CEO of charity APOPO, Christophe Cox, said that HeroRATs have amazing senses of smell and excellent memories.

“We use clicker training to teach rats like Magawa to scratch at the earth above a landmine. During the training they hear a ‘click’ and receive a tasty food reward for finding the correct target scent,” Cox said. The land that Magawa and his fellow rodents make safe allows local communities to expand and then improve their livelihoods.