Home is where the heart is 🥰

Each rat home features a clean, comfortable, specially designed clay pot with wood shavings, providing a peaceful and cozy environment for our #HeroRATs to nest in after a hard day’s work.

#HeroRATs #CozyHomes #AnimalCare #APOPO #CleaningDay

Rats trained to find people in collapsed buildings from earthquakes flooding and hurricanes

📹HeroRATS

Apopo APOPO is probably one of the coolest organisations and places that I have ever visited in my life.

For 25 years, APOPO’s scent detection rats have been detecting landmines and tuberculosis. These animals are absolutely incredible little beings!

The tour at Apopo was

#APOPO 's Training Center in #Tanzania trains #HeroRATs on a 24-hectare minefield with 1,500 defused #landmines . In 2023, 77 rats were trained with only 6.5% changing careers.

🐭 37 HeroRATs accredited
🐭 22 deployed to #Angola 🇦🇴 + #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

#clickertraining #futureheroes

Познакомьтесь, это Ронин, можно сказать, коллега Патрона, он работает в Камбодже, занимается разминированием территорий.
Ронин - один из многих выпускников центра Herorats, где африканских хомяковых крыс обучают поиску мин.
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Those cute baby rats still have some time to go before they become #HeroRATs and they spend that spare time the right way: tucked in bed on a Monday.

#mondaymood #mondayvibes #heropups #APOPO #sleepy

In the past month, #HeroRAT Ronin found 2 #landmines & 1 unexploded bomb, clearing 6,505 m² for #APOPO . His work enables safe land use. Ronin works 30 mins in the morning, and rests/plays well afterward. This balance maintains his effectiveness. #cambodia #savinglives #herorats

Science girl This is HeroRAT Montana.

HeroRATs are African giant pouched rats trained by the NGO APOPO. HeroRATs use their highly developed sense of smell to sniff out the chemical compounds of explosives and tuberculosis bacteria.

More below. 👇

APOPO began training HeroRATs for search and rescue. The rats have a great sense of smell, and their size is useful because they can penetrate into areas with dense rubble and debris to search for survivors.

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HeroRAT Nina enjoys her sweet banana treat as trainer Charity proudly holds her. This shared moment highlights their bond and accomplishments, celebrating their teamwork.

Happy #FullCheekFriday ❤️🍌

#APOPO #FCF #africangiantpouchedrat #weekend #weekend vibes

At 4-5 weeks old, pups begin their #socialization + #habituation . #APOPO trainers gently carry them, introducing them to new sights, sounds, and smells, to adapt them to the training environment. Dibwe gently watches over 2 eager to explore. #herorats #africangiantpouchedrat

Here's to the end of the workweek! 🥳

Happy #FullCheekFriday feat. African giant pouched rat Jordan and trainer Sophia as we celebrate another week of hard work and achievements. Enjoy a well-deserved #weekend ahead! 🥜🍌🧡

#HeroRATs #APOPO #FCF #helloweekend #weekend vibes

Happy Mother's Day! Still time to get a gift! Check out our unique animal adoptions like Carolina, with an instant adoption certificate, welcome pack, & monthly hero updates for Mom! 🤩 bit.ly/4btWLcg

#MothersDay #CelebrateMom #AdoptAHero #HeroRATs #Nonprofit #APOPO

En APOPO entrenan unas ratas gigantes africanas para detectar personas atrapadas, explosivos y la tuberculosis. Cuando detectan una persona presionan un localizador que llevan al cuello. Son las HERORATS.

A #RealRonin

And now they are testing whether these #herorats equipped with special vests can help out in search and rescue operations by alerting rescuers when they find a victim!!

Doğal bir afette, bir fare tarafından kurtarılmak ister miydiniz?

Fareler, depremde çöken binalarda enkaz altında kalan ve su baskınlarına uğrayan insanları bulmak üzere eğitiliyorlar.

(📹HeroRATS)

Science girl

True work-life balance is a nice 30 minutes of work followed by a day of rest - thank you for teaching us this, rat friend

✅Apopo APOPO Training Center: Supported by 🇧🇪@Belgiumtanzia and @PlinTanzania, this unique program trains rats to detect landmines, significantly contributing to landmine clearance efforts.
#PartnershipinAction 4/4
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