# Bomb-sniffing dogs VS fake bombs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-sniffing-dogs-vs-fake-bombs/591447>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-sniffing-dogs-vs-fake-bombs/591447 "2011-08-04T10:00:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-sniffing-dogs-vs-fake-bombs/591447/21 "2012-01-23T21:56:16Z")

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> [@Omar\_Little](#):
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> I’m pretty sure that if I’ve got a bomb strapped to my neck, that I want the bomb squad to take every precaution to **diffuse it** , instead of running Sparky by and saying, “he’s not hitting on that, so just take it off.”

You are not going to want the bomb squad to diffuse that bomb round your neck, because they diffuse bombs with a disrupting charge that will take your neck with it.

You might like them to defuse it, though.

And the latest technology for explosive detection is _bees_ - fast to train (one exposure can be enough), and very sensitive. And you could have detection for a wider range of explosives (bees are cheap).

Si

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