Giant rats in SPAAAACE
Rats have gone totally high tech.
Scientists plan to use satellite photos to count Giant Kangaroo Rats, the first-ever monitoring of an endangered species from outer space. The technology replaces trapping and tedious airplane fly-overs as a means of taking census.
Yep, it is too hard to go find giant rats and the huge areas they denude of vegetation, if you just walk around, or have to fly a plane around for an hour or two. Nope, better use a billion dollar satellite to take photos. Wait, whose satellites will they be using?
Scientists will examine images taken from the same satellite used by Israeli defense forces to find the rat burrows.
Wouldn't a better use be to, I dunno, make sure terrorists are not setting up camps, or staging raids on Israel?
Wait again. Where are these rats? The Negev desert? The Judea desert? No, the Carrizo Plain is located in the San Joaquin Valley, in California.
Why are Israeli satellites overflying the USA, and why are they sharing data with us? I'm a bit more interested in that tidbit of information. I'm going to have to check this out.
I do hope that the rats are conserved and that the grasslands remain undeveloped thanks to this study. I'm just worried now that a malfunctioning spy satellite will crash land on them.
Scientists plan to use satellite photos to count Giant Kangaroo Rats, the first-ever monitoring of an endangered species from outer space. The technology replaces trapping and tedious airplane fly-overs as a means of taking census.
Yep, it is too hard to go find giant rats and the huge areas they denude of vegetation, if you just walk around, or have to fly a plane around for an hour or two. Nope, better use a billion dollar satellite to take photos. Wait, whose satellites will they be using?
Scientists will examine images taken from the same satellite used by Israeli defense forces to find the rat burrows.
Wouldn't a better use be to, I dunno, make sure terrorists are not setting up camps, or staging raids on Israel?
Wait again. Where are these rats? The Negev desert? The Judea desert? No, the Carrizo Plain is located in the San Joaquin Valley, in California.
Why are Israeli satellites overflying the USA, and why are they sharing data with us? I'm a bit more interested in that tidbit of information. I'm going to have to check this out.
I do hope that the rats are conserved and that the grasslands remain undeveloped thanks to this study. I'm just worried now that a malfunctioning spy satellite will crash land on them.