Walter Magesa with an African giant poached rat, which weighs 1,5kg and measures more than a meter from its nose to the tip of its tail. These rats can live to around eight years.

I train giant rats to detect disease and fight crime

Walter Magesa, a biologist in Tanzania, is helping to train giant African rats to sniff out smuggled rhino horn and other wildlife products.

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