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** FILE ** For 10 years, a group of researchers have been training a species of giant African rats to sniff out land mines and unexploded ordnance. "When people see they can use these animals for humanitarian purposes, it changes their perception," said Bart Weetjens, whose nonprofit group, Apopo, has pioneered the use of the African or Gambian giant pouched rat in mine detection.

** FILE ** For 10 years, a group of researchers have been training a species of giant African rats to sniff out land mines and unexploded ordnance. "When people see they can use these animals for humanitarian purposes, it changes their perception," said Bart Weetjens, whose nonprofit group, Apopo, has pioneered the use of the African or Gambian giant pouched rat in mine detection.

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