Thanks to everyone who asked about our Patreon. I'll put out a full video when I get the time, but for those who want to jump the gun and get on board from the start, here's the link: www.patreon.com/rareearth It means a huge deal that so many have asked us to start an account. I never thought anyone would watch these videos, let alone support them.
Aw rats! remember that saying lol?! um, would be funny to sneeze with that faceshield on.... luv yer vids! Was stoked to learn yer a fellow Canuck ! That is so cool about yer Gramps eh! St the start of that vid about invasouve weeds i thought it was going to be bout zebra mussels ! i think the worst one yet to come will be flying carp!! im a avid outdoorsman and love fishing in south western Ontario ( born in Chesley woot woot !) if the carp ever end up in the Saugeen river and its MANY tributaries i think ide just curl up and.....lol! keep yer stick on the ice! Cheers EH ! ( no i dont live in a trailer, but have... i prefer a igloo ;)
I think that their URL has changed a little - www.apopo.org/en/adopt works fine, but for some reason the link in your description doesn't get through DNS. Also - your videos are among the best on UA-cam!
As a retired Canadian Combat Engineer who spent a lot of time on his belly on rainy muddy nights training probing for landmines, the rats are a much better way and quicker way to find landmines. The rat's noise is much more sensitive to smell of the explosives and the are light enough in weight they won't set off either the antipersonnel mines or the antitank mines. Excellent video.
As they said in the video, the machines set off mines every now and then, but they can take a hit that's only designed to maim and/or kill a human. But because of the width of their tracks, they won't set off all the mines.
I served as a combat engineer in the South Korean army, so I know the basics of how mines and explosives work, but I can't imagine how it's like to deal with actual lethal mines in everyday life. I touched an actual armed mine only once during training and that was scary. People having to work in a minefield everyday, not knowing when one can go off, is so sad and fucked up. Landmines or any weaponry that targets people indiscriminately should be banned.
Wow, I am so impressed! In fact right after I saw this I adopted a HeroRat in my son's name for his 30th Birthday. That is some very fine work they are doing and thank you so much for telling us about it!
Well, you already got 50.000 views, which is better than most documentaries, and we actually get more information from this than from the 516th documentary covering the same topic :D So... they should be glad it was you, that's better than another documentary ;)
Thanks for shedding some light on something very fascinating and genuine great work being done in not just Cambodia, but across the world. I had heard about the use of rats for this purpose, but i never knew you could "adopt" one, and so now i've adopted one in Cambodia, one in Tanzania and one in Angola. Thanks again for educating us all about great causes like Apopo. Now Marcous, Chewa and Ikemba can continue working to make the world a better place ;)
You may not realize it now, but you are real documentary producers. So what your material will not be presented in TV. TV is largely overrated. You have almost half a million of subscribers now. Those people subscribed because were genuinely interested in your point of view. Personally I don't subscribe to pure travel vlogs because those are boring. I don't travel myself because a week or two is not enough for me to actually learn anything about the place. And my job does not allow me to spend two or more months away. But I love to learn about history and culture of other countries and that is why I watch videos of people who not only live abroad or travel but most importantly observe and throw light on many of the topics I'm interested in. Your channel is definitely one of those. Thank you.
seeing how large that explosion was... was really sobering. I can't imagine walking through the countryside with the risk of setting something like that off: then never walking again.
The funny thing is, most of these mines are designed to not kill you. They are meant to wound you because a wounded soldier is a lot more costly to an army than a dead one and when someone steps in a mine and people try to save him it usually ends up in more casualties.
This channel deserves so many more views. I watched this and was shocked that it has less than 50,000 views. Thank you for showing a fresh view of the world.
I feel bad for being over a year late, but today we adopted a mine-detecting hero rat named Shuri! The last part of the video where you mention that it really seems like a more direct sponsorship really made me feel pretty good about it. I'm sure in reality there are several people sponsoring each of these rats, but, at least it feels like contributing directly to a good cause, rather than an anonymous pool of money that just disappears.
