CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 0h 52m

Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats

Documentary

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.

Directed byHerbert Ostwald

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 52m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 2019
Studios
Taglicht Media

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring

Andrew Solomon

Narrator

Creative team
Directed by
Herbert Ostwald
Herbert Ostwald
Written by
Herbert Ostwald
Herbert Ostwald
Produced by
Uli Veith

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