...the tough get monkeys. Police in Ariz. Seek Monkey for SWAT Team
Wow, this seems like an extraordinarily bad idea.
Unless they can be trained to fling poop at the bad guys. Or keep them entertained with monkeyshines. But a capuchin monkey with a belt full of flash-bangs and an MP-5 is probably not a good thing.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at April 19, 2005 10:47 AMYou're right about the MP5. An eight-pound monkey could never handle the recoil.
Other than that, it seems like a useful idea. A few years ago I saw an article about someone who trained a lab rat to pull wires through walls, for installing network cable. The monkey would be even more mobile and versatile.
Posted by: Tom Jackson at April 19, 2005 11:06 AMLet's just hope al Qaeda doesn't get any ideas.
As for recoil, I figure you put a saddle on a police dog and strap the monkey to that for stability. And extra ferociousness.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at April 19, 2005 11:17 AMYou think this could be used to counter the squirrels with small arms?
Posted by: jim at April 19, 2005 01:23 PMPossibly--monkeys, after all, do have very long arms. It would probably be pretty good for pigeon control, too. Maybe a monkey strapped to a peregrine falcon...
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at April 19, 2005 01:26 PM