Land mines and tuberculosis are no match for Tanzanian ‘hero rats’ sniffing out danger and disease

Then a resounding click. A survivor has been found. The search in Morogoro in Tanzania’s Uluguru Mountains is over and the rat scurries out of the abandoned building to be rewarded with a banana. A successful mission is complete for this African giant pouched rat being trained for search and rescue...

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