Bluegill Article on CNN.com

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biorod

Sometimes I think intelligent people read CNN.com, and other times I'm not so sure.  So I was reading an article about cities using bluegills (also sunfish or bream) as "canaries in a coal mine", they write, to detect if toxins are introduced into its water supply.  Then I come across this:

"They do have limitations. While the bluegills have successfully detected at least 30 toxic chemicals, they cannot reliably detect germs. And they are no use against other sorts of attacks -- say, the bombing of a water main, or an attack by computer hackers on the systems that control the flow of water."

No shit?  You mean to tell me that there's no way to use a Bluegill to detect hackers or bombs?  This is an outrage!  Find a way to hook those fish up to a cat5 cable or train them for an ordinance team or some shit because I won't accept that!  OMG.

Link to the article.

Comments (3)

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SoupNazzi·
LOL, I'm sure there are people out there that actually wonder if they can detect those things!
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biorod·
Hmmm, those must've been some Bush fish...
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OldManRiver48·
Lame!!! If they cant multitask they should run for Prez.