When I met the guy from HQ, he knew my rat by name when I mentioned I'd adopted one, knew it was a TB rat without me saying, etc. None of which he could have known in advance. It seemed more legit than I'd imagined.
@@RareEarthSeries I love it. I already knew about these rats existence and their skill at mine detection, but this video drove the point home for me and my partner, and we figured, why are we just watching the video, when we could actually contribute ourselves also. So we did!
This is so impressive. I love seeing people overcoming difficulties by finding creative solutions. Even if what is happening there is horrible I love seeing them working so hard to overcome their problems.
I'm colourblind too. Sometimes I have a hard time telling the difference between red/green/orange/brown and purple and blue. To the Tanzanian guy: kazi njema! Asante sana kwa kazi yako!
Nice timing! I had just watched the earlier video on how mines can save lives, and then this one showed up on my suggestion list (which actually had something I wanted to watch for once). "Legitimate documentary" indeed. Don't sell yourselves short. You do mesmerizing work.
This video and the one by Facts In Motion made me sign up for a monthly donation and twitter share. I'm so happy! This is an amazing organization, they are changing the quality of life for people and animals that had it unfairly stolen from them.
This reminds me of when I was still teaching, and of a lesson I did on risk. The focus was to get my students to think about world history in a different way. Rather than names of leaders and dates of major wars, which my students were getting out of their more traditional classes, I wrote an article about diseases and how they have changed history. The Black Death, the Plague of Justinian, the Colombian Exchange, and the like. The students read that, and there was a little discussion about it. To accompany the article, I also did a slideshow presentation, gave some additional facts, and then, to conclude, I switched gears to this very topic: landmines. I said they were fortunate to live in a country where landmines weren't a concern. I specifically used Cambodia as my primary example, since I've been there twice. I also used the Red Zones of France, and showed a video of some people going through the Eastern Front battlefields of World War II. Anyway, all that to say, these last few videos on Cambodia have been really great. I love what you're doing. Really brings a tear to my eye, as my time in that country really affected me. Keep up the good work.
The casually used word "Hero" applies here. Anyone who makes the world a better place, putting their life on the line, one piece of land at a time. is a HERO.
Bless you and bless your family. Your videos have such a positive impact on people world over. Thank you for bringing humanity together with your videos.
Awesome channel. New and different topics than all the others. You go out and find great stories then tell them in such a real down to earth way. Thus the name, I guess... Rare story ideas in a down to earth way.
I hope at times they use the unexploded to clear more farm land. Cheers to apopo. Be safe and keep up the amazing efforts. We need more like you folks for the future of all.
That's an amazing story. Many lands in the world need to be rehabilitated after conflicts, and the areas that need it the most are the ones that cannot afford it, so that's very good to see....
It surely should be governments doing this, but unfortunately, governments are often not focused on such areas, or do not have the resources to carry on all the projects one would like. It is normal, though, you are right it probably shouldn't be the norm, that non-governmental organizations join the effort to help rehabilitate those areas and help the people that are still, after all those years, impacted by landmines and a war they didn't even see with their own eyes. I agree that foreign governments should help and clean the landmines they put there, but where are they? Are they even punishing the people who profited from those wars? I don't think so. And that's why the work of ONGs is so important... because we can't afford to wait for the governments to come. They have waited too long already and too many people have died from waiting.
honest feedback? From youtube comments? Sure. I respect you a lot as a messenger, and as a documentary filmmaker. The biggest problem with this format is that it's very "vloggy" instead of the usual informative tone. This adds, I think, a little bit more sincerity to the work - it feels more like you're speaking from your heart - but this is something that you've already done very well in your previous content. Honestly, this style of video loses more than it gains. I still found it interesting and entertaining, due in no small part by what is clearly a natural talent of yours for speaking. But when you have a scripted style of video, where each shot is narrated with purpose, and each line is said to help bring together an idea, your message is clearer and more concise, while also, I think, being more informative.
