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Dogs Trained to Sniff Out Piracy

Posted by Zonk on from the anti-peg-leg-pooches dept.

RockDoctor writes "Northern Ireland has for decades been using sniffer dogs to detect bombs and bomb-making materials. According to the BBC, a dog trainer in the Province has trained two dogs to sniff out some of the chemicals used in the manufacture of optical discs. While this has an obvious risk of false positives (polycarbonate plastics and their associated plasticizer additives are used in many other industries, for example), it does seem to be effective at locating discs which are not declared in customs manifests, and doing so much faster than human inspection of the cargo can do."

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  1. Dog substance addiction by flyingfsck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, at least the dogs should not get addicted to plastics, like the drug sniffing dogs...

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  2. Re:Slippery slope by MadUndergrad · · Score: 5, Funny

    What exactly is the scent of p2p?

    Rum.

  3. animals are much more intelligent that we credit by straponego · · Score: 5, Funny
    We're constantly learning that animals can accomplish feats we've been too arrogant to suspect them of: reasoning, memory, abstract concepts, tool use, eleven dimensional bee dances... and now, these dogs can determine, through scent alone, whether bits are pirated or legitimately owned.

    Incredible.

  4. Argh, ye matey, and yer poochie too! by Zarf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Arr, thar be no pirates aboard me ship. She be yar and she be true as spit shine as all me laddies. Ye nay be needin' th' poochie here cap'n. Wha? Why tha' be chemicals fer me special scurvy cream. I swar I ne'er heard o' no Day-vee-day piratein' They be like gold bar? Arr! L'emme go ye scalliwags! Ye, canna keel haul a-man fer youst ha'in chemicals fer the scurvy! I swar ser it's medicinal! Don' let 'em lock me in thar brig! I did'na heard no Day-vee-day pirates! Dis is per-poster-mos!

    Poor Long Burn Silver Disc we never saw him again.

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  5. Re:But.. but... by Evilest+Doer · · Score: 5, Funny

    But as long as its a male dog (if you're female) or a female dog (if you're male) then it's not as sick as man on man sex.
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  6. Re:Workaround by Jozer99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    My dog can already sniff out Body Odor, Ramen noodles and Hotpockets, the three indicators of major piracy (and WoW) and I haven't even trained her! How is this a big deal!?!