{"id":247,"date":"2008-08-17T23:33:36","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T23:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/akramsrazor\/2008\/08\/17\/rats-saving-lives-in-tanzania\/"},"modified":"2013-05-07T18:36:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T23:36:55","slug":"rats-saving-lives-in-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/akramsrazor\/2008\/08\/rats-saving-lives-in-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Rats saving lives in Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Thanks to Mystic's Muses<\/a> I just came across an organization in Africa that uses rats to not only find land mines but detect Tuberculosis<\/i>. <\/p>\n

Talk about a low-tech solutions to important problems. <\/p>\n

No need to call PETA, either. The critters are not sent to their deaths. They're actually too light to set the pressure plates off, and the website's FAQ explains that a trained rat is far too valuable to sacrifice, too.<\/p>\n

Didn't know they were that smart.<\/p>\n

\u2014 A P O P O \u2014<\/a><\/p>\n

APOPO trains sniffer rats to detect explosives and diagnose disease. This unusual idea has been developed into a competitive technology by a group of Belgian and Tanzanian researchers and animal trainers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking of rats, the DVD for the animated film \"Ratatouille\" has a very funny and informative bonus film about rats' place in history.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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