Thanks for the feedback. Always appreciated. You're not wrong. I agree with your points. But I think it could use my adding our bigger picture. Before we left for this, Francesco had been in film school and I'd never been involved in video production beyond the background. It isn't my natural place to be on screen. Neither of us had made these types of films, and then all of a sudden we had to research, write, travel to and film a ten minute video every 3 days, over multiple different countries, for months at a time. Some of them are more of a test of a style than others, some are a certain way due to technical or weather issues, etc. Sometimes we just do things because we're exhausted and the rain won't stop. Notice that we filmed this video in Cambodia, but didn't end up filming the spoken parts until Laos? All of these videos are just him and I learning a different way of telling a story through the same footage. And on top of that, learning how to do it on the fly, on repeat, for months at a time from a constantly moving hotel. We don't come into this with experience. This is the experience. Especially in Cambodia, almost every video is a different attempt to tell the story in a slightly different way. Ultimately, we're aiming to do really cool things with this series, and we aren't good enough to do them yet. We want to figure out how to be great UA-cam documentary makers. And that's an entirely new field. We don't want to be Tom Scott lite, or Veritasium history, or Vice PG, or whatever. Before we commit to a pattern we can't break from, we'd rather try out what we can first and learn how to make these genuinely worth watching.
I think the more improvised, conversational voiceover actually worked fine. Though the lack of close-up mic made it sound a bit weird in the background of other clips. It doesn't seem quite as slick and professional as the videos talking to camera from a script, though different styles might suit different contexts and subject matter.
I kind of liked this format but i think it would need to be as many youtubers do "on a second channel" first channel your normal style scripted formats and the secondary for more VLOG/off the cuff/Behind the Scenes videos. As a bonus you would have double the income stream from ads as well!
When the ordinances exploded I found myself overcome with a wave of sadness and tears. It was so large and I couldn't help but think of all of those poor people who have lost so much to finding them accidentally.
Awesome! Funny, I heard about this a month ago, a channel named Facts In Motion did a video about this organization, and it's nice now to actually see them
hey in Iraq we looked for IEDs with out rats or minesweepers. we got so lucky. However, just like there, the locals in Iraq, especially the kids, know where all the IEDs and landmines are at. on a side note we knew that the s*** was going to go down the minute the adults came outside and called all the kids inside their house. when that happened that's when we would take our awareness to the next level and get ready to fight. your show is awesome dude thank you so much.
I think one thing that isn't talked about enough in the west is the minority groups near the Ural and across the tundras in Northern Russia. It would be super cool if you could some day make these videos about those peoples and their histories. It's far too common for a lot of westerners to just call all Russians the same: one big group of slavs, when in reality slavic people are just one Russian people and there are so many others.
It does amuse me that one of the only stories on the channel that isn't in the normal documentary-like style is the one with an anecdote about someone who "thought we were like, a legitimate documentary".
I find your work amazing. I think you're insights are brilliant and your grasp of history and it's implications--genius. Yet I find your fascination and your description of blowing things up as the most impressive thing you've ever done...shocking. I don't understand. I have a 25 year career as a software engineer. 10 % of that I spent working for a Federally Funded R & D company called MITRE doing research for the Air Force. I was very successful. Rewarded. Ended up consulting for the US Joint Chiefs on Technology issues. I worked on Air Force Weather--because I'm a pacifist. Yet I'm--15 years later--still fascinated by airplanes particularly fighter/bombers...you know the things that blow things us. My question is this: is it the same thing in you and I that feeds a system that drops millions of ordinance on Cambodia? Is this basic attitude part of the problem? Is the thrill of power that enjoys blowing up unexploded ordnance the same thing that dropped them on Cambodia in first place? You, me and the CIA--are we so different? How do we repair this fundamental flaw in the human condition? This power surge that comes from things that go boom.
