Our Wildlife Detection Rats learn the same way as our other HeroRATs: scent, click, reward. Except they’re learning to find illegally trafficked wildlife products.

Learn more: https://apopo.org/herorats/wildlife-detection

#APOPO #HeroRATs #WildlifeDetection #WildlifeConservation

Nisa is an #APOPO rat handlers in #Cambodia, helping return safe land to her community. 🇰🇭

These African giant pouched rats are too light to set off #landmines on a real minefield and are very good at finding them with their incredible sense of smell.

#SavingLives #HeroRATs

At 4 weeks rat pups start to open their eyes and begin their #socialization & #habituation. We take them outside, gently introduce them to new sights and sounds that adapt them to humans.

Support our #futureheroes: https://bit.ly/3F0tafw

#APOPO #training #HeroRATs #TangoZandangoo

#HeroRATs screens 100 samples in 20 mins. A lab technician would need 4 days. Same goal, a fraction of the time, and patients can access treatment. TB is curable, but only if it’s found. By re-screening samples, rats like Tamasha help raise case detection by 48%. https://apopo.org/adopt/tamasha

All 8 of #APOPO Angola's mine detection rats passed national accreditation and are cleared to work on minefields again. Two #ANAM officials seeing them for the first time, were impressed by how fast they search compared with manual deminers.

#MineAction #Demining #HeroRATs

'Tis the best day of the week! 🐭

Happy #FullCheekFriday from HeroRAT Bryden and trainer Mramba in #Tanzania.

May the sun shine warm on your face this weekend! ☀️

#HelloWeekend #HeroRATs #FCF #SloMo

#APOPO Azerbaijan’s Mine Detection Rat team has had its accreditation renewed by ANAMA. 🇦🇿

All 11 rats and 6 handlers passed and are now deployed near Khanabad village in Karabakh, helping clear landmines and explosive remnants of war.

#HeroRATs #MineAction

Behind every HeroRAT is a trainer who has spent months building trust and teaching life-saving skills. Watch Mariam and Zahara, detecting TB and finding patients that might otherwise go undiagnosed.

Happy #WorldTeachersDay: https://bit.ly/4yrYMBJ

#WorldTeachersDay #APOPO #HeroRATs

Happy #WorldAnimalDay!

This year's theme is "See the World Through Their Eyes" and our #HeroRATs and HeroDOGs do exactly that, experiencing the world through their nose. Celebrate the animals that make our work possible: https://apopo.org/support-us/

#APOPO #ScentDetection

#APOPO is heading to San Francisco! 🌉

Join us at the Wildlife Conservation Expo on October 10th, where we'll be sharing how we are training rats to help protect wildlife. Stop by to meet the team and find out more!

Register: https://bit.ly/4jyF4Q0

#HeroRATs #WCNExpo

Happy #FullCheekFriday! 💛

Full cheeks, the weekend is calling and HeroRATs Chip and Dingo are ready to clock off!

Have an amazing weekend everyone!

#APOPO #FCF #HeroRATs #AfricanGiantPouchedRat

Did you know that rats can learn to drive?

Scientists have taught them to steer tiny cars for a snack. Ours are still on passenger duty, but they are getting real comfortable on a car.

Rats are much smarter and more playful than they get credit for.

#HeroRATs #APOPO

HeroRAT Serena rolling into the weekend with full cheeks...

Happy #FullCheekFriday ya'll... have a great weekend 🙌

#HeroRATs #CheekPouches #APOPO #FCF

Aziz the streaming HeroRAT continues to do silly damage to our enclosure - he keeps us busy!!! Do you know we have a 24/7 livestream of a HeroRAT? Come visit Aziz on our twitch and youtube!
twitch.tv/herorats

#rats #herorats #rodents

What if a rat could show you what it sees?

#HeroRATs are already great at detecting landmines, TB, trafficked wildlife & more. Now specially designed backpacks could make them even more powerful. Engineer Sander has spent years working on ratpacks: https://bit.ly/4y2iJyG

#APOPO #Innovation

Want to show some love for #HeroRATs like Aitana?

Our HealthyRAT is exactly what they need to keep going: a full health check and all the care that keeps our little heroes at their best.

Give now: https://bit.ly/47abKI4

#GoodCause #APOPO

Your reminder that the @herorats.bsky.social APOPO HeroRats have a live cam!

Currently sleepy time....

#APOPO #HeroRats

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Happiness is a trail of bananas for a Hero... Happy #FullCheekFriday from Chaya 🐭

#helloweekend #HeroRATs #FCF #APOPO #ASMR

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#heroRATs #apopo #$

It takes around 9 months to a year to train APOPO’s tuberculosis detection rats.

Curious how these amazing animals learn their life-saving skills? Watch Tamasha in action.

#APOPO #HeroRATs #ScentDetection #SavingLives #PowerfulNose