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But dogs are trained to sniff truffles and definitely stick to it for long, and the process (sniff around, signal to handler, get reward, repeat) seems the same
by riffraff 2y ago
But dogs are trained to sniff truffles and definitely stick to it for long, and the process (sniff around, signal to handler, get reward, repeat) seems the same.
- xeonmc 2y agoBut are there more truffles in a forest than there are mines in a minefield?
- riffraff 2y agoI'm not sure, I remember going truffle hunting (a grand-uncle owned truffle dogs) and spending a whole morning not finding anything. Luckily, I never had to go mine-hunting.
- ajb 2y agoWell, that's just what I read... I'm no longer sure it is accurate. Looking at their website APOPO now actually use dogs as well. They say that rats and dogs are complementary, but they give an advantage of the dogs but not of the rats Also, I ran across this article criticising the rats effectiveness: https://nolandmines.com/APOPO%20rats.html https://nolandmines.com/APOPO%20rats.html . I have no way to assess it's accuracy.