Hey yo EVAN, that adopt a rat link doesn't work. If you hover the mouse over it, you will see that the actual URL it links to is much longer. But hey another great video!
Funny that. I received a lot of APOPO advertisements on my Facebook and Instagram lately. One of only a handful of advertisement that I can get along with. Hopefully more people would be attracted in helping APOPO.
I would be interested to know how reliable this company's rat method of ordinance detection compares to that of using metal detectors and other conventional mine removal methods.
They've stated that the metal detectors sorta work better, but they can't tell apart, say a bullet shell from an actually mine. The rats can do it perfectly (or otherwise someone will lose their foot, not a big d).
I wonder if they can tell who made the land mines, and who placed them. I used to train rats. They are quite smart, and mostly friendly. Rats as a species have done so much for humanity.
Thanks to everyone who asked about our Patreon. I'll put out a full video when I get the time, but for those who want to jump the gun and get on board from the start, here's the link: www.patreon.com/rareearth
It means a huge deal that so many have asked us to start an account. I never thought anyone would watch these videos, let alone support them.
papa bless
You were so trying to hit on that girl.
Aw rats! remember that saying lol?! um, would be funny to sneeze with that faceshield on.... luv yer vids! Was stoked to learn yer a fellow Canuck ! That is so cool about yer Gramps eh! St the start of that vid about invasouve weeds i thought it was going to be bout zebra mussels ! i think the worst one yet to come will be flying carp!! im a avid outdoorsman and love fishing in south western Ontario ( born in Chesley woot woot !) if the carp ever end up in the Saugeen river and its MANY tributaries i think ide just curl up and.....lol! keep yer stick on the ice! Cheers EH ! ( no i dont live in a trailer, but have... i prefer a igloo ;)
Seems a new word is in order for this type of rat. Perhaps, noirrat. Pronounced, (new our rat) something to differentiate from not our rats.
I think that their URL has changed a little - www.apopo.org/en/adopt works fine, but for some reason the link in your description doesn't get through DNS.
Also - your videos are among the best on UA-cam!
As a retired Canadian Combat Engineer who spent a lot of time on his belly on rainy muddy nights training probing for landmines, the rats are a much better way and quicker way to find landmines. The rat's noise is much more sensitive to smell of the explosives and the are light enough in weight they won't set off either the antipersonnel mines or the antitank mines. Excellent video.
Could you explain why the ground clearing doesn't set them off?
As they said in the video, the machines set off mines every now and then, but they can take a hit that's only designed to maim and/or kill a human.
But because of the width of their tracks, they won't set off all the mines.
I really liked the interview with the man from Tanzania.
“So why did you join APOPO?”
“Lol I just wanted to see the rats tbh”
I served as a combat engineer in the South Korean army, so I know the basics of how mines and explosives work, but I can't imagine how it's like to deal with actual lethal mines in everyday life. I touched an actual armed mine only once during training and that was scary. People having to work in a minefield everyday, not knowing when one can go off, is so sad and fucked up. Landmines or any weaponry that targets people indiscriminately should be banned.
They are banned I think, at least in war
Wow, I am so impressed! In fact right after I saw this I adopted a HeroRat in my son's name for his 30th Birthday. That is some very fine work they are doing and thank you so much for telling us about it!
I'm so glad i found this channel.
"They thought we were a legitimate documentary". You guys dont? =/. Your content is pretty good.
They did turn that footage into a vlog style video... Just saying.
I'm just kidding these video are amazingly great!
Awesome!
He means like a big team from the BBC and Stuff like that.
Well, you already got 50.000 views, which is better than most documentaries, and we actually get more information from this than from the 516th documentary covering the same topic :D So... they should be glad it was you, that's better than another documentary ;)
I can't think of too many Rare Earths that didn't bring tears to my eyes by the end. This one did, thanks again, Evan and Francesco. And Kata!
