I would have thought that immaculately trained dogs would be the ones who would go ahead of a human trainer and use their highly sensitive noses to pinpoint the location of any potential landmines, but it seems that man's best friend has a competitor in this particular department – rats. Yes, smelling a rat might take on a whole new meaning, as within a laboratory on the grounds of a police-guarded complex, there are 11 white-furred rats running around, hoping to impress trainers with their landmine identification abilities – with hopes of being on the receiving end of some sugar once they managed to get the job done, of course.
Ubergizmo, Rats sniff out landmines
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