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Tanzania Giant Rats Sniff Out Land Mines And TB, January 2012
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Photo 1 of 5Credit: Ilona Eveleens/RNWFemi and other rats are trained to find land mines by the Belgian-Tanzanian APOPO company. -
Photo 2 of 5Credit: Ilona Eveleens/RNWNone of the rats weigh more than one and a half kilograms, far too light to detonate a landmine. -
Photo 3 of 5Credit: Ilona Eveleens/RNWRats have to score 100 percent before being certified and deployed in land mine-ridden countries like Mozambique. -
Photo 4 of 5Credit: Ilona Eveleens/RNWExperts have proved that rats are much faster in detecting mines than humans . -
Photo 5 of 5Credit: Ilona Eveleens/RNWOne of the trainers.
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