Latest posts tagged with #APOPO on Bluesky
🌱 50+ farmers, researchers & students joined another successful 3-day #SyntropicAgroforestry training in Morogoro through the #APOPO #HeroTREEs Program at SUA. They planted a system with cashew, mango & citrus, learning about climate-resilient farms. #RegenerativeAgriculture
A rat litter is generally between 3-6 pups that remain undisturbed with mama for the first few weeks. At 4-5 weeks they open their eyes and soon after begin their #socialization and #habituation. Support our pups: bit.ly/3F0tafw
#APOPO #training #heropups #futureheroes
The African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) has large pouches in its cheeks for storing food. Coarse fur except on their long tail, which helps with balance and coordination. The tails also help dissipate heat for temperature regulation. #HeroRATs #APOPO #powerfulnose
We’re proud to share that #HeroRATs are featured in Ep6 of "My Best Friend’s an Animal". Produced by Big Wave TV for Love Nature, the series highlights the unique bond between dedicated trainers and African giant pouched rats, and how that partnership helps save lives. #APOPO
New peer-reviewed research featuring #APOPO has been published in Frontiers. It shows our #HeroRATs can detect petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in soil, and distinguish contaminated soil above regulatory thresholds from clean soil for the first time. bit.ly/4a8r4pP
When disaster search methods reach their limits, #RescueRATs can help. #APOPO is training rats to locate survivors under rubble. With support from the Svenska Postkodlotteriets Stiftelse and in partnership with GEA Arama Kurtarma .
Watch: youtu.be/rD-gV1if5E0
#postkodeffekten #projectforchange
Super Sniffers: The Rats That Help Find Tuberculosis
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#Rats #TB #Tuberculosis #Science #AnimalHeroes #SuperSniffers #APOPO #Tanzania #GlobalHealth #MedicalScience #AmazingAnimals #HealthInnovation #STEM #SaveLives #PepUnlimited
Super Sniffers: The Rats That Help Find Tuberculosis
pepunlimited.com/animals/the-...
#Rats #TB #Tuberculosis #Science #AnimalHeroes #SuperSniffers #APOPO #Tanzania #GlobalHealth #MedicalScience #AmazingAnimals #HealthInnovation #STEM #SaveLives #PepRaise
Thanks to the support of @undp.org Ukraine,
APOPO & @minesadvisorygroup.bsky.social
are helping Ukraine accelerate safe land release with Technical Survey Dogs.
Learn more: youtu.be/6d08IR8nq20
#APOPO #HeropDOGs #MineAction #TechnicalSurveyDogs #PartnershipForGood
#APOPO hosted partner TAWA at our Training Center to review progress on our Wildlife Detection Rat project, strengthening detection capacity to combat wildlife trafficking in Tanzania. With support from 🇩🇪 GIZ & Anne Innis Dagg Foundation. #HeroRATs #ProtectBiodiversity
Before #HeroRATs ever set foot on a minefield, they go through discrimination training: learning what to detect, AND what to ignore. Through carefully structured sessions using positive reinforcement, #APOPO trainers build focus & confidence. #ClickerTraining #PowerfulNose
Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) are transforming land release. They search 25–30m lanes in dense vegetation, without manual gridding or vegetation cutting, getting safe land back to communities faster, without compromising safety.
#APOPO #AnimalDetectionSystems #HeroDOGs
"Land release" is the operational framework for survey & clearance done by #APOPO.
The process combines different methods for a more efficient release of safe land to local communities. Take a look at APOPO's approach explained in the infographic.
#MineAction #SavingLives
This week, food and hygiene materials were distributed to internally displaced people (IDPs) in Cambodia by #CMAA. #APOPO was invited to deliver Mine Risk Education to help reduce dangers and support safer, informed recovery for affected communities.
#EORE #MineAction
New Year, new day, new goals 💪
#RescueRATs gearing up to search for people in our mock debris site, getting ready to sniff out hidden survivors in collapsed buildings. Every search preparing them for the real thing. Have a great year everyone!
#SearchAndRescue #ScentDetection #HeroRATs #APOPO
#tuberculosis (TB) is airborne, preventable and curable. Yet every day TB claims thousands of lives and pushes people into poverty. At #APOPO, with the help of our #HeroRATs, we diagnose 48% more patients for partner clinics who then receive life-saving treatment.
#SDG3 #EndTB
This festive season, we want to thank you for your incredible support throughout 2025. Your generosity continues to transform futures and make a difference in communities around the world.
Warmest wishes for the festive season! 🎄💫
#APOPO #Gratitude #together #HappyHolidays
In #MineAction, colors save lives:
🔴 Red = danger / uncleared land
⚪ White = cleared & safe
🟡 Yellow = landmines found & destroyed
🔵 Blue = deminer lane start & finish
Standardized by International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) to protect people.
#APOPO #SafetyFirst
Every yellow-tipped marker represents a danger that once lay hidden just beneath the surface, it marks the exact spot where a #landmine was found and later destroyed. We're grateful to players of UK People's Postcode Lottery helping
enable our life-saving work.
#APOPO #demining #SavingLives
So I've been "adopting" HeroRats since 2011! My current boy is Ronin, Mojo was my first. Happy to support them. #APOPO #HeroRat
#APOPO Mine Action Angola has concluded its 2025 operations with the safe demolition of 700+ explosive ordnance items, building safer futures. Thank you to the Government of Japan for making this work possible.
#StopMines #LandmineFree #MineFreeWorld
Well gamers, we finished our first official charity event. We set out with the original goal of $200, and y'all absolutely smashed it. I'm so proud of this community ❤️ #herorats #apopo #ratathon
Check out apopo.org to learn more about @herorats.bsky.social and be sure to follow them!
Sorry for not dropping an update yesterday but you guys killed it with the #charity for @herorats.bsky.social!!! Alright I'm gonna go lay back down, no stream tonight guys.
#Vtuber #SmallStreamer #VTuberEN #Vsky #rats #charity #apopo #streamers
i'll also say that the #APOPO #HeroRATS fundraiser has since concluded
i am very grateful for everyone who attended any of my streams, everyone who donated, and the other members who raided into my streams
while my contribution of $15 wasn't as big as most others, i'm still glad we all raised $25k+
The Apopo RAT-ATHON was so fun!! Even though I didn't raise any money, other amazing creators did! I'm happy I participated and I tried my best <:)
Congrats to the fundraiser for raising $25k+ donations!!! 🎉🐀
#APOPO #HeroRATS
FINAL RATATHON STREAM! @herorats.bsky.social charity! Minesweeper, TRUE Pickle Ramen, Beanboozle, and more! #apopo #herorats #charity #fundraiser #ratathon
www.twitch.tv/jibsj
Art of the rat forms of a bunch of donators and people the donators wanted to see as rats
My time during Rat-a-thon is over! 🐀
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Thank you to everyone who has donated both in my community and in other Hero Rat Helper's communities!
I am BLOWN AWAY!
We over doubled my original goal and the full event's original goal and I can't thank you enough!
#HeroRATs #APOPO
Time for the final day of the APOPO Hero Rat fundraiser!!! Its been a wonderful week and a half, and the community has raised so much money! Let's give it a final push to get that bread!
Twitch.tv/queen_of_rats_minette
#APOPO #HeroRATS #CharityEvent
