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Rats get special training in Colombia

Police in Colombia are working with rats to make life safer in Colombia.

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CNN's Rafael Romo reports on the Colombian police's successful training of rats to detect explosives.

Landlines and car bombs are still prevalent in Colombia because of territory wars in the drug trade.

Police say the rats' sense of smell is just as good as dogs and their light weight prevents them from triggering explosives.


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