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Small But Mighty

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How to Train a Rat in a Landmine Field

Bart Wietians is the founder of Popo, an organization training rats to detect landmines. The group uses rats in Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe and Cambodia. Bart: We can train rats at the fifth of the price of a trained demining dog. He says this makes them much less dependent on foreign aid.

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