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Bart Weetjens: Wie ich Ratten beibrachte, Landminen zu erschnüffeln

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Auf TEDxRotterdam spricht Bart Weetjens über sein außergewöhnliches Projekt: Das Ausbilden von Ratten für das Aufspüren von Landminen. Er zeigt seine "Heldenratten" in Aktion und spricht über sein nächstes Projekt: Ratten sollen lernen Tuberkulose zu entdecken!

Bart Weet­jens is developing a new approach to the land ­mine detection problem: train­ing giant pouched rats to detect explosives in minute amounts. Full bio »

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