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Magawa was trained by Tanzania-based charity Apopo, “which has been raising the animals - known as Hero Rats - to detect landmines and tuberculosis since the 1990s”, the BBC reports.

The rats have also been trained to detect tuberculosis, while numerous other applications, all based around smell, are being researched. They are astonishingly effective. Over 20 years ...

The animals are certified after a year of training. Last week, Apopo said a new batch of young rats had been assessed by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and passed "with flying colours".

earning them the nickname “hero-rats.” Efforts are underway to expand the use of their keen sense of smell to finding people trapped in collapsed buildings, detecting diseases in laboratory ...

"I was confused why I was so intrigued by this gentle giant," Elizabeth Coll told Newsweek as Chad Piper arrived to sort her pest problem.

In laboratories in Tanzania and Nairobi, rats have been trained to sniff out tuberculosis. Already known for finding land mines, the rodents could now transform the way the disease is detected.

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One of theirs is De Godenzonen, ‘The Sons of the Gods’, relating to the club name itself, which derives from Greek hero Ajax ...

He was only a cat,’ reads the headstone. ‘But he was human enough to be a great comfort in hours of loneliness and pain.’ ...