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Trained ‘hero rats’ with sensitive noses and tiny backpacks are saving lives

In a scene mirroring a disaster zone, a man lies motionless amidst simulated earthquake rubble, awaiting an unlikely saviour: a rat, equipped with a miniature backpack. With whiskers twitching, the ...
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Land mines and tuberculosis are no match for Tanzanian ‘hero rats’ sniffing out danger and disease

MOROGORO, Tanzania (AP) — A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past garbage, ...