African giant pouched rats are not your typical ... master problem solvers when it comes to the puzzle of getting food.” Rats go through a year of clicker training, a form of positive ...

The African giant pouched rat is no ordinary ... drop of chlorine in 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools. These rats are motivated by food and trained using positive reinforcement.

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He's very, very motivated by food." APOPO Ronin ... mine detection — with another 49 rats being used to detect tuberculosis in sputum samples in several African nations. Their sensitive ...

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Using food as a reward, the team first taught ... The rats learned how to sniff out pangolin scales. APOPO African giant pouched rats likely won’t replace sniffer dogs—but, rather, they ...

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The rat’s food habits are otherwise controlled ... Other studies on rats detecting drug-resistant TB are ongoing. African giant pouched rats aren’t the only animals capable of detecting ...

the African boxthorn. While other creatures have feared its thorns and impenetrable thickets, the rats have used it for food and shelter, taming its spread in the process. According to a new ...

A rat-infested shop where bags of dried foods were found teeming with live insects has been fined for operating under "dire and disgusting conditions". Maje Worldwide, an African goods shop on ...