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Ruud Elmendorp reports on landmine-sniffing rats from Tanzania.
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awesome
no
Epic rats are epic!
yes
Sniffing for landmines. Cool.
FUCKING BELGIANS GAWDDAMNIT
This changed my mind on rats. they are pretty bad ass now
When I saw that Molly wasn’t in this video I thought “Oh rats!”
Aw such cute rats! ><
2:06.. was that real?! D:
Finally I’m glad that I’m dutch.
Annnd another dutch one
Nice.
Kamikase rat for the lulz
They are so cute! This is an adorably useful idea. =)
Reporter sounds like hes doing a report for small children…Yeah i know dutch
About time Molly doesn’t make another pointless video.
Extraordinary Measures 1000 pickles lol Gundam
rats are so cute!
I really wanna know what language that is because it seems really easy to learn
@Dutchgirl002 Isn’t it technically Afrikaans?
The rats are huge. I guess I’m used to the species of rats in American pet stores.
@TomoeNageX Not the narrator ^^
Seen this before. Where else was this posted?
Very cool story…Rat’s off to ya!
Where’s the fat blonde skank?
No comment
gah this language sounds like they are talking backwards.
@pigman2222 stfu you stupid prick.
Those are some big frickin’ rats.
@CopperAirplane I may be wrong, but I’m going to say Afrikaans.
@CopperAirplane it is dutch
no molly, no watchie…
@ThatBoyWithaGuitar I’m pretty sure it’s Afrikaans, like TalesOfWar put before me. Afrikaans was derived from Dutch, so they should very familiar.
molly where art thou?
Nederlanders!!!!!!!
crazy…
In many areas dogs are not that well accepted. Something with religion
But rats are well not written anywhere
awesome!
this is what i subscribed for… not molly… not some other crap drama episodes… but this…. real reporting….
@peon17
No.. it’s Dutch. I know what African sounds like.
Its probably Afrikaans, which is essentially evolved Dutch.
minesweeper!!!!! rat edition!!!
this is very odd haha but interesting all the same
It’s just Dutch..
Sounds very Dutch to my untrained ears
Hé I can understand this ;D
This is adorable, useful, and i find it funny the rats have their own space for “romantic moments” X3 Hero Rats are always something i like to hear about.
@TheWhiteDreamsOfLife you fail
Sounds cool. Sad that Mozambique is littered with mines though.
how come the narrator speaks another language, and the person interviewed speak english?
that Belgian guy is dressed like a ninja
I tried to donate my rats to this, lol
i could have sworn i saw this somewhere before
such a pity theyre not trained to sniff out the rats who begin wars in the first place,.. it would end a lot of suffering man… fi real.
@TheWhiteDreamsOfLife
Afrikaans isn’t evolved Dutch. Afrikaans is kinda what Dutch sounded like hundreds of years ago, exept they got new words for stuff like computers and stuff. And, Dutch myself, I can tell you this is Dutch.
Thats really cool. I love humanwire. It gives us a view of the world that we dont always see.
Hm, why are almost all these informative videos in Dutch?
Because it’s in Afrika? I’m Dutch myself and it surprises me everytime to hear my own language :d
Wait… Haven’t we seen this video before? Or just another variation of it.
It’s fun to listen to the dutch guy spreaking, i can understand about 70-80% of what he’s saying without the text
I found the dutch word for rodent fun, knaagdier. gnaw animal.
This is brilliant.
romantic rat moments? intriguing…
gaga, lol’d at 2:05
lawl its dutch.
this is awesome, thanks rocketboom
This is certainly Dutch, I can tell by the pixels and seeing a lot of Dutch in my days
Rats making the world safer FTW
@peon17 it is dutch, i’m dutch i should know
They are so cute lol ^_^
@ThatBoyWithaGuitar Ah, then I apologize. I’m no expert in either language, so I can’t tell the difference just from listening. It just seemed that it would be Afrikaans instead of Dutch since they’re in Africa. I guess I was wrong.
i love how these vids are in dutch lol
Ironic that an animal usually seen as something that carries disease is now hunting down a disease to get rid of it.
“Hero rats hero rats fighting for mankind
Hero rats hero rats sniffing out land mines
Hero rats hero rats armed with tiny claws
Hero rats hero rats working for our cause
They are small, but they are mighty
Marching bravely into hell
Into the fields
Straight into danger
Saving the humans from themselves
From ourselves…”
-Parry Gripp, Hero Rats
Ha! I don’t need the subtitles. Dutch, ftw!
yay for dutch
@Sergeantspoon Dutch, making the world a funnier place everyday !
0:35 Smack like a bologna, not feeding from a meg
Say what?
That is one HUGE ASS RAT
It’d be funnier if the way these rats detected mines simply by landing on them and having them detonate after being thrown by their “trainers.”
“This rat has endured nine months of extensive training.”
