Movie Description
Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats
(2019)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Herbert Ostwald
- Producer : Uli Veith
- Writer : Herbert Ostwald
- Editor : Jan Stefan Kolbe
- Cast : Andrew Solomon
Cast
Narrator
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Facts
Original TitleDetecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats
Status Released
Release Information
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2019-01-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 52m
Homepagehttps://www.zdf-studios.com/en/program-catalog/international/unscripted/wildlife-nature/detecting-danger-africas-giant-rats
Production CompaniesTaglicht Media
Genres
- Documentary























