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Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats

(2019)

Overview

Africa's giant rats – the size of a cat – can be trained to detect land-mines by smelling them. Giant rats are clever and they learn fast. Their sense of smell is better than a dog's, they have more stamina, and they're a lot cheaper to train. This documentary follows "Miss Marple", who was born in a training lab and who goes through a year's training before being sent on her first mission to Mozambique. A shorter version (43 minutes) screened at festivals in 2009 but was never widely released.

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Original TitleDetecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2019-01-01

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 52m

Homepagehttps://www.zdf-studios.com/en/program-catalog/international/unscripted/wildlife-nature/detecting-danger-africas-giant-rats

Production CompaniesTaglicht Media

Genres

  • Documentary