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How giant rodents could rat on wildlife traffickers
Non-profit APOPO says it has trained rats to sniff out elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and other wildlife ...
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While Not as Cute as Dogs, Giant Rats Are Excellent at Sniffing Out Illicit Goods
Researchers have trained African giant pouched rats to sniff out tuberculosis and explosives in the past. And they have now expanded the rodents' scent repertoire to detect illegally trafficked animal ...
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Woodrats cute but carry disease — and sometimes rings
Rather than rats in general, this is about a type of native wildlife called woodrats. The other type of rats, the common Norway rats, are an introduced animal that originated in northern China and ...
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20 movies about rats we've grown to love, from 'Ratatouille' to 'Pokemon'
To help with your Year of the Rat viewing, we’ve put together a list of 20 films that have helped turn these cute little creatures into big screen stars. The evil stepmother’s cat Lucifer ...