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Trained Wasps May Be Used To Detect Bombs, Bugs, Bodies And More (Use wasps instead of groping)
ScienceDaily ^ | Oct. 21, 2005 | Unattributed

Posted on 11/17/2010 1:40:36 PM PST by Lucas McCain

An unusual device that uses trained wasps, rather than trained dogs, to detect specific chemical odors could one day be used to find hidden explosives, plant diseases, illegal drugs, cancer and even buried bodies, according to a joint study by researchers at the University of Georgia and U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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In the current study, the researchers used Microplitis croceipes, a species of tiny parasitic wasps that can be trained to detect certain odors by associating the odors with a food reward. The wasps are not capable of stinging humans, the scientists say. Training a single wasp to detect a target odor can take as little as five minutes and the insects can be easily bred by the thousands, they say.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: waspsbombs
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This is an older article but it seems like a good solution to the current TSA problem.
1 posted on 11/17/2010 1:40:46 PM PST by Lucas McCain
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To: Lucas McCain

The wasp whisper ?


2 posted on 11/17/2010 1:41:50 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
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To: Lucas McCain

This will work just fine until the first airliner crash caused by an errant wasp in the cockpit.


3 posted on 11/17/2010 1:42:16 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Lucas McCain
Cool!

"Sir, please open your belt so I can pour some wasps into your underwear. They might tickle, but please don't swat at them."

"OK, no problem! Sounds fun! How well are they trained? If I like it, can I come back again?"

lol!

4 posted on 11/17/2010 1:46:07 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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To: Lucas McCain

WHITE ANGLO-SAXON PROTESTANTS?......................


5 posted on 11/17/2010 1:46:09 PM PST by Red Badger (The House finally fell on Nancy Pelosi..........)
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To: Lucas McCain
Cool!

"Sir, please open your belt so I can pour some wasps into your underwear. They might tickle, but please don't swat at them."

"OK, no problem! Sounds fun! How well are they trained? If I like it, can I come back again?"

lol!

6 posted on 11/17/2010 1:46:20 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

No wasps in the aircraft. I can imagine a device that one walks through at the airport that contains the wasps. They go crazy (in their container) if explosives come through.


7 posted on 11/17/2010 1:47:25 PM PST by Lucas McCain
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To: Joe 6-pack

YEsssss...I’ll put wasps in my baggy pants...that’ll get ‘em...plus it will get the TSA buttheads :)


8 posted on 11/17/2010 1:47:34 PM PST by BubbaJunebug
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To: Lucas McCain

We need EXPLOSIVE DETECTION PERFECTION devices not grope the dope and hope.


9 posted on 11/17/2010 1:48:13 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Red Badger

LOL!


10 posted on 11/17/2010 1:48:24 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Red Badger
They're easier to train....
11 posted on 11/17/2010 1:48:38 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: Lucas McCain

Thanks. As long as I am allowed to bring my highly trained Guard Yellow-Jackets with me, I’m down with it.


12 posted on 11/17/2010 1:48:46 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Your next chance like this? About 2044. Vote popularity and don't waste time with the details.)
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To: Lucas McCain

13 posted on 11/17/2010 1:49:42 PM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality. Save America From Bankruptcy.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Pilots can get training for that in the simulator. Just release a few wasps and put the pilot into emergency conditions. Its just another distraction to be dealt with.


14 posted on 11/17/2010 1:50:42 PM PST by HerrBlucher (Defund, repeal, investigate, impeach, convict, jail, celebrate.)
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To: Lucas McCain

Just make everyone getting on a plane eat a bite of bacon and move on.


15 posted on 11/17/2010 1:51:35 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: Lucas McCain

A screen cage of these little bugs might render the gropedown obsolete.


16 posted on 11/17/2010 1:52:47 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Lucas McCain

How about just examining the friggin’ MUSLIMS!!! Wouldn’t THAT be one hell of a lot EASIER?!?!!


17 posted on 11/17/2010 1:53:23 PM PST by Oldpuppymax
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Then they would have to differentiate between the training wasps and the operational wasps. Perhaps they could paint the training wasps blue...


18 posted on 11/17/2010 1:53:42 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Lucas McCain; Slings and Arrows

The ACLU is going to file a discrimination suit if you use WASPS.


19 posted on 11/17/2010 1:54:48 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: Lucas McCain
"No wasps in the aircraft. I can imagine a device that one walks through at the airport that contains the wasps. They go crazy (in their container) if explosives come through."

And some mad terrorist will synthesize wasp sex pheremones and all the false positives will effectively shut down the airline industry.

20 posted on 11/17/2010 1:56:02 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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