Bomb sniffing Wasps!!

Another leap forward in the War on Islamofascism with the advent of the Bomb sniffing Wasp, long live the West! im feeling safer with each day that go's by ...



Scientists at a Georgia laboratory have developed what could be a low-tech, low-cost weapon in the war on terrorism: trained wasps.

The tiny, non-stinging wasps can check for hidden explosives at airports and monitor for toxins in subway tunnels.

"You can rear them by the thousands, and you can train them within a matter of minutes," says Joe Lewis, a U.S. Agriculture Department entomologist. "This is just the very tip of the iceberg of a very new resource."

blog.joehuffman.org...

I heard about this on the radio the other day, and was instantly interested, I hope some one can give some more info on this, it sounds very X-filesish but interesting. Various animals senses are so much more sensitive than our own, it is well within the realm of possibility.
Read the link. The possibilities still sound endless, but obviously more needs to be done in the way of research and training (little tiny wasp whips come to mind).

[edit on 1-1-2006 by seagull]