Sniffer Rats to Find Land Mines

[Theophylact]

(African Pouched Rats, specifically.)

[Mike]

That's kind of neat... They train rats.

[RituallyPure]

The rats are about 75 centimetres long (30 inches) and weigh about 1.35 kilograms (3 lbs).

That's kind of large... creepily large.

[SeanC]

Those are large rats... 3 lbs?? Wouldn't want to have one of those in my house.

Isn't that cruelty to animals though? If one gets blown up won't animal rights activists be all over the military?

I personally don't care, rats breed faster then they can be killed. I wouldn't think this would put a dent in the food chain.

Sean