Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats
2019•52m•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Herbert Ostwald
Writer
Herbert Ostwald
Languages
English
Studio
Taglicht Media
Cast
Andrew Solomon
Narrator
Production
Company
Taglicht Media
Producer
Uli Veith
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