10/18/2005: Mine fishing with a rat

Lizsun · 10-19-2005, 06:42 AM

One more way that we get ourselves into a bind by shrot-term thinking.
Gosh if just one guy in charge had thought about what if we win and my grandkid moves there . . . his kids might walk across that field one day.

ME-Liz
http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com

smithgr · 10-19-2005, 07:18 AM

Evidently the photographer isn't concerned that the rat will set off the mine. As others have mentioned, landmines usually take several pounds of pressure to trigger them. I would be surprized if many rats were killed at all. They probably use them because they are intelligent but smaller than dogs,which ARE big enough to set off mines.

I recall reading a journalist's account (sorry, can't attribute) of seeing a Vietnamese child throwing a stick for his dog in a field and then walking to the dog and repeating the process. The journalist thought it was just a kid playing with his dog until he realized that the kid was using the dog to clear a safe path through a mine field. Wow...talk about an alternate reality.

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10-19-2005, 06:42 AM	#1
Lizsun Complex Simpleton Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 18	One more way that we get ourselves into a bind by shrot-term thinking. Gosh if just one guy in charge had thought about what if we win and my grandkid moves there . . . his kids might walk across that field one day. ME-Liz http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com

10-19-2005, 07:18 AM	#2
smithgr Aggregate Aggravator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kettering OH, USA Posts: 17	Evidently the photographer isn't concerned that the rat will set off the mine. As others have mentioned, landmines usually take several pounds of pressure to trigger them. I would be surprized if many rats were killed at all. They probably use them because they are intelligent but smaller than dogs,which ARE big enough to set off mines. I recall reading a journalist's account (sorry, can't attribute) of seeing a Vietnamese child throwing a stick for his dog in a field and then walking to the dog and repeating the process. The journalist thought it was just a kid playing with his dog until he realized that the kid was using the dog to clear a safe path through a mine field. Wow...talk about an alternate reality.

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