Odor Detection
Rats have a keen sense of smell and are easy to train. These characteristics have been employed, for example, by the APOPO Norwegian NGO, which trains rats (specifically African giant pouched rats) to detect landmines and diagnose tuberculosis through smell.
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Famous quotes containing the word odor:
“There is no odor so bad as that which rises from goodness tainted. It is human, it is divine carrion.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)