Meet Lawino. Southern giant pouch rats are named after their large cheek pouches which are used to carry food to their burrow. Lawino can be seen using his great sense of smell to navigate the food at the end of the maze. Lawino came to us from the APOPO HeroRATs program, where rats are trained for land mine detection and tuberculosis detection. #ratsareawesome #apopo #HeroRATs #indyzoo | Indianapolis Zoo
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