http://www.clickertraining.com/rats en http://www.clickertraining.com/node/171 <p>On May 18, readers of the New York Times were treated to a front-page story on mine-sniffing Gambian giant pouched rats. The reporter, Michael Wines, traveled to Mozambique to discover the latest breakthrough in mine detection technology: a squad of rats, outfitted in tiny harnesses and hitched to 10-yard clotheslines. When the rats catch the scent of TNT, the give-away for a buried landmine, they deliberately scratch the earth.</p> <p><a href="http://www.clickertraining.com/node/171">read more</a></p> http://www.clickertraining.com/node/171#comment Karen&#039;s Articles Off the Beaten Path Rats Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 -0500 Gale Pryor 171 at http://www.clickertraining.com http://www.clickertraining.com/node/22 <p><i>Virginia Broitman and Sherri Lippman, top <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary#term205"><acronym title="Clicker: A toy noisemaker. Animal trainers make use of the clicker as an event marker to mark a desired response. The sound of the clicker is an excellent marker because it is unique, quick, and consistent. You can find several different types of clickers in our store.">clicker</acronym></a> trainers and producers of the popular Bow Wow series of <a class="glossary-term" href="/taxonomy/term/206"><acronym title="Clicker training: A term coined by Karen Pryor and defined by her as a subset of operant conditioning using positive reinforcement, extinction, negative punishment, and an event marker to modify behavior. ">clicker training</acronym></a> videos, sent us these provocative photos. Hmm. How did you manage this, ladies? Sherri answers:</i></p> <p><a href="http://www.clickertraining.com/node/22">read more</a></p> http://www.clickertraining.com/node/22#comment Off the Beaten Path Rats Cats Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0600 Sherri Lippman 22 at http://www.clickertraining.com