Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats
201952m
Documentary
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- Germany
About
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.
Where to watch
Details
- Director
- Herbert Ostwald
- Writing
- Herbert Ostwald
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Jan 1, 2019
- Studio
- Taglicht Media
Cast
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