What about the one about the river full of dicks
This seems like a worthwhile charity, so I donated. Thank you for raising awareness about it.
Reading the title I assumed that the rats were "one time use"
That would be inhumane and not cost effective, probably costs a few hundred dollars to breed train and raise a rat.
Therein lies the beauty of using rats...they are not heavy enough to set off the mines!!
Thanks for shedding some light on something very fascinating and genuine great work being done in not just Cambodia, but across the world. I had heard about the use of rats for this purpose, but i never knew you could "adopt" one, and so now i've adopted one in Cambodia, one in Tanzania and one in Angola. Thanks again for educating us all about great causes like Apopo. Now Marcous, Chewa and Ikemba can continue working to make the world a better place ;)
Lol “the Hila Klein of this documentary”
You may not realize it now, but you are real documentary producers. So what your material will not be presented in TV. TV is largely overrated. You have almost half a million of subscribers now. Those people subscribed because were genuinely interested in your point of view.
Personally I don't subscribe to pure travel vlogs because those are boring. I don't travel myself because a week or two is not enough for me to actually learn anything about the place. And my job does not allow me to spend two or more months away. But I love to learn about history and culture of other countries and that is why I watch videos of people who not only live abroad or travel but most importantly observe and throw light on many of the topics I'm interested in. Your channel is definitely one of those. Thank you.
seeing how large that explosion was... was really sobering. I can't imagine walking through the countryside with the risk of setting something like that off: then never walking again.
for an explosion it's a pretty mild size, but having it go off under your foot makes all the difference.
Well that was like three RPGs at once, right? But the fear of being maimed or killed is definitely appropriate.
@@jonathanbush6197 ye as well as the other explosion to detonate them
The funny thing is, most of these mines are designed to not kill you. They are meant to wound you because a wounded soldier is a lot more costly to an army than a dead one and when someone steps in a mine and people try to save him it usually ends up in more casualties.
This channel deserves so many more views. I watched this and was shocked that it has less than 50,000 views. Thank you for showing a fresh view of the world.
Those rats are gotdamn cute
Selina Lee they boot too big for they gotdamn feet
I feel bad for being over a year late, but today we adopted a mine-detecting hero rat named Shuri! The last part of the video where you mention that it really seems like a more direct sponsorship really made me feel pretty good about it. I'm sure in reality there are several people sponsoring each of these rats, but, at least it feels like contributing directly to a good cause, rather than an anonymous pool of money that just disappears.
When I met the guy from HQ, he knew my rat by name when I mentioned I'd adopted one, knew it was a TB rat without me saying, etc. None of which he could have known in advance. It seemed more legit than I'd imagined.
@@RareEarthSeries I love it. I already knew about these rats existence and their skill at mine detection, but this video drove the point home for me and my partner, and we figured, why are we just watching the video, when we could actually contribute ourselves also. So we did!
I accidentally came across Rare Earth and have been glued to them ever since. Great short documentories. Very informative, pls keep doing this. Thanks
Just donated, 5 years later. This video hit me in the guts.
This is so impressive. I love seeing people overcoming difficulties by finding creative solutions. Even if what is happening there is horrible I love seeing them working so hard to overcome their problems.
This is probably my favorite video of yours to date. Thanks for sharing your story.
Wow didnt know ethan and hila has a third channel making documentaries
Jokes aside, thank you evan and co for let us learn about these amazing things
7:57 Human for scale.
That rat is the size of my cat.
You do a great job bringing up topics I've never heard of before and making me care about them. Keep doing what you are doing!
I'm colourblind too. Sometimes I have a hard time telling the difference between red/green/orange/brown and purple and blue.
To the Tanzanian guy: kazi njema! Asante sana kwa kazi yako!
Nice timing! I had just watched the earlier video on how mines can save lives, and then this one showed up on my suggestion list (which actually had something I wanted to watch for once).
