Man-Animal War: Rats Being Trained to Kill Us (or Save Us, If You Believe Evrything You Read)

Apparently, the other night on the reality TV series "The Amazing Race" contestants in Maputo, Mozambique were asked to find their next clue by having specially trained rats on leashes lead them through a field where the clue was hidden. According to the show these rats have become very useful in sniffing out land mines, but despite these amazing feets, you should all be worried. Read Fern Cohen's twisted view on this.

As someone that lives in a town full of rats just waiting to strike, there is nothing more harmful than the thought that one trained rat could lead an entire city of these vermon to attack unsuspecting humans. I mean surely a rat that can detect a land mine can also choose not to detect one. Isn't it bad enough they are already invading our fine-dining establishments such as Coffee Shop and Taco Bell?

We are in the midst of a war against the animals people! Yes, it is only the beginning, but the last thing we need are intelligent rats joining the animal ranks. Elephants, whales and chimpanzees are one thing. I expect them to be bloodthirsty, but if even one of these intelligent rats make it to New York City (and if they are truly that intelligent I imagine they'd have no trouble sniffing out an airport) then it may already be too late.

You see, as far as I can tell rats still do not realize that us humans are frightened of them. But if they can smell a land mine, they will learn to smell fear. If the human race has any chance of surviving this, certain to be, centuries-long battle we must keep the rats afraid of us. Teaching them to sniff out clues and land mines only lets them know that we are too weak to do so ourselves.