Strange purposes when training animals

Humans tame and train animals in many strange purposes that you cannot imagine.

Throughout history, we humans have evolved, becoming the dominant animal on earth. And of course, most other animals have been left behind and within human control. We have studied, investigated and used the unique characteristics of animals to help our lives. Typically, we use horses to move and transport dogs, domesticated wild dogs into housekeepers, to make scenes or raise livestock to get food for life.

Obviously, the things that animals have done for our lives are so many, it's hard to tell. Among them, there are many things that happen daily, normally, but there are also quite a lot of special and strange things. Here, let's point out some of the most mysterious and confusing tasks that humans have used to do animals in history.

Use fireflies in World War I

Fireflies or glowing beetles are small hard-winged insects known collectively as the Firefly (Lampyridae) capable of luminescent. Fireflies are typical animals for temperate regions, although most species live in heat and subtropical regions (about 2000 species). They are nocturnal creatures, males often have wings and fly in the early nights of summer. Many species, females without wings. Males, females and larvae emit cold light and are usually orange or greenish yellow (wavelength 510 - 670nm); some species even eggs are luminescent.

It is said that light plays an important role in their reproductive behavior for the purpose of attracting the opposite sex. Normally the glowing ability of fireflies has been well known and they often appear in movies as a beautiful and poetic image.

However, little is known that, during the First World War, this amazing animal was actually using its glowing abilities for the military purpose of mankind. The British soldiers at that time faced the problem of reading maps and papers in the dark. The trenches of course cannot be equipped with any outstanding artificial light because it will attract and turn that area into an attack target for the enemy.

Technology at the time was not developed enough for soldiers to have a state-of-the-art means to get the light needed. In the end, the British army introduced a method to use fireflies. Fireflies have provided enough light for soldiers to read maps effectively without making the enemy discover by large distances. And thanks to the strong fertility of this species, the firefly supply is also not very scarce. It becomes a perfect light tool on the front line.

Apparently the fireflies were really helpful. They were also honored with a number of other animals that contributed during the war at a memorial in London inaugurated in 2004.

Use ferrets as electricians

Ferrets are a type of mink originating from the branch of Mustela putorius. This is an animal that has been domesticated to become a pet. Ferrets are a moderate-sized predator. Ferrets have brown, black, white or langurs. One of the prey of this weasel is rabbit. This species has been domesticated for many years ago.

In the United States, the number of mink owners who work as pets is second only to those of dogs and cats. This breed is smartly faithful, cute body and face, playful and playful temperament, Mink is the most suitable pet for the owners in the city, watching them play playfully. With habits and intelligence and only going to the bathroom one fixed place at a certain time. But in the past, in addition to being a pet, this weasel was once used by the famous Boeing company to make . extremely efficient electrician.

Wiring systems are inherently a problem, they are often confused and placed in cramped locations. In some difficult terrains as well as in some circumstances, electricians cannot access the convenient location, typically on complicated aircraft. However, Boeing succeeded in thinking of the idea of ​​utilizing ferrets. They have overcome this problem by attaching cables to ferrets and placing their food in the place where they need to be connected. Ferrets carry cables anywhere they need to be mounted on the plane. This idea has been used by Boeing since 1960, and it is still used today. In 2004 this species also helped in laying cables for a concert.

Bees help detect mines

Law enforcement agencies around the world have long used animals to detect bombs and explosives in some high-security locations. However, the animals used in these cases are often because of their ability to smell slightly sensitive. Until now, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered that organisms have the ability to detect mines perfectly or can be stronger than dogs - these are bees.

They discovered that bees can detect explosives after being trained. They are trained to achieve conditioned reflexes: relate a certain smell such as TNT, DNT and RDX with a reward. During practical training, sugar and a few dynamite supplies were placed near the honeycomb. When bees drink sugar, they begin to associate the smell of explosives with food sources. When on the way, the bees will look for similar smells in an area and continue searching for hours or days.

He also trained each other. For example, if more beehives are needed to detect a large area, experts only need to train a honeycomb. Bees from trained schools will recruit and teach other children themselves. In addition to mine detection, bees also signaled abnormalities in the environment, including chemical weapons attacks. Wax, honey and pollen samples collected from honeycomb also reveal pollutants in a certain area. More beneficial than bee breeds is their small size, the suspects investigated for explosives will definitely suspect the dogs but it may be difficult to be cautious with the dogs. bee. In addition, bees can work in a small and complex space.

Use crows to find the mainland when you go on the beach

The crow has about 40 species of different sizes. Some species in this genus have high intelligence. A small-beak crow was noted to smash the grain by placing it on the sidewalk across the road, letting cars pass to break the shell, waiting for the traffic light to turn red and then collect secure kernel seeds.

The members of the crow also track other birds, remember where they hide the food and then dig until the bird leaves the place. The birds of the crow also move their own food in hiding places to avoid theft, but only if they have been stolen before. The ability to hide food requires memory of space very accurately.

And thanks to this ability, it was used by Vikings a lot to find the land needed. As a civilization at sea, the Vikings will spend a lot of time on the water and know a lot about the sea. However, land is a disadvantage, it is difficult to determine what land areas are and this seems to cause many dangers.

To overcome that, the Vikings often brought a crow onto the ship and dropped it when at sea. If the crow sees the land, it will immediately fly in that direction and people will follow it to the shore. If there is no beans, the bird will return to the ship to avoid water. There are stories that are said to have been found in Iceland by this method.