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Giant rats put noses to work on Africa's land mine epidemic
CNN.com ^
| 09/08/2010
| Eliott C. McLaughlin
Posted on 09/08/2010 4:08:51 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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This giant "rat"?
or this giant rat...
You decide.
To: Squantos
At least I’ll be replaced by a robot or outsourced to Calcutta.
2
posted on
09/08/2010 4:11:36 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: OldDeckHand
It would have to be the top one. Barney’s nose has been in places no self-respecting sewer rat would even dream of going.
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posted on
09/08/2010 4:12:50 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
(The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
To: Tribune7
"Barneys nose has been in places no self-respecting sewer rat would even dream of going." Yuch!
To: OldDeckHand
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posted on
09/08/2010 4:14:13 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(I got your tag line..)
To: OldDeckHand
Cool story. There was no need to hijack it.
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posted on
09/08/2010 4:14:22 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: OldDeckHand
I think the U.S. military should let bawney skip along in front of our vehicles in Afghanistan and test out the theory that rats can sniff out explosives.
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posted on
09/08/2010 4:16:40 PM PDT
by
RS_Rider
(I hate Illinois Nazis)
To: OldDeckHand
I bet that rat could take that leash off, if he wanted to.
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posted on
09/08/2010 4:21:48 PM PDT
by
donna
(Sarah Palin: ...all of us, who consider ourselves progressive...)
To: 1rudeboy
"There was no need to hijack it." No, there was no need to. But, I have found there isn't much need to do many of the more enjoyable things in life.
To: OldDeckHand
My Dad grew up in Wilkes Barre, PA and many of his relatives worked in the coal mines. Some of us were commenting one day about having to work in the cold and dark with the rats, and Dad said, “Oh no! The miners made friends with the rats and even fed them.”
Upon hearing our collective “WTF?” he enlightened us.
When part of the mine was about to cave in, the rats sensed it first and started running to safety. If the miners saw the rats running, they dropped whatever they were doing and ran with the rats. Many a life was saved that way.
A bit of a chilling tale, but a lesson for us kids. You never know who will turn out to be your best friend.
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posted on
09/08/2010 4:26:08 PM PDT
by
mrs. a
(It's a short life but a merry one...)
To: mrs. a
Good one.
Take note folks. When the Rats run from Obama, it’s a bad omen.
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posted on
09/08/2010 4:30:23 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(UniTea! It's not Rs vs Ds you dimwits. It's Cs vs Ls. Cut the crap & lets build for success.)
To: OldDeckHand
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posted on
09/08/2010 4:33:02 PM PDT
by
weef
To: OldDeckHand
To: OldDeckHand
Giant pouched rats? We have them in Louisiana. We call them ‘possums.
To: OldDeckHand
“The Giant Rat of Sumatra”
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posted on
09/08/2010 5:21:17 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: dynachrome
The world is not yet prepared for that one....
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posted on
09/08/2010 5:42:36 PM PDT
by
thulldud
(Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
09/08/2010 5:58:49 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
To: OldDeckHand
Giant rats put noses to work on Africa's land mine epidemic Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist.
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posted on
09/08/2010 6:03:36 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
To: OldDeckHand
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posted on
09/08/2010 6:07:03 PM PDT
by
Clay Moore
(The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
To: OldDeckHand
Well, I guess rats have made it on to the list of animals that are more useful than cats. Congratulations are in order!
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