*Toss* *KABLAM!*
“He’s done his job. Bring me another rat!”
Kangaroos would make good mine locators. Just let ‘em loose on a mine field and let ‘em hop around.
Humanwire makes me proud to be Dutch.
no molly?? :/
Cool: he’s talking dutch
makes me wonder, where do you get the dutch stuff?
Cool stuff
WHERE THE HELL IS MOLLY?
molly is so hot
Seems like they’re doing some good shit there.
Rats are awesome!
I have one
At 0:38 It sounds like he’s saying that the rat is “Smart like a bologna”.
I like rats better than molly …
this made me smile
Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.’s?
Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist.
Why not use these guys in airports? No more xrays, lines, metal detectors
This is the first time I have given Rocketboom a thumbs down. I’m sorry. I’m just really afraid of rats.
DAMMIT I WANTED TO SEE THE RAT GO BOOM!
Something I never understood about Humanwire: Why does everyone speak English EXCEPT the reporter?
didn’t parry gripp make a song about this?
I’m gonna have to start training my Xelia… she’s gonna be a hero!
That’s a BIG rat…
Wonderful!
@FWalshingham Those rats are bigger than my neighbors chihuahua!
what kinds of rats are those, they don’t look like normal rats
18 People lost their jobs to mine-sniffing rats.
They took over a week off to get the AMAZING episodes on Japan done? They they translate the headings on a video about a rat?
LOL!!!
Give me a break. If you wanted to go smoke ganja for a week just say so!
YAY for belgian zen-buddists!!
:I I
@abramokids . It’s a Dutch reporter making a documentary for Dutch consumption in a country where English is the first language. They probably add Dutch subtitles for home consumption, but most Dutch people speak fluent English anyway. If you want to ask a local for directions in Amsterdam, don’t start by asking if they speak English, they prefer you to assume they do.
@JaqenH
That’s very rude. Do you kiss your fathers cock with that mouth?
Land mines are one of our most cruel inventions.
DAWWWWW
@joen0411 dumb sht.. then why did u click on the video in the 1st place it clearly has rats in the title…FOOL
trying to get some attention on the internet.. well get happy i just gave you some by commenting on ur comment
Hero Rats indeed!
@pigman2222 no i don’t act 12. kid so piss off
@DJRC420 “That’s absolutely, Totally and all other ways , Inconceivable!!”
@dominic508 Because, it was meant for a Dutch audience. The original composers of this video would have Dutch subtitles where English is spoken for such audience’s doing viewing.
i will NEVER get one
These African rats should stay in Africa.
Imagine if they bread with our sewer rats, there would be rats as big as dogs running around.
It’s splinter!
This is why I tune in to Rocketboom. More, please!
Coolest rats i’ve seen.
Earlier this year I saw a video covering this same story. It’s a good one.
@JaqenH
No? So what, you just take it up the ass from your dad instead?
im only here for molly.. yes im that shallow…lol but i mean WOW have you seen her?…lol
rats are my nightmare. that was terrifying. the big ones are HUGE! i can now see why people say rats can get as big as cats.
Um um um. Are we SURE those aren’t dogs?
If this dutch creep won’t redo the voice-over track in english then dont’ use his videos. What a horrible language.
I’m unsubscribing from you guys for selling know your meme and than posting dumb videos on bomb sniffing rats!
why are these always in dutch?
why are these always in dutch? i like his voice but i just dont get why.
@johnnyreb73 Yea I think we all have… I don’t see what the big fuss is lol. It’s not like she’s smoking hot.
@GruntKing503 Then you’re doing them a favour.
@GruntKing503 And not a single fuck was given that day…
I love rats. We used to have them as pets. Hy praat Afrikaans!! YAY! I used to learn it in South Africa =D
did those dudes just blow up at 2:06?
@GruntKing503
Rocketboom hurry post more informative intellectually stimulating videos the IDIOTS can’t take it.
RATS!
I’ve had my share as pets, but those are some big rats.
I always love to see dutch videos here! I also recognize the accent of the belgian guy, we hear that accent a lot in the Netherlands
Keep the informative vids coming, Rocketboom!
@starfoxx Because we are awesome
I think it was an original informative recording mend for the Netherlands, but Rocketboom decided to use it in their video. But how does Dutch sound for a non-dutch person?
I bet that the rats are to light to set off the mines. Very smart of the trainers to use them.
That’s so cool! I especially love that they treat them so well and a priest is running the whole thing. Awesome!
Wait, WTF? 2:06
@ikbenbeterinclubpeng sounded like a different language to me
I just knew there would be a white guy behind this whole thing…
There’s a TED talk about this:
watch?v=9IRv3TOjE1I
Those rats are awesome. They are big!
lol so cute
@wwickeddogg They need to be trained to find specific things. If you trained one to find bombs, what if someone brings a knife?
