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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMagawa the mine-detecting rat wins PDSA Gold Medal
An African giant pouched rat has been awarded a prestigious gold medal for his work detecting land mines.
Magawa has sniffed out 39 landmines and 28 unexploded munitions in his career.
The UK veterinary charity PDSA has presented him with its Gold Medal for "life-saving devotion to duty, in the location and clearance of deadly landmines in Cambodia".
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The seven-year-old rodent was trained by the Belgium-registered charity Apopo, which is based in Tanzania and has been raising the animals - known as HeroRATs - to detect landmines and tuberculosis since the 1990s. The animals are certified after a year of training.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-54284952
Magawa has sniffed out 39 landmines and 28 unexploded munitions in his career.
The UK veterinary charity PDSA has presented him with its Gold Medal for "life-saving devotion to duty, in the location and clearance of deadly landmines in Cambodia".
...
The seven-year-old rodent was trained by the Belgium-registered charity Apopo, which is based in Tanzania and has been raising the animals - known as HeroRATs - to detect landmines and tuberculosis since the 1990s. The animals are certified after a year of training.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-54284952
Although two and a half pounds, he's still light enough to not trigger the mines. What a good idea.
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Magawa the mine-detecting rat wins PDSA Gold Medal (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2020
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BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)1. Perfect timing....
I just was reading the Guardian about the rise in Covid cases and there was a picture of a rat in the middle of the page....it's wearing a medal!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/magawa-the-landmine-detection-rat-given-gold-medal-for-bravery
https://t.co/6TGRCEHGdE https://t.co/tXqrtWUmhf
Link to tweet
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King_Klonopin
(1,306 posts)4. He has tiny rat hands -- reminds me of someone (?)
Lonestarblue
(9,971 posts)5. He looks much better than Rush Limbaugh looks with his.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)6. Awww! I hope he got his favorite treats.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,338 posts)2. At two and a half pounds, he's not much of a giant rat.
We have a 239-pound giant rat in the Oval Office.
Think Apopo could train him?
keithbvadu2
(36,762 posts)3. A sudden recurrence of bone spurs,
A sudden recurrence of bone spurs,
pansypoo53219
(20,969 posts)8. 329. got the #s mixed.
OnlinePoker
(5,719 posts)7. There's an organization that deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Don't give it to the rat in the White House.