Field training of hero rats by the APOPO organisation to detect TNT in unexploded ordnance.

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Eric Nathan / Alamy Stock Photo

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B5HMTB

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55.6 MB (3.7 MB Compressed download)

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5400 x 3600 px | 45.7 x 30.5 cm | 18 x 12 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

October 2008

Location:

Tanzania

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APOPO trains rats (on the campus of the University of Sokoine in Morogoro Tanzania) for various humanitarian purposes including de-mining and medical use most notably the detection of TB in human sputum samples.

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RM2HEK332–SIMULATED MINEFIELD WITH DISARMED MINES AT THE APOPO TRAINING CENTRE, SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, MOROGORO, TANZANIA. AT THE CENTRE THE BELGIUM COMPANY (APOPO), THE BRAINCHILD OF BART WEETJENS, IS TRAINING RATS TO DETECT LANDMINES FOR USE IN WAR TORN REGIONS.

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Field training of hero rats by the APOPO organisation to detect TNT in unexploded ordnance.

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