Actually it is an excellent idea. There is a Belgian Scientist in Africa that has raised a variety of larger, affectionate, friendly rats that are trained for finding land mines below the surface or the soil. It is a very large rat species trained to lead on a leash. The rats lighter weight means it is far less likely to explode the mine. I believe there is a video at TED.com
The fact that it has the ability to smell the land mines below ground seems an advantage if adapted to meteorite hunting. Imagine if you will someone dressed as the Pied Pipper and arriving at a fresh fall with dozens of Meteorite hunting rats... You could cover acres in a short while. Elton ----- Original Message ---- > From: "wahlpe...@aol.com" <wahlpe...@aol.com> > To: drtan...@yahoo.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Sent: Tue, November 9, 2010 9:59:33 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunting Rats > > Hi Dirk and List, > > I advise against anybody using a rat to hunt in a strewn field. I tried >hunting with a large rat once but it turned out bad. The rat only seemed to >attract more rats to the area. So for me I have decided to stick with my dog. > > Just my two cents on hunting! : ) > > Sonny > > > -----Original Message----- > From: drtanuki <drtan...@yahoo.com> > To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Tue, Nov 9, 2010 12:40 am > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunting Rats > > > Dear List,Hopper The Meteorite Dog and Brix The Dog will soon only be on >TV?Rats now being used to search for landmines will soon be trained by >meteorite hunters to hunt for meteorites, predicts LunarMeteorite*Hunter, >Tokyo, Japan. Rats have an acute sense for smell and are extremely accurate >in >detection; rat "packs" will soon be used to search strewn fields in Poland, >Canada, the US and elsewhere. " Dogs will soon be out of use due to their >large >size and food consumption; rats are "in"". >http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2010/11/rats-may-soon-be-trained-to-search-for.html > > with videoBest Regards, Dirk >Ross...Tokyo______________________________________________Visit the Archives >at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.htmlMeteorite-list >mailing >listmeteorite-l...@meteoritecentral.comhttp://six.pairlist.net/mailman/li > stinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
