Saturday, 7 March 2015

'Heroic' giant rats sniff out landmines in Tanzania

'Heroic' giant rats sniff out landmines in Tanzania


The pre-dawn silence at the foot of the Uluguru mountains is disturbed only by the cries of drowsy birds, the whisper of boots through grass and an intermittent clicking sound that is irresistible to 60 pairs of tiny, almost translucent, ears. When the sun finally rises over the blue peaks to flood the fields below, it illuminates one of the more unlikely scenes of human-animal cooperation.

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