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Smologies #23: MAMMALS with Danielle N. Lee

Ologies with Alie Ward

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The Evolution of Landmines

Between 15 to 20,000 people each year are killed or injured by landmines. So this is a big deal because our little rat friends are really great at sniffing out the TNT plus are too light to detonate them. They don't bond with their trainers like dogs do so they can move around to different countries without getting emotionally hurt. It'd be like if we had a raccoon getting in the garbage and then we're like, you know what? As long as we got you, do you want to help us find some landmines? That's exactly how it works.

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