"Legitimate documentary" indeed. Don't sell yourselves short. You do mesmerizing work.
I love this series and its so well done, it blows my mind that so few people know about this.
Just finished adopting Carolina, thank you for bringing this to my attention.
This channel needs FAR MORE VIEWS.
"legitimate documentary".... mate you make the best docs ive seen on here so far..... keep doin what you're doin, loving ya work!!
This video and the one by Facts In Motion made me sign up for a monthly donation and twitter share. I'm so happy! This is an amazing organization, they are changing the quality of life for people and animals that had it unfairly stolen from them.
I loved this channel, then you made an H3 reference... now I HECKING love this channel. Keep up the great work.
@chris hadfield's rare earth, thank you Evan so much for this wonderful video.
This reminds me of when I was still teaching, and of a lesson I did on risk. The focus was to get my students to think about world history in a different way. Rather than names of leaders and dates of major wars, which my students were getting out of their more traditional classes, I wrote an article about diseases and how they have changed history. The Black Death, the Plague of Justinian, the Colombian Exchange, and the like. The students read that, and there was a little discussion about it. To accompany the article, I also did a slideshow presentation, gave some additional facts, and then, to conclude, I switched gears to this very topic: landmines. I said they were fortunate to live in a country where landmines weren't a concern. I specifically used Cambodia as my primary example, since I've been there twice. I also used the Red Zones of France, and showed a video of some people going through the Eastern Front battlefields of World War II.
Anyway, all that to say, these last few videos on Cambodia have been really great. I love what you're doing. Really brings a tear to my eye, as my time in that country really affected me. Keep up the good work.
Read about this 7 years ago. Glad it's getting noticed. Such a smart and good cause
The casually used word "Hero" applies here. Anyone who makes the world a better place, putting their life on the line, one piece of land at a time. is a HERO.
Bless you and bless your family. Your videos have such a positive impact on people world over. Thank you for bringing humanity together with your videos.
just adopted one, convincing my cousin to adopt one too thanks for sharing this
One of the coolest episodes yet. Keep it up!
Awesome channel. New and different topics than all the others. You go out and find great stories then tell them in such a real down to earth way. Thus the name, I guess... Rare story ideas in a down to earth way.
Is that how I've been playing minesweeper this whole time?
Your work is amazing, thank you for your concise presentation, and the abundance of thoughtful information you've provided. Papa bless, 10/10.
Great video! Y’all look so happy together!
I hope at times they use the unexploded to clear more farm land. Cheers to apopo. Be safe and keep up the amazing efforts. We need more like you folks for the future of all.
I want to Adopt a rat and name it Megumin
Can you imagine that Tanzanian guy addressing a little rat as megumin?
That's an amazing story. Many lands in the world need to be rehabilitated after conflicts, and the areas that need it the most are the ones that cannot afford it, so that's very good to see....
It surely should be governments doing this, but unfortunately, governments are often not focused on such areas, or do not have the resources to carry on all the projects one would like. It is normal, though, you are right it probably shouldn't be the norm, that non-governmental organizations join the effort to help rehabilitate those areas and help the people that are still, after all those years, impacted by landmines and a war they didn't even see with their own eyes. I agree that foreign governments should help and clean the landmines they put there, but where are they? Are they even punishing the people who profited from those wars? I don't think so. And that's why the work of ONGs is so important... because we can't afford to wait for the governments to come. They have waited too long already and too many people have died from waiting.
honest feedback? From youtube comments? Sure.
I respect you a lot as a messenger, and as a documentary filmmaker. The biggest problem with this format is that it's very "vloggy" instead of the usual informative tone. This adds, I think, a little bit more sincerity to the work - it feels more like you're speaking from your heart - but this is something that you've already done very well in your previous content.
Honestly, this style of video loses more than it gains. I still found it interesting and entertaining, due in no small part by what is clearly a natural talent of yours for speaking. But when you have a scripted style of video, where each shot is narrated with purpose, and each line is said to help bring together an idea, your message is clearer and more concise, while also, I think, being more informative.
