http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/18/international/18RAT.html?hp

Coolest. Thing. Ever.

(If you aren’t signed up at NYTimes, they’re using Gambian giant pouched rats to find land mines–they’re evidentally better than dogs at it, and don’t get discouraged or bored the way that dogs do. They have them on teeny little harnesses. I cannot express how cool this is.)

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