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National World War II Museum features animals of war

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(@daniel-s-mccabe)
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National WWII Museum features animals of war

 
Posted : July 19, 2010 8:57 am
(@noodles)
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Now that museum I'd like to see...Wonder if they have any pet rats that were in WWII???

 
Posted : July 19, 2010 2:12 pm
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My Parents Donated Two German Sheperds To WWII

They went to the Army.

We have no information if they went overseas or stayed stateside.

Paul in PA

 
Posted : July 19, 2010 4:23 pm
(@daniel-s-mccabe)
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My Parents Donated Two German Sheperds To WWII

That would be interesting to know.

 
Posted : July 19, 2010 5:37 pm
(@d-j-fenton)
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> Now that museum I'd like to see...Wonder if they have any pet rats that were in WWII???

Not sure if there were rats, but there was a plan to release thousands of bats, with tiny incendiary devices attached to them, over Japanese cities. Most of the houses there were wood and rice paper. They figured the bats would seek shelter in the eaves, the devices go off, and the city burns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

 
Posted : July 20, 2010 12:13 pm
(@noodles)
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> > Now that museum I'd like to see...Wonder if they have any pet rats that were in WWII???
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> Not sure if there were rats, but there was a plan to release thousands of bats, with tiny incendiary devices attached to them, over Japanese cities. Most of the houses there were wood and rice paper. They figured the bats would seek shelter in the eaves, the devices go off, and the city burns.
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bombbr >
Wow!! Now that is interesting...

I know they use gambian rats in certain countries to sniff out land mines. it just proves my point that rats are highly intelligent. 🙂

:angel: Angel

 
Posted : July 20, 2010 1:21 pm