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Thanks for the feedback. Always appreciated. You're not wrong. I agree with your points. But I think it could use my adding our bigger picture.
Before we left for this, Francesco had been in film school and I'd never been involved in video production beyond the background. It isn't my natural place to be on screen. Neither of us had made these types of films, and then all of a sudden we had to research, write, travel to and film a ten minute video every 3 days, over multiple different countries, for months at a time. Some of them are more of a test of a style than others, some are a certain way due to technical or weather issues, etc. Sometimes we just do things because we're exhausted and the rain won't stop. Notice that we filmed this video in Cambodia, but didn't end up filming the spoken parts until Laos?
All of these videos are just him and I learning a different way of telling a story through the same footage. And on top of that, learning how to do it on the fly, on repeat, for months at a time from a constantly moving hotel. We don't come into this with experience. This is the experience. Especially in Cambodia, almost every video is a different attempt to tell the story in a slightly different way.
Ultimately, we're aiming to do really cool things with this series, and we aren't good enough to do them yet. We want to figure out how to be great UA-cam documentary makers. And that's an entirely new field. We don't want to be Tom Scott lite, or Veritasium history, or Vice PG, or whatever. Before we commit to a pattern we can't break from, we'd rather try out what we can first and learn how to make these genuinely worth watching.
totally fair. Still enjoyed the video, like I said, and I'm looking forward to seeing more styles of work from you. Thank you for the reply! :)
I think the more improvised, conversational voiceover actually worked fine. Though the lack of close-up mic made it sound a bit weird in the background of other clips.
It doesn't seem quite as slick and professional as the videos talking to camera from a script, though different styles might suit different contexts and subject matter.
I kind of liked this format but i think it would need to be as many youtubers do "on a second channel" first channel your normal style scripted formats and the secondary for more VLOG/off the cuff/Behind the Scenes videos. As a bonus you would have double the income stream from ads as well!
Vendeline deserved a hug and all the appreciation for his work that's not possible to give in full.
When the ordinances exploded I found myself overcome with a wave of sadness and tears. It was so large and I couldn't help but think of all of those poor people who have lost so much to finding them accidentally.
when you're a colorblind but your videos look great and colourful.
Best episode yet! Keep it up guys.
Awesome!
Funny, I heard about this a month ago, a channel named Facts In Motion did a video about this organization, and it's nice now to actually see them
Please post where I can buy a shirt to support your channel as a human billboard.
These Videos are always an interesting Watch dude, Cheers for sharing :)
Ah, yes... I remember the thing about the Belgian university working on that project...
Wow. Not often I feel proud of my country :3
Awe the site for the hero rats doesnt work. :(
Just Neko My guess would be too much traffic from this video, so the site broke
Just Neko the site seems to be working now.
Awesome stuff! I loved hearing from the Tanzanian man!
Man this series is great.
I'm so glad the Canadian 'Chris Chappell' absolutely kicks his butt.
Best UA-cam channel, I love all your videos ❤
It's sad how there aren't many views
another video from you where I want to give those guys a hug
hey in Iraq we looked for IEDs with out rats or minesweepers. we got so lucky.
However, just like there, the locals in Iraq, especially the kids, know where all the IEDs and landmines are at.
on a side note we knew that the s*** was going to go down the minute the adults came outside and called all the kids inside their house. when that happened that's when we would take our awareness to the next level and get ready to fight.
your show is awesome dude thank you so much.
thank you for yet another hopeful eye opener. So need it on this trumped week of insanity.
Your documentaries are more legitimate than ninety nine percent of the garbage out there. Kudos to you not least for your modesty.
Fascinating, and terrifying. Glad the rats survived. They're actually kinda cute! (And HUGE!)
Nice to see the wife as well!
They are cute! Also, kind of dig this format.
