Hero rats sniff land mines and TB!:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/26/world/africa/hero-rats-sniff-out-landmines-and-tb/index.html?hpt=wo_t2

it says:

"...A single rat can clear 200 square feet in an hour (done manually, the same area would take 50 hours to clear). A TB-detection rat can evaluate 50 samples in eight minutes (almost a day's work for a lab technician)...."

Very impressive!
I think even all the rich countries should use them! -the money and time saved could then be extra money and time to spend on doing other good things.

Originally posted by humy
it says:

"...A single rat can clear 200 square feet in an hour (done manually, the same area would take 50 hours to clear). A TB-detection rat can evaluate 50 samples in eight minutes (almost a day's work for a lab technician)...."

Very impressive!
I think even all the rich countries should use them! -the money and time saved could then be extra money and time to spend on doing other good things.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Although, I didn't see statistics on how fast dogs/humans did the same job. If the Dog/human team could work twice as fast as the rat/human team, maybe it would make things more equal.

Originally posted by FabianFnas
Rats doesn't weigh much, dogs do. How much weigh does it take to activate a mine to a blast?

I go for the super rat! https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT5aZqU9sZgCo8vcqSJMxD5MKUHN2BWA_4T5rq6XLt3zMVm_JTpWw