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Meet Tanzania’s ‘hero rats’ trained to detect landmines, TB and earthquake survivors
Meet Tanzania’s ‘hero rats’ trained to detect landmines, TB and earthquake survivors
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 04, 2025

The ‘hero rats’ begin training shortly after birth and are conditioned through food rewards to recognise specific scents, whether explosives, tubercul...

Tanzanian-trained rat crowned world’s top mine detector
Tanzanian-trained rat crowned world’s top mine detector
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 07, 2025

The feat saw him surpass the previous record held by the legendary HeroRAT Magawa, who identified 71 landmines and 38 UXOs during his five-year servic...

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