The rats dig it too
I think one thing that isn't talked about enough in the west is the minority groups near the Ural and across the tundras in Northern Russia. It would be super cool if you could some day make these videos about those peoples and their histories. It's far too common for a lot of westerners to just call all Russians the same: one big group of slavs, when in reality slavic people are just one Russian people and there are so many others.
Hello guys! Another dope video
Those are some pretty amazing Rats. Great show guys. What is next up after Cambodia?
You guys are just brilliant.
It does amuse me that one of the only stories on the channel that isn't in the normal documentary-like style is the one with an anecdote about someone who "thought we were like, a legitimate documentary".
Thank you for this video. I just donated to Apopo!
I am in love with this channel. How does one get to work in this business of documentaries? It's so awesome.
Who else is on a Rare Earth binge?
I'm trying to pace myself because there are so few videos.
I find your work amazing. I think you're insights are brilliant and your grasp of history and it's implications--genius. Yet I find your fascination and your description of blowing things up as the most impressive thing you've ever done...shocking.
I don't understand. I have a 25 year career as a software engineer. 10 % of that I spent working for a Federally Funded R & D company called MITRE doing research for the Air Force. I was very successful. Rewarded. Ended up consulting for the US Joint Chiefs on Technology issues. I worked on Air Force Weather--because I'm a pacifist. Yet I'm--15 years later--still fascinated by airplanes particularly fighter/bombers...you know the things that blow things us.
My question is this: is it the same thing in you and I that feeds a system that drops millions of ordinance on Cambodia? Is this basic attitude part of the problem? Is the thrill of power that enjoys blowing up unexploded ordnance the same thing that dropped them on Cambodia in first place? You, me and the CIA--are we so different?
How do we repair this fundamental flaw in the human condition? This power surge that comes from things that go boom.
I'm considering a vacation to Tanzania, anyone got any tips?
Please give updates on Benjamin , I love your work , you can feel the positivity the respect and the good work , keep it up saving my days :) thx
Good work. Marrying up, that is. The video was great too!
Hey yo EVAN, that adopt a rat link doesn't work. If you hover the mouse over it, you will see that the actual URL it links to is much longer. But hey another great video!
Have you try the glasses for colorblindness? I wonder if it works for real.
proud of you brother shirima here in tanzania
I see we have couple of Hila kleniers here..
Why dont thay use the tnt for construction projects, or is it to unstable?
the link in the description isn't working . anyway thanks for the video , i just donated
Funny that. I received a lot of APOPO advertisements on my Facebook and Instagram lately. One of only a handful of advertisement that I can get along with. Hopefully more people would be attracted in helping APOPO.
It would be cool to see them do a transnistria episode
Where can I buy that shirt?
or is there only one in existence?
Have you tried the Enchroma glasses? If not, I'd love to see a video of you reacting to trying them! :)
Be careful of doing React™ videos or videos of Reactions™ ;)
Moritz Köckritz I'm old. What am I missing?
Stoned Savage Thank you :)
I would be interested to know how reliable this company's rat method of ordinance detection compares to that of using metal detectors and other conventional mine removal methods.
They've stated that the metal detectors sorta work better, but they can't tell apart, say a bullet shell from an actually mine. The rats can do it perfectly (or otherwise someone will lose their foot, not a big d).
Princess Diana would be proud of this project.
Gambian pouched rats are awesome I'd love to keep one someday because their amazing animals
if u cant see red or green how do u drive?
So, explain to me about the clearing of all trees and bushes, then staking out lines for the rats and not blowing themselves into oblivion
They take very intense risks to solve a very horrific problem.
Awesome video, but your old format is considerably better.
Amazing. And im glad i dont have this problem in my backyard
You should have did a drone shot of the explosion
I wonder if they can tell who made the land mines, and who placed them.
I used to train rats. They are quite smart, and mostly friendly. Rats as a species have done so much for humanity.
this is so cool!