# Captured squirrel mine detectors

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/captured-squirrel-mine-detectors/219>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [February 14, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/captured-squirrel-mine-detectors/219 "2013-02-14T07:45:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![marvalis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/marvalis/32/851_2.png) [@marvalis](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/marvalis)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/captured-squirrel-mine-detectors/219/1 "2013-02-14T07:45:59Z")

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You should totally be able to capture small non-aggressive animals, put them in a cage at the front of your vehicle, and use them as pressure-triggered mine detectors.  
You run over a mine!  
The squirrel blows up!  
_player backs away slowly from the minefield_

Right now, if you manage to pasture a squirrel into your car, you probably just end up smashing it dead when you take off with the car. I don’t think you can get it to ride in the seats like a passenger. Although that would be pretty neat. Then I could make a seat in front, put a squirrel on it, and make it wear a motorcycle helmet.

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**Author:** ![Shoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Shoes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shoes)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/captured-squirrel-mine-detectors/219/2 "2013-02-14T12:37:30Z")

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The wheels of the car set off the mines… So it would be useless unless your car is using squirrel cages as wheels, and the squirrel wheel is on an extended limb of the car to avoid area of effect damage… and at that point, why not just use a real wheel?

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**Author:** ![marvalis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/marvalis/32/851_2.png) [@marvalis](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/marvalis)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/captured-squirrel-mine-detectors/219/3 "2013-02-14T20:47:15Z")

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So we can just use wheels to snuff out mines? That is cool.  
Of course this could be changed to make captured squirrels more useful ;P.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/captured-squirrel-mine-detectors/219/4 "2013-02-14T22:13:43Z")

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yea, you could make a minesweeper by building a ton of extra wheels in front of the car:

```auto
0000
| |
o--o
|""|
+##+
+##+
|HH|
o++o
```