Rats to the Rescue: Sniffing Out Bombs
Aug. 19, 2006

In the African country of Tanzania, a company from Belgium called APOPO trains African giant pouched rats to find dangerous land mines left over from wars. The rats are trained to sniff out some of the chemicals in these weapons.

Land mines are buried bombs that explode when someone walks on them or something presses them. The mines are designed for wars, but often injure and kill people going about their daily lives.

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