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Re:Teaching Rats to Drive Tiny Cars by whylo on Thursday October 24, 2019 @07:13AM (#21343410)
B.F. Skinner trained pigeons to pilot bombs during World War II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
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Re:Teaching Rats to Drive Tiny Cars by pattisapu on Thursday October 24, 2019 @10:22AM (#21344933)
The ancient Egyptians trained baboons to wait tables.

Source: Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts

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Re:Teaching Rats to Drive Tiny Cars by starvingbear on Thursday October 24, 2019 @11:13AM (#21345452)
I'm guessing just one incident was the end of that idea
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Re:Teaching Rats to Drive Tiny Cars by 14 on Thursday October 24, 2019 @09:55AM (#21344691)
This is where my mind went as well. But perhaps we could find better uses like rats trained to drive mini 4x4 solar powered vehicles through a crop stopping at weeds with their little machine and plucking up the weeds all while not damaging the crop.
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