Sniffer rats seek out quake survivors. 23/09/2004. ABC News Online

Is this really a good idea???
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Sniffer rats seek out quake survivors. 23/09/2004. ABC News Online: "Scientists in the United States are teaching rats how to track down human scents and have identified the brain signals that are generated when they do.
Electrodes implanted in their brains will send signals to a radio transmitter pack strapped to the animal's back.
Rescuers on the surface will be able to track the signal and locate any survivors. "
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Could you imagine being buried in rubble after a disaster, crying for help, hungry and scared. And just when you start to calm down, here comes a rat with a little helmet and a backpack. Now it starts squeaking at you and turning in circles. You think you are dying and start to weep again. Now, the rescuers know where you are, but you only think you are hallucinating. You are seeing a big rat with a helmet and a backpack that hiked into your little personal hell and began to try and talk to you.
OMG!!!.
But it gets worse. You are pinned and can't really move. After all that work, the rat is getting hungry.. And you are bleeding and can't move.
Shall I describe what happens next? Just hope the scientists remembered to pack a cheese lunch for the little rat.
The scientists would be on the surface looking at the brain monitor...
"Look, our little friend seems to have found a human. Oh, and it seems something else is going on in his little brain. Hey John, what does this mean?.... Oh, it looks as though he found something to eat."
DOH......