These Heroic Rats Are Being Trained To Rescue Earthquake Survivors

Hero Rats Project Training Rodents To Help With Earthquake Rescues In morogoro, tanzia, british research scientist, dr. donna kean is training 170 rodents to be sent into earthquake debris to do vital work in finding earthquake survivors. the project has trained about seven rats to date, taking around two weeks to get the rescue rats up to speed. these rescue rats are sent into mock earthquake debris with tiny. According to newsweek, 170 rats are being trained for a variety of tasks, including detecting land mines and sniffing out diseases like tuberculosis. the seven rats that keans trained took just two weeks to understand their tasks. and, next, kean’s earthquake rescue rats will be put to the test. though they’ve only navigated mock debris so.

These Hero Rats With Backpacks Are Being Trained To Rescue Earthqua Non profit apopo is training rodents to search the rubble of disaster zones for survivors. wearing tiny, high tech backpacks, it hopes to help first responders communicate with and find survivors. In an earthquake, these rats with tiny backpacks are trained to find survivors. ‘they can go deep into the rubble, and penetrate where dogs may not be able to go.’. after the devastating. A new project from belgian non profit apopo is training rodents to search the rubble of disaster zones for survivors, and kitting them out with tiny, high tech backpacks to help first responders. The hero rats project is training rodents to be sent into earthquake debris wearing tiny backpacks — so human rescuers can find and talk to stuck survivors. the innovative project is being.