An online article describes how rats been trained to run computer cabling through old school buildings. http://www.sjmercury.com/business/rats092797.htm A problem is it takes up to 3 months to train the rats and they only live 2 years. They should try using ferrets--oops never mind, this is in CaCa land! Linda Iroff North Coast Ferret Shelter http://www.oberlin.edu/~liroff/ncfs.html [Posted in FML issue 2080]