{"id":104671,"date":"2025-03-09T20:56:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T20:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/they-have-saved-man-for-years-now-these-rats-can-also-save-wild-animals\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T20:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T20:56:57","slug":"they-have-saved-man-for-years-now-these-rats-can-also-save-wild-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/they-have-saved-man-for-years-now-these-rats-can-also-save-wild-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"They have saved man for years &#8211; now these rats can also save wild animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/>The traditional methods of uncovering this type of smuggling, such as manual inspections and paper review are often too weak to detect this. Smugers often use fake documents and hide the product with other things being transported. In addition, international trade is so extensive that it is impossible to check everything. This applies especially because of the lack of advanced technology at several border points. &#8211; Existing screening tools are expensive and time consuming. Apopo&#8217;s Herorats is a low cost, scalable solution that can largely expand the capacity of customs officers to cut off the smuggling animal and plant product, says Szott. Large potential This method can thus be an effective measure against the trade, in that the rats can stand at large transit points, such as airports and ports. This is then a promising step in the right direction to overcome the major challenge around getting rid of this trade.  Such smuggling is harmful to specific animal stocks, and at the same time it damages global biodiversity. In addition, it takes away the natural -diversity inheritance to local communities and is detrimental to regional economics. Illegal trade of wild animals is also closely related to other serious crime works, such as human trafficking and drug smuggling. This makes it extra promising that there may now be more measures to stop smuggling. Apopo lists several things that are benefiting from using rats in the city for other methods to check shipping containers. Because of the rats&#8217; good sense of smell, they can detect tiny products from this type of smuggling, even in large containers without opening them up. They also separate the smell of other things that are used to mask the smell. This means that inspections go much faster. In addition, it is much cheaper to use and keep up with equal rats than it is to use large machines for scanning, as the rats are cheap and easy to both exercise and care for. Due to the size of the rats, they are also very suitable for checking cargo without destroying too much. They can enter the throne area to smell the product, but the load must be unpacked for inspection.  The rats are also flexible in that they can be trained to new smells in an ever -changing situation with illegal trade. Nor do they forget the smells so fast.  &#8211; The rats continued to discover natural product after not being in that species for a long period. This level of conservation is comparable to search dogs, and is particularly promising for a long time, says Kate Webb, co -author of the study at Apopo.<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/verdensbestenyheter.no\/nyheter\/dei-har-redda-menneske-i-arevis-no-kan-desse-rottene-ogsa-redde-ville-dyr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ttn-70 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The traditional methods of uncovering this type of smuggling, such as manual inspections and paper review are often too weak to detect this. Smugers often use fake documents and hide the product with other things being transported. In addition, international trade is so extensive that it is impossible to check everything. 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