The above article is all about landmine sniffing trained rats from Africa. I thought it was pretty cool. Non-link people should ignore it.

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-- Edited by rayb at 15:33, 2007-05-18

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Guess that's pretty much everybody!! rofl.gif

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I understood they were training swarms of bees to do pretty much the same thing in Israel (sniff for bombs anyway).

That's not something I would have thought of.

They also use pigs, from what I heard. I heard they have noses several times as sensitive as dogs.

I guess it just goes to show that when you have a need for something, you can get pretty creative about how to fill that need.

I'd post links but it's a long time since I saw those articles.




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The article mentions those other animals being used... it's kinda cool that we can use animals like this... now if only we could train dolphins to find them. :)

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Or we could use Flamingos...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070521/od_afp/britainanimalsgay

I mean, honestly... isn't this one of the more irresponsible stories ever?!

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Yea I heard this on the radio and thought it must be a joke. Now they're usin birds to promote the gay lifestyle as natural.

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I have to ask... Just how are these birds living that particular lifestyle??? Do they share everything...? Is it because they are pink??? What if they are more like brother-birds??? In my brain it's just silly to assign to animals thoughts of this kind. Even if their instinct are messed up, that doesn't mean they can acknowledge a particular choice.

The thought occured to me that I have a really good friend that I would probably share a home with if hubby died and left me a widow. She is already a widow and we could actually live in the same house and NOT wear on each other... That is an important issue for me, cause I am not the easiest person to live with... (I know... you are all shocked, right!?!?!?) But that wouldn't make me a person with SSA, or anything else, it would just mean I had a roomie that was a good friend... And I would take issue with anyone that inferred anything else.

You know, I'll bet those birds are mad they are being USED!

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