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2 words: Ethiopian rat This species can detect all kinds of weapons, explosives, drugs, everything. It can even tell if a person has a contagious DISEASE. An

by JVIDEL 15y ago

2 words: Ethiopian rat This species can detect all kinds of weapons, explosives, drugs, everything. It can even tell if a person has a contagious DISEASE. And best of all its cheaper to train and maintain than dogs, and more friendly/less intimidating for the passengers. These are already being used in some African countries to find landmines that dogs and electronic detectors can't see.

jacquesm 15y ago
If you think rats are less intimidating for passengers then I invite you to test your hypothesis by walking around an airport with a rat on a leash and a dog on a leash, see what gets the most response.
- JVIDEL 15y ago
  Have you seen the average bomb dog? is not a labradoodle... And google ethiopian rat, is not that ugly/scary like black rats and others.
  - jacquesm 15y ago
    I'm not sure how to compute the average bomb dog but Labradors are in fact very common sniffer dogs: http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-09-30-1Adogs30_ST_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-09-30-1Adogs30_ST... Lots of German Shepherds as well and plenty of other breeds. No, the're not 'doodles' but a pack of angry Jack Russels isn't a pic-nick either. The point is that people are somewhat used to bomb sniffer dogs because they associate them with the dogs they already know. With rats they will also associate them with the rats they already know, and that association is not going to be a good one. That rat looks like this: http://www.viewchange.org/videos/africa-bomb-squad-rats http://www.viewchange.org/videos/africa-bomb-squad-rats So, you'll be testing your rat-on-a-leash in a crowded airport ---->>> there and meanwhile I'll be <-------- over there. I hate being trampled by screaming tourists.
    - JVIDEL 15y ago
      Well look at this way: if you don't like the scanner then you're getting a very intimate patdown, which depending how you take it could end with a surprise cavity search. Now the rat doesn't sounds that bad does it?

by JVIDEL 15y ago

jacquesm 15y ago

If you think rats are less intimidating for passengers then I invite you to test your hypothesis by walking around an airport with a rat on a leash and a dog on a leash, see what gets the most response.

JVIDEL 15y ago
Have you seen the average bomb dog? is not a labradoodle... And google ethiopian rat, is not that ugly/scary like black rats and others.
- jacquesm 15y ago
  I'm not sure how to compute the average bomb dog but Labradors are in fact very common sniffer dogs: http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-09-30-1Adogs30_ST_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-09-30-1Adogs30_ST... Lots of German Shepherds as well and plenty of other breeds. No, the're not 'doodles' but a pack of angry Jack Russels isn't a pic-nick either. The point is that people are somewhat used to bomb sniffer dogs because they associate them with the dogs they already know. With rats they will also associate them with the rats they already know, and that association is not going to be a good one. That rat looks like this: http://www.viewchange.org/videos/africa-bomb-squad-rats http://www.viewchange.org/videos/africa-bomb-squad-rats So, you'll be testing your rat-on-a-leash in a crowded airport ---->>> there and meanwhile I'll be <-------- over there. I hate being trampled by screaming tourists.
  - JVIDEL 15y ago
    Well look at this way: if you don't like the scanner then you're getting a very intimate patdown, which depending how you take it could end with a surprise cavity search. Now the rat doesn't sounds that bad does it?