Comments | birdienl: 100 things challenge

birdienl

100 things challenge - 39: HeroRATS

Jan 13, 2013 22:57

Rats are a nuisance, right? They carry diseases, eat animal feed and most people are just plain frightened of them. But, people in mine infested regions of Mozambique and Thailand are very grateful for the help of the trained African giant pouched rats to make their land safe again.

The Belgian NGO APOPO started training these rats to sniff out the ( Read more... )

100 things blogging challenge, animals

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msantimacassar January 14 2013, 01:46:14 UTC

WOW! That is absolutely amazing!! Who knew?

birdienl January 14 2013, 15:16:08 UTC

Gotta thank my subscription to the wonderful BBC Wildlife Magazine for many of my animal-related facts I post here!

msantimacassar January 15 2013, 00:27:22 UTC

Awesome! What a handy magazine to have around - it must be fascinating!

ever_maedhros January 15 2013, 07:34:11 UTC

Wow. I'm speechless. It never fails to amaze how creative people can get. :)

birdienl January 16 2013, 10:36:00 UTC

May I respectfully disagree: it never fails to amaze how many awsome clever things there are in the animal and plant kingdoms that we can make use of!

How are you doing btw? Haven't seen a lot of posts from you lately.

ever_maedhros January 16 2013, 20:38:04 UTC

That is a very good way to respectfully disagree. :D I think you're right--the credit should go mostly to creation (and its Creator).

I'm trying to be better about posting, even if it's just random silly things--but then I get involved in a book or a TV show or a song. :)

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birdienl January 16 2013, 10:34:39 UTC

Thanks for stopping by! It does sound like a worthy cause to sponsor, I'll look into it.