At the beginning of World War II, pigeons were trained in order to guide bombs. They were quickly replaced by electronics. I actually knew one of the people who worked on the project -- she passed away the week of September 11th, entirely unrelated.
She also worked on a project where cats were trained to become recorders. A recording device and transmitter were actually placed in the cat. These day they could include a camera.
They actually did some tests where cats were dropped off in American airports, travelled to their destination and listened to conversations.
In the area of detection, desert rats have been trained to detect land mines -- they are used as they are not heavy enough to set off the land mine and the average handler isn't as attached to the rate even if it did.
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At the beginning of World War II, pigeons were trained in order to guide bombs. They were quickly replaced by electronics. I actually knew one of the people who worked on the project -- she passed away the week of September 11th, entirely unrelated.
She also worked on a project where cats were trained to become recorders. A recording device and transmitter were actually placed in the cat. These day they could include a camera.
They actually did some tests where cats were dropped off in American airports, travelled to their destination and listened to conversations.
In the area of detection, desert rats have been trained to detect land mines -- they are used as they are not heavy enough to set off the land mine and the average handler isn't as attached to the rate even if it did.