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$100G project uses giant rats to sniff out crime

9 years 11 months ago
Giant African pouched rats that grow to three feet long can't see well, but their keen sense of smell has already made them indispensable in the hunt for anything from tuberculosis in humans to buried TNT in former war zones (they've already found 1,500 land mines in Africa and Southeast Asia).
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
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