Just lost my job coal mining. Now I am training rats to reclaim abandoned land mines. Thanks Kumala.
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In fairness, APOPO is a worthwhile group.
Did I just read that the rats detect landmines and tuberculosis
I bet since this lady can smell Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, it would be possible to train the rats to do that too
https://archive.is/RgoCO
I can smell who in my family has Alzheimer's too, pro tip:
It's the one who never remembers to wipe his ass
I don't think the main reason for using rats to find mines isn't just their sense of smell(pretty sure other animals do that better, in general (hounds, bears, etc), though rats may be better at certain compounds in the case of tuberculosis)
It is the fact that they are lightweight and lighfooted(so they are less likely to set mines off, and probably more expendable).
The best animal to be trained to find landmines is a Democrat, because in case a landmine goes off, the trainers don't become as attached to the Democrats, so it's better for morale. Democrats aren't as easy to train as rats, though. Not quite as intelligent.
Not really less expendable, it still takes a while to train them properly. But they require less space to house, and take less food & water. A single equipped trailer can house dozens of trained rats, with both food and water for months of operation. The same trailer could house only 1 or 2 dogs.
I just also sort of figured that while dogs are in most places, rats are EVERYWHERE so thats why they picked them
You are simply unaware of a commonly known fact
The pede was simply sharing. Whether it’s true or not it’s up to the person reading (we have brains, you know?)
No need to sound harsh
Never go full retard boys.
Why is it hard to believe that a disease creates a subtle external bodily change?
If I remember right dolphins raped my boy.
It's an honest living. Dogs can detect terminal cancer.
Probably more accurately than some doctors.
How hard is it for you to duckduckgo 'dogs detect cancer'
"I don't understand it, so everyone is wrong." You are a fucking retard.
No, Covid, if you gerbil it up your ass, it can sniff out COVID... You know you have it, if it backs out on its own and you don't gotta go to the ER. My wife's BF told me that.
It's also 1000 percent more effective that Chinese asshole saw test, but it goes further than 2 inches. Also, only baby rats unless you have alternative experience
I was coming in to say exactly this; I've donated to them in the past and they're amazing! And the rats are so interesting, I'd never seen ones so large before.
You must not be from a poor country... I remember I was 5 years old and our cat caught a rat almost as big as himself. It was huge! I'm 46 now but never forgot how big it was
Correct! I’m in fancy pants New England, god help me!
Wow, that sounds kinda amazing, And an impressive feat by the cat too!
"Fancy pants New England" ... checks in the white privilege chart... yep! White Privilege 😂😂😂😂. America is the best country in the world! MAGA!
Usernames can contain slashes? What a world we live in!
Population density probably has more to do with how common rats are. They seem to be plentiful enough in most big cities.
Pretty sure first world cat catching initiatives increase the rat populations.
Not sure if being in a poor country would make them bigger.
Seem to get big enough in well off Sweden
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26764929
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5869015/Swedish-town-told-doors-windows-closed-plague-GIANT-RATS-size-cats.html
Even pet rats get pretty huge though. Particularly the males. The one in the picture looks to have white and brown patches... You'd usually expect that on a hamster. That's a domestic rat.
Must not have ever been to NYC. They got ‘em big as Rottweilers.
I have actually! Boston too, just haven’t seen the giant ass rats yet 😅
They are SO cool! I have a heart for rats, have had them as pets for years, so this is just awesome!
Never had one as a pet, but I did have hamsters growing up. They weren't exactly the smartest rodents, but they were adorable and they knew that you looked out for them. Especially when you gave them Honey Nut Cherrios.
Hamsters are sweet. Especially the larger European hamsters. :)
Rats are also extremely friendly! And smart, and yes, they love honey nut cheerios as well. :D
Mine got killed by the cat. Poor bastard stood no chance, escaped from his cage.
Rats are like hamsters, just much bigger and smarter.
Hamsters have softer coats though.
I had two, in high school. My sister had a rat, one of the "siamese" breeds she paid a lot of money for. Seemed fun, so I got two females from the pet store. Mine were fun until the first night, when they decided to have Wrestlemania at 3am on a school night. crashsqueakcrashsqueal*.
They both died within two months of cancer. Pet store rats are so inbred (raised as snake food) they have very short life expectancies. It's a shame, as they're very intelligent. But they're pests and disease carriers and wreck farms and homes, in the wild. But pet rats can be a lot of fun.
I discovered my passion...er...addiction later, with fish tanks, and reef fish.
I'm going down the fish tank rabbit hole now. Freshwater. .win fish geeks?
It's rewarding, and expensive. And heartbreaking. My last reef tank got wiped out by a rock with polyps that had been properly quarantined and acclimated. That's the breaks - and how you kill several hundred dollars of live coral.
I miss having seahorses, my favorite, but I can't right now. Soon.
Many fish over on animals.win
Those rats are adorable!
The rat’s name is Magawa?