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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I’m certain that Sheila Jackson-Lee, the CBC (congressional black caucus) and the NAACP will find this solution to be completely RACIST.
just sayin.....
Obviously an outdated article as the Feds are not hiring WASPS anymore for security.
I have a better idea. Train bedbugs. They’re don’t need redeployed.
Tough choice... a hand in my pants or a wasp in my pants?
A wasp in the pants is worth a hand in the bush?
Uh... no, that's not really a tough choice at all. :-)
When they apprehend a suspected terroristic, is it called a sting operation?
I bet you could train pigs to detect bombs in airports too.....that would solve the TSA and the terrorist problem in “one swell foop!”
OK. Try this then:http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/11/best-idea-ever-bomb-sniffing-pigs-in.html
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