Bomb-sniffing elephants being trained in SA

Betonov · 02-25-15, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

All depends on what exactly we are looking for.

Picking up the pattern of mine fields can be done well with a drone, but if you want to "sniff" explosives, not so good.

At this time, we don't have any sensors that can reliably detect the odors being emitted from explosives better than a well trained dog.

There are machines that can sniff out cancer in humans just like dogs
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innova...790482/?no-ist

I'm guessing same can be achieved with chemicals in mines.

But then we have rats finding mines
A rat is too small to trigger a mine, so even the rat is not in danger.

Stealhead · 02-25-15, 05:52 PM

With that sniffer machine at long last the age old question can be answered. Who farted?

Rockstar · 02-25-15, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

With that sniffer machine at long last the age old question can be answered. Who farted?

Well thats easy. Whoever smelt it dealt it.

Eichhörnchen · 02-26-15, 07:23 PM

Which brings us neatly to the bum-sniffing dog. My wife's family had a black lab with a fabulous talent: in a room full of people, someone could carefully and painstakingly release the quietest air-biscuit and the dog would immediately leap up from the floor, bound across the room and bury its head between the legs of the offender: old lady, vicar, didn't matter who they were...

Stealhead · 02-26-15, 07:39 PM

Yeah well that to a dog is like a super greeting. You'll notice that dog will fart and to him its like Eu de la aroma. So another's fart that's beyond just the sniffing of glads that like bathing in it. I like to think that dogs fart in the presence of only those whom they consider pack members. So when they sense a human fart its an open sign of unity.

Sometimes my dog he sleeps under our bed and he let's a fart underneath such that it lofts up to the higher air he always times it too so it never when one is a state deep sleep as then the gesture would go unnoticed. He dose it to my daughter as well. Once she complained openly about this Neath the bed farting by the hound. I said he dose it because he loves you strange as it may seem to a human.

I think it ties into to human nature as well. How often dose one openly loudly and undeneyibly break wind before a stranger? Not often but before a known brother or sister of ones social unit then you do so openly.

Once my oldest brother had a girlfriend and she came to supper she also brought her friend over hoping my next in line brother might be interested. He was not her having a rather homely appearance. But he did not want to be rude and inform her of this fact. So he just let out with a loud fart at the table which of course resulted in other loud farts from my kinfolk.

The homely girl said " I can't understand why God would create such a disgusting thing" I replied "I can't believe that God created such an entertaining thing" and added my own fart for emphasis to which my sister said "amen". We never saw the homely girl again.

soopaman2 · 02-26-15, 07:55 PM

Hannibal Barca is angry at the tactical misuse of elephants.

He hopes they (all of you and me) all die of dropsy or plague.

Wolferz · 02-26-15, 09:05 PM

Deploy the mouse bombs!

02-26-15, 07:39 PM	#5
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yeah well that to a dog is like a super greeting. You'll notice that dog will fart and to him its like Eu de la aroma. So another's fart that's beyond just the sniffing of glads that like bathing in it. I like to think that dogs fart in the presence of only those whom they consider pack members. So when they sense a human fart its an open sign of unity. Sometimes my dog he sleeps under our bed and he let's a fart underneath such that it lofts up to the higher air he always times it too so it never when one is a state deep sleep as then the gesture would go unnoticed. He dose it to my daughter as well. Once she complained openly about this Neath the bed farting by the hound. I said he dose it because he loves you strange as it may seem to a human. I think it ties into to human nature as well. How often dose one openly loudly and undeneyibly break wind before a stranger? Not often but before a known brother or sister of ones social unit then you do so openly. Once my oldest brother had a girlfriend and she came to supper she also brought her friend over hoping my next in line brother might be interested. He was not her having a rather homely appearance. But he did not want to be rude and inform her of this fact. So he just let out with a loud fart at the table which of course resulted in other loud farts from my kinfolk. The homely girl said " I can't understand why God would create such a disgusting thing" I replied "I can't believe that God created such an entertaining thing" and added my own fart for emphasis to which my sister said "amen". We never saw the homely girl again. Last edited by Stealhead; 02-26-15 at 07:56 PM.

02-26-15, 07:55 PM	#6
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Hannibal Barca is angry at the tactical misuse of elephants. He hopes they (all of you and me) all die of dropsy or plague. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

02-26-15, 09:05 PM	#7
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Counter. Deploy the mouse bombs! __________________ Tomorrow never comes

02-25-15, 05:52 PM	#2
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	With that sniffer machine at long last the age old question can be answered. Who farted?

02-26-15, 07:23 PM	#4
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,421 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Which brings us neatly to the bum-sniffing dog. My wife's family had a black lab with a fabulous talent: in a room full of people, someone could carefully and painstakingly release the quietest air-biscuit and the dog would immediately leap up from the floor, bound across the room and bury its head between the legs of the offender: old lady, vicar, didn't matter who they were...