Sniffer 'hero rats' saving lives
By Otto Bakano | China Daily | Updated: 2010-11-10 07:55
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A baby giant African pouch rat is rewarded with a banana by its trainer after accurately finding a dummy mine during a training exercise at the grounds of a pioneering Belgian NGO in Morogoro, Tanzania on Oct 27. Yasuyoshi Chiba / Agence France-Presse |
The giant African rodents are veryeffective at detecting landmines
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