In Hugh Lofting's Dr Dolittle novels, mice taught themselves to read, ran 'mice sized' shops and (often once a novel) rescued their human friends.
Now studies have found: MICE CAN SNIFF FOR BOMBS WITH A 100% ACCURACY RATE!
Researchers put mice in a carefully designed 'walk through arch'. Mice could 'sniff' anyone who passed through the arch. If the mice smelt explosives, the mice reacted as though they smelt a cat! They ran from one chamber to another - thus setting off a special alarm to alert the human 'operator' that a bomb was detected.
The researchers hope that mice could be utilised in airports and other mass transit areas - as an alternative to 'body scans' and as a compliment to existing teams of sniffer dogs.
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