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The FIEN team had an exciting Tuesday where they visited the Apopo rat training center at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)

The Apopo rats are trained to detect landmines so post war land areas can become safe again. The Apopo rat center in Morogoro is the only center using rats for such activities and the rats are deployed all over the world to detect landmines, assist search and rescue on earthquake sites, and they can even detect tuberculosis, that’s only the beginning of the list, there’s nothing these rats can’t detect with their little noses. Two of the rats from Apopo have even claimed Guinness world record prizes!🏆

The Apopo rats are a great resource and very useful in many security matters, and of course they’re also very cute.

Thank you Apopo for having us! Until next time!🐀