
Small But Mighty
TED Radio Hour
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Train Rats to Sniff Out Landmines
Bart Witchens is an industrial engineer who trained rats to sniff out landmines. He says he had a passion for rodents as a child and sold them to pet shops. In 2010, the 95-year-old quit his job in industry to focus on 'the real world's problem' Princess Diana has said that landmines form a barrier to any development.
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