In Cambodia, Rats Are Being Trained To Sniff Out Land Mines And Save Lifes

NPR - Parallels ^ | July 31, 2015 | Michael Sullivan

[ptsal]

[snip] Victoria, a 2-year-old rat, sniffs for TNT, sticking her nose high in the air to indicate she's found some. She works her way down a 10-meter line with a handler on either end, and is able to detect the presence of TNT at a distance of approximately half a yard.

[Yes, the article is from 2015]

[Oscar in Batangas]

Whatever happened to:

“Rats’ lives matter”?

[JohnnyP]

“These are not kitchen rats, but African giant pouched rats, also known as Gambian pouched rats, about 2 feet long from head to tail. “

Descendants of the giant rats of Sumatra, no doubt.

[xone]

I remember Saddam Hussein doing it with young children during his interminable war with Iran.

Just keeping up with the Iranians.