Trained Rats for Mine Detection

rikomatic writes "The dangerous profession of anti-personnel mine detection is getting a surprising new tool: giant Gambian rats (NY Times reg). Some resourceful Belgians have figured out how to train these 30-inch rodents to hunt out landmines. They are cheaper and work harder than dogs and are more reliable than metal detectors. Plus, if one of them blows up, who's going to cry?"

Comments

If I were in charge...

[elh_inny]

Personally I'd use all those responsible for placing the mines to remove them. Probably this would mean I'd have to hire Bush, Clinton etc.
How silly of them.

"who's going to cry"

[hyperstation]

killing is wrong. rat, dog, human - it doesn't matter.

especially for frivolous and deadly activites like landmine detection.

I'm actually flattered

[blunte]

I now realize that I do have a moderator fanboi out there somewhere. This person clearly waits with bated breath for me to post so they can -1 me.

So my PETA response landed at 12:22 /. time, and the only prior PETA comment was a 12:19 /. time. Sadly, that previous message didn't exist in the comment list when I made my post.

Mine being the second PETA post at the root level clearly warrants the use of a mod point to mark it Redundant. In fact I cannot think of a more practical use of mod points but to go hunting for similar obviously karma-whoring theft of other people's previously-invisible ideas.

Cheers, fanboi.

But that brings an idea to mind. What would happen if I intentionally created a fodder post on each article, then waited but 5 minutes to make my serious post? Would the perhaps multiple blunte fanbois burn their mod posts on my feint? That would be a sad shame.