Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats

Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats

2019
52m
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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Taglicht Media
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

landmine wildlife nature

Quick Facts

Release Date January 1, 2019
Status Released
Language EN
Website Visit Site

Cast

Andrew Solomon
Andrew Solomon

Narrator

Key Crew

Herbert Ostwald
Writer
Uli Veith
Producer
Bernd Wilting
Executive Producer
Herbert Ostwald
Director