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A Belgian Nonprofit Is Using Giant Rats to Sniff Out Landmines
Trained to detect the smell of TNT, the rats have cleared over 13,000 landmines so far.
Giant Rats Are Helping Doctors in Mozambique Sniff Out Tuberculosis
A Belgian aid organization is training cat-sized African pouched rats to use their keen sense of smell to detect the presence of tuberculosis in human mucus samples.
An Army of Giant African Pouched Rats Are Clearing Mozambique's Minefields
Apopo, a Belgium-based NGO, trains rats to sniff out active land mines. So far, they've detected and cleared 6,693 land mines from rural areas of Mozambique, with an estimated 1.6 million square meters of Manica, Sofala, and Tete Provinces due to be...
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