Amazing Earth: Magawa, a RAT-tastic bomb hunter in Cambodia! (Online Exclusives)

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Who knew rats could be this heroic? Meet Magawa, an African rat from Tanzania currently on a life-saving mission in Cambodia! Check out this extraordinary rat’s bomb-searching training.

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00:00Let's get to know more of the stories of the amazing.

00:04This is Magawa, an African rat,

00:07who was born in Tanzania,

00:10but is now saving the life of Cambodia.

00:13A brave man was killed by a lion.

00:17Once upon a time, a lion received a gold medal for his bravery.

00:23This is Magawa, an African rat,

00:26who was born in Tanzania,

00:29but is now saving the life of Cambodia.

00:33His job is to detect landmines,

00:36bombs buried in the ground,

00:39and explosive explosions.

00:42Millions of landmines were planted

00:45during the Cambodian Civil War of the 70s and 80s.

00:49Every year, thousands of people are victimized by landmines.

00:53If they don't die, they will be cut by hand or foot.

00:57With the help of the hero rat, Magawa,

01:00and other animals,

01:02the land was cleaned because there were 20 football fields,

01:0639 landmines,

01:08and 20 explosive explosions.

01:13He was able to save many lives.

01:15For his country,

01:17he was the first person

01:20to receive a gold medal from a UK-based organization.

01:26But not only landmines can detect landmines like Magawa,

01:30APOPO, a global non-profit organization,

01:35is also researching and training landmines

01:39to detect tuberculosis.

01:43Landmines can detect samples from 100 TB patients in 20 minutes.

01:49If a lab technician does this,

01:51it will take 4 days

01:54for the landmines to identify TB-positive samples.

01:58APOPO lab technicians will compare the results

02:03using hospital equipment.

02:05With the help of landmines,

02:07the lab technicians' work is getting faster

02:09and the detection rates in clinics are also increasing by 40%.

02:15Landmines are not only known to be persistent,

02:18but also to be deadly.

02:19To this day,

02:20humans are still using landmines

02:24that we consider to be pests.

Amazing Earth: Magawa, a RAT-tastic bomb hunter in Cambodia! (Online Exclusives)

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