thats pretty amazing. Wasps to detect drugs? I wonder if their care takers would be pissed if you swatted at em and killed a few.
Omni05 Reviewed by Omni05 on . wasps will smell your drugs instead of dogs TIFTON, Ga. - Trained wasps could someday replace dogs for sniffing out drugs, bombs and bodies. No kidding. Scientists say a species of non-stinging wasps can be trained in only five minutes and are just as sensitive to odors as man's best friend, which can require up to six months of training at a cost of about $15,000 per dog. With the use of a handheld device that contains the wasps but allows them to do their work, researchers have been able to use the insects to detect target Rating: 5