Meet the HeroRats of APOPO - African giant pouched rats which are trained to sniff out landmines (in order to remove them and make land safe) and detect tuberculosis in lab samples. In this episode we learn about their training and their work, as well as some potential future projects.

Hang out with Magawa, Ronin, Carolina and more - and change your perspective of rats forever! 

APOPO website  

HeroRat adoptions:  https://apopo.org/support-us/adopt/?v=d2cb7bbc0d23

Magawa's award ceremony. https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-gold-medal/magawa

Bart Weetjens TED talk.  https://www.ted.com/talks/bart_weetjens_how_i_taught_rats_to_sniff_out_land_mines

Training rats for earthquake victim rescue.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuShm833KW8

Rats detecting tuberculosis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtrRtfmN_T8

Full-cheek Friday!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0C01fq3Otk

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