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"Will Rats Cause the Next Pandemic?" - Steven Belmain

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The African Giant Pouched Rat and the Invasive Pythons

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There's a huge industry around that, which has also caused some ecological disasters in the pet trade. The african giant pouched rat have been sent off around the world for pets. They are now a pet species there that is driving its own a invasive acology with invasive pythons. But also, i mean, these pouched rats have been used very nicely in helping us clear land mines - they're good at smelling things out.

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