I just read saw this on MSN. I wonder how feasible it will be.
Wasps Used as Sniffer Dogs
Nov. 20 ? Dutch scientists say they have found a way of using wasps to detect drugs and bombs more cheaply and effectively than sniffer dogs can ? and even dream of using them to hunt chemical and biological weapons.
Wasps have been conditioned in laboratory tests to give a specific response after smelling substances ranging from marijuana to explosives, Netherlands Institute of Ecology biologist Felix Waeckers said on Saturday....
It's cheaper and they can be trained more rapidly. The training of these wasps can take less than an hour ? and the procedure for training a dog is more complex," Waeckers said.
But even in front-line policing, a wasp is never likely to become man's best friend.
"The downside is that they live for just a couple of months. And dogs have a personality. Wasps don't have that."
Wasps Used as Sniffer Dogs
Nov. 20 ? Dutch scientists say they have found a way of using wasps to detect drugs and bombs more cheaply and effectively than sniffer dogs can ? and even dream of using them to hunt chemical and biological weapons.
Wasps have been conditioned in laboratory tests to give a specific response after smelling substances ranging from marijuana to explosives, Netherlands Institute of Ecology biologist Felix Waeckers said on Saturday....
It's cheaper and they can be trained more rapidly. The training of these wasps can take less than an hour ? and the procedure for training a dog is more complex," Waeckers said.
But even in front-line policing, a wasp is never likely to become man's best friend.
"The downside is that they live for just a couple of months. And dogs have a personality. Wasps don't have that."
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