Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats

Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats was released on January 1, 2019.

Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats was directed by Herbert Ostwald.

Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats has a runtime of 52m.

Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats was produced by Uli Veith.

Africa's giant rats – the size of a cat – can be trained to detect land-mines by smelling them. Giant rats are clever and they learn fast. Their sense of smell is better than a dog's, they have more stamina, and they're a lot cheaper to train. This documentary follows "Miss Marple", who was born in a training lab and who goes through a year's training before being sent on her first mission to Mozambique. A shorter version (43 minutes) screened at festivals in 2009 but was never widely released.

The key characters in Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats are Narrator (Andrew Solomon).

Detecting Danger: Africa's Giant Rats is a Documentary film.