Jon Sullivan<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://post.lurk.org/@zilog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zilog</span></a></span> Outstanding!! I had no idea that miners planned ahead to save their canary in the event of a carbon monoxide leak. That's definitely the neatest thing I've learned so far this year.</p><p>I did a quick internet search and found another example from the UK Museum of Science and Industry, with a museum curator's description:<br><a href="https://museumcrush.org/this-device-was-used-to-resuscitate-canaries-in-coal-mines/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">museumcrush.org/this-device-wa</span><span class="invisible">s-used-to-resuscitate-canaries-in-coal-mines/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/CanaryInACoalMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanaryInACoalMine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/canary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/CanaryResuscitator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanaryResuscitator</span></a></p>