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TEDxRotterdam 2010

czerwiec 2010

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Bart Weetjens: Jak nauczyłem szczury wywąchiwać miny lądowe

Na spotkaniu TEDxRotterdam, Bart Weetjens mówi o swym niezwykłym projekcie: szkoleniu szczurów, by za pomocą węchu odnajdowały miny lądowe. Pokazuje on sfilmowanych "szczurzych bohaterów" w akcji i opowiada o kolejnej fazie projektu: szkoleniu szczurów do wykrywania gruźlicy w laboratorium.

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Na spotkaniu TEDxRotterdam, Bart Weetjens mówi o swym niezwykłym projekcie: szkoleniu szczurów, by za pomocą węchu odnajdowały miny lądowe. Pokazuje on sfilmowanych "szczurzych bohaterów" w akcji i opowiada o kolejnej fazie projektu: szkoleniu szczurów do wykrywania gruźlicy w laboratorium.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxRotterdam 2010, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TEDx.

Participate in Bart Weetjen's mission to sniff out landmines and adopt a HeroRAT of your own.

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The founder of Apopo, Bart Weetjens, is training rats to detect landmine explosives in minute amounts.

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