Fun fact: the US Navy uses trained dolphins to locate mines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Navy_Marine_Mammal_Program#Mine_hunting http://en.wikipedia.org/

Fun fact: the US Navy uses trained dolphins to locate mines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Navy_Marine_Mammal_Program#Mine_hunting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Navy_Marine_Mammal_Program... (No, they are not killed in the process.) This got me thinking, could we train rats to locate landmines using their strong sense of smell? I googled, and it appears so. http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/13/world/americas/colombia-bomb-detecting-rats/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/13/world/americas/colombia-bomb-d...