The rats they use are enormous. Look at this one (image taken from Wikipedia). Good thing they're socialised from an early age to see people as friends!
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Hero rats
I've just enjoyed listening to an interview from National Radio's This Way Up about one of my favourite charities - Apopo/Hero Rats of Tanzania. They train African pouched rats to detect landmines in fields in Mozambique and Angola. More recently, they've also be training these rats to identify patients with tuberculosis by sniffing sputum samples.
The rats they use are enormous. Look at this one (image taken from Wikipedia). Good thing they're socialised from an early age to see people as friends!
The rats they use are enormous. Look at this one (image taken from Wikipedia). Good thing they're socialised from an early age to see people as friends!
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