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There’s an organisation that trains rats to detect tuberculosis by smell. Sounds like this could be another candidate. https://www.theguardian.com/global-devel
by gbuk2013 7y ago
There’s an organisation that trains rats to detect tuberculosis by smell. Sounds like this could be another candidate.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/dec/26/giant-rats-tanzania-tb-tuberculosis-african-pouched https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/dec/26/g...
They also train them to find land mines.
https://www.apopo.org/en https://www.apopo.org/en
- gbuk2013 7y agoOh and it turns out this lady has actually met the Apopo rats. :) https://www.apopo.org/en/latest/2018/04/The-woman-who-smells-Parkinson-s-meets-the-rats-who-smell-TB https://www.apopo.org/en/latest/2018/04/The-woman-who-smells...