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Apopo Visitor Centre

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Handlers in khaki hold ropes guiding a rat across a roped-off sandy area as visitors watch from under a roof

Meet the hero rats that are helping to clear landmines in Cambodia. Apopo has trained the highly sensitive, almost-blind Gambian pouched rat to sniff explosives, which dramatically speeds up the detection of mines in the countryside. The visitor center gives background on the work of Apopo, with a short video and the chance to meet the rats themselves.

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