At the Apopo Detection Rat Training Centre, the rodents are being trained to detect landmines, tuberculosis, trafficked wildlife products and even people trapped beneath collapsed buildings.
A trainer uses food rewards to train an African giant pouched rat during a training session at the Apopo Detection Rat Training and Research Center at Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania, Aug. 19, 2026. [Xinhua]
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