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Open this photo in gallery:A rat exits simulated earthquake rubble on July 29 at a facility in Morogoro, Tanzania, run by APOPO, a non-governmental organization that trains rats for lifesaving applications.Jack Denton/The Associated PressA man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past garbage, toppled furniture and scattered clothes to find him and pull a trigger on its pack, alerting searchers above.Then a resounding click. A survivor has been found. The search in Morogoro in Tanzania’s Uluguru Mountains is over and the…

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