Forensics

Rats To Detect Mines

For thousands of years man has been using animals for various needs – for food, for fighting, for company or more. Although a lot of us may be scared of them, it seems rats have come in particularly handy lately. Turns out rats are the most suitable animal for tracking mines. They have a highly developed sense of smell and can scan large areas, and most of all, rats are too small and light to trigger the mines.