Giant 3ft rats trained to sniff out deadly viruses like Covid-19 that jump from animals to humans
Professor Rudovick Kazwala from Sokoine University in Morogoro, Tanzania said rats have been trained to sniff out tuberculosis but hope the creatures can move onto Brucellosis, an infection that spreads from animals to people
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The Government-funded project is aimed at teaching giant rats to sniff out Brucellosis (Image: Peter Kovalev/TASS)
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