ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

#Magawa was a southern giant pouched #rat born at Sokoine University of Agriculture in #Tanzania in 2013

Magawa was trained by #APOPO, the #Belgium nonprofit that trains #rats and dogs to detect #mines

In #Cambodia Magawa became the most successful #landmine sniffing rat ever, clearing 23 hectares/56 acres, detecting 71 #landmines and 38 other explosives

Magawa died in 2022

On April 3, for International #Mine Awareness Day, Cambodia honored Magawa with a stone statue

https://cambodianess.com/article/cambodia-honors-mine-sniffing-rat-magawa-with-statue-in-siem-reap

Apr 6 at 1:08pmWeb
Show threadRobin Barton21h ago
@benroyce I think a great number of humans could emulate this life of service
Show threadSus Andersson21h ago

@benroyce Vilken historia! Råttan hann tydligen gå i pension innan den gick bort, den dog inte i tjänsten.

Men man undrar ju hur den jobbade!

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES21h ago

@SusWAndersson

Det belgiska teamet valde den jättelika pungråttan eftersom den levde länge (tid för träning och tjänstgöring). Och de har ett utmärkt luktsinne. De är också små: de utlöser inte en landmina.

APOPO tränar dem också för att upptäcka tuberkulos.

De kan göra jobbet mycket snabbare än medicinska laboratorier. När det finns falskt positiva resultat utvecklar personen senare tuberkulos ändå: råttorna kan upptäcka sjukdomar bättre än laboratoriet.

Show threadSu_G21h ago
@benroyce
What a great story - so many good elements to think on - thank you so much for sharing this. 🙏🏻
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES21h ago

@Su_G

heroes great and small

Show threadAnarcho-Daddy21h ago
@benroyce awesome!
Show threadLe Sapin Sobre19h ago
@benroyce thanks to you I learned my country teaches important things to rats. Makes me proud to live here. Especialy as I think someone I will not name said once that Brussels, Belgium capital is a rat hole. Yes it is sir. A rat hole of choice and talent. 😎
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES19h ago

@LeSapinSobre

Bart Weetjens is his name:

https://bartweetjens.be/

it's a good story:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APOPO#History

they also train rats to detect tuberculosis, because rats are faster than medical labs. sometimes, the rats make false positives. but then, the person develops tuberculosis anyways, because the rats can detect what medical labs don't detect yet

💪😤🇧🇪

Bart Weetjens - Bart Weetjens

Through my initiative millions of people live a life free from fear. Now I support individuals and teams to realise their noble purpose. Occasionally one meets a person to whom one feels an attraction on the spiritual level. I am so thrilled we met. So honoured to be a friend. You inspire me. Dr. Jane Goodall […]

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Show threadDisisdeguey🔻PalestineAction🇵🇸18h ago
@benroyce These detection rats are awesome. I saw a detection "exhibition" and it was incredible.