Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats

Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats 2019 Directed by Herbert Ostwald

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.

Country Germany

Production Country Germany

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Taglicht Media

Release Date 1 January 2019

52 mins