And so Weetjens founded APOPO, a nonprofit rat training organization in Tanzania, home to the largest and longest-living rat species. Some of the African giant pouched rats trained by APOPO can ...

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The African giant pouched rat has an exceptional sense of smell and is a social and intelligent animal that can be trained.