Heroic Rats

Rats have been a source of much rage and fear for their various behaviors and disease-carrying proclivities. But they are an impressive evolutionary smelling machine and pretty easy to train. Researchers have trained rats to use their remarkable sense of smell for a variety of heroic deeds that are saving many human lives. These are their stories... dun dun. <br /><br /><b>Recommendations</b><br /><ul><li>Abraham: Saosin (self-titled) <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/artist/saosin/28673579" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://music.apple.com/us/artist/saosin/28673579</a></li><li>Shane: Heretics of Dune (<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/303821/heretics-of-dune-by-frank-herbert/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/303821/heretics-of-dune-by-frank-herbert/</a>)</li></ul><br /><b>Links: </b><br /><ol><li><a href="https://www.discovery.com/nature/rats-are-being-trained-to-rescue-earthquake-survivors-" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.discovery.com/nature/rats-are-being-trained-to-rescue-earthquake-survivors-</a></li><li>La Londe, et al. (2014) - Training pouched rats to find people. <i>Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 48</i>(1), 1-10. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.181" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.181</a></li><li><a href="https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/giant-rats-trained-sniff-out-tuberculosis-africa/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/giant-rats-trained-sniff-out-tuberculosis-africa/</a></li><li>Poling, A., Weetjens, B., Cox, C., Beyene, N., Durgin, A., &amp; Mahoney, A. (2011). Tuberculosis detection by giant african pouched rats. <i>The Behavior analyst</i>, <i>34</i>(1), 47–54. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392234" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392234</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/23/rats-who-sniff-out