mrmoshe Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Fish latest weapon in war on terror From: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Tokyo July 24, 2006 FORGET about Japanese technology. The country's latest contribution to the war on terrorism is tiny fish, which will be deployed to detect contamination of water supplies. Light-orange ricefish, which are some 4cm long and are commonly kept as pets in Japan, will alert authorities if their movement is irregular. Shizuoka prefecture south of Tokyo devised the fish alert system after the government asked the country to come up with anti-terrorist measures following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US. If the water is contaminated, the fish show irregular behavior, such as swimming with their noses near the surface because of breathing problems, or simply die. "This live water surveillance system is useful because usual water filters take up to 15 hours to detect contamination, whereas with these rice-fish it will only take three hours," said Mitsuyoshi Hori, an official handling the project. Shizuoka prefecture started using ricefish on a test basis last year at two water plants Hamamatsu city and will soon equip the prefecture's central system. "Of course, we don't know what the real possibility is of terrorist attacks on our water supply, but we should be ready. Although if it really did happen it would be a whole other story of greater degree," Mr Hori said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Fish never cease to amaze me. Wow... Thanks for the info, Pete! Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dont Shoot Da Chinamen Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 ok!!! maybe we should stop fishing! anyone agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 thats definately different and amazing at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 i have to agree with dsdc stop fighting altogether and let these fish live a fishes life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrykrocker Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 basically like canaries in a mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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