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ROBOTS: Could Robots Replace Animals?

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Ferrets Run Electrical Cables

In the sixties and seventies, both the united states and the soviet navies created these marine mammal training programes. Animals have been used for inta structure construction and safety. The most famous probably being canaries in coal mines,. But i think my favorite example from kate's book, is that we've used ferrets to help run cables for many years. Thereis even a school for training these ferrets. We will post a video on the page. Featuring a guy named jamesm who is the director of the national ferret school.

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