WHAT LANGUAGE IS THIS AND WHY DO I UNDERSTAND IT O__O
Where’s the fat skanky blonde bimbo?
@ikbenbeterinclubpeng Oh I love it, I just don’t get why it’s the same dutch guy every time, I speak German and so I can catch a few words but it does sound so unknown to my ears
Those rats are so cute! But seriously huge. I kind of want one.
Lol
@peon17 it’s ok
@wwickeddogg they put a rat in your crotch and that’s better?
i want one too. they’re adorable. does anyone know what species they are and how long they live?
@thisFACTORYofYOUTH It’s Dutch.
why are all this sort of rocketboom vid’s in dutch??
@thisFACTORYofYOUTH Dutch is like a mix of German, English and various Scandinavian words. People who speak those languages can usually understand quite a bit of Dutch.
NEDERLAND WOOO
@anne1tje Because we’re awesome.
these niggers must wash away theyr BLACKNESS
we must keep a safe distance from BLACKS !
cool
I don’t understand how they find the mine without setting it off. Is it because they’re too light?
@tsetsoooo We must distance ourselves from your ignorance. Also, your profile says you’re 27, but you claim to be 16. Do you think that by pretending to be a teenager, you’re going to get a free pass for talking out of your ass?
Very nice!
herorat dot org
the subtitles make this video perfect for 1911 mode
@wwickeddogg you saying you want a rat crawling in your pants instead?
ROCKETDOOM!DOOM!(%
0:37
Smart like a baloney?!
@wwickeddogg smugglers would need to cover their goods in cheese then
awesome!, I saw this guy at TED talks first though X)
Those are some big rats lol
How are people scared of rats!? They’re so cute
@LukieRawr they carry disease, they’re filthy creatures who live in the sewer where people shit in. they’re pest, they’re responsible for the plague that killed many people. idk, i guess ur not scared cuz u don’t have basic hygine.
@Cel3ry And I suppose you’re scared ‘cuz’ of your lack of basic intelligence.
@Cel3ry They dont carry disease. They are pretty clean. Just because a lot of people have AIDS i dont go around saying all humans have aids. Rats a beautiful creatures and with your ignorant reply they are probably worth more on this earth than you with your rate of intelligence.
I foster for a private domestic rat rescue in Ontario, Canada and I just LOVE positive PR for them, even if it is their Gambian cousins. Rats are intelligent, affectionate, clean, and have absolutely stolen my heart.
@Cel3ry The fleas that lived on the rats were responsible for the plague. Rats are intelligent and clean animals who spend much of their day grooming and can be trained to use a litter box. Rats actively seek out human attention and are less likely to bite than a hamster, making them better pets for children. Rats are widely chosen for experiments because most of their diseases are species specific, making them less likely to transmit things to humans. Please insert your foot into your mouth.
African pouched rats I belive and (for all the ignorant/forgetfull people)they couldent breed with our rats well I’m pretty shure…..depends wether or not it’s a brown*sigh* oh don’t bother I’m just succumming to there ignorance
@Sara3346 Yup, it’s the Gambian Pouched Rat and they can’t breed with the rats we know, they are a different species but same family.
Dutch
A dutch Hero!
Belgain yeay =DD
@yerk3 wut ? i am 18 so your wrong on all accounts xD and at all i bet you dont know where my country even is hahaha
So why these dutch news all the time?
Marching Braveley into HELL,
For ourselves! For oooouuurrrselves…
oooouuurrrseeeeeeeeeeelvesssss!
Parry Gripp FTW!
@pikachu48 Fighting for mankiiind!
@pathduck That song pwns.
@tsetsoooo Dude, it says it all right on your profile. It lists your age as 27, then you claim in the same profile, not 2 inches down from that, to be 16. Either your lying here or there, both can’t be true.
@tsetsoooo Oh, and your profile says you’re from Bulgaria, so it’s pretty likely that that’s the answer to that last question. Seriously, who do you think you’re jiving with this cosmic debris?
@yerk3 nooooooob i mean to tell me right now where my country is ? i mean geographically little noob. withouth opening google and stuff. Oh noobs these days so stupid. also i dont understand noob jiving with this cosmic debris? translate it for me , will ya noob
Its stuff like this that makes me NOT wanna kill myself…
They use rats in Tanzania. We use tanzanians in Europe lol
@wwickeddogg good idea! onli rats running up and down ur body and in ur luggages!
@thisFACTORYofYOUTH
its dutch=)
i can understand it.
i was born in the netherlands, and yeah we talk dutch here.
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@raykiller545 Dutch.
You’re a dutchman. Teach me dutch.
Because your frisians appearently traveled to prussia, and then traveled to south africa. And now they’re going to Georgia.
So teach me.
leve nederlands ^^ !!!
@mantas1111000
well theres allot to learn, apparantly dutch is very hard to learn but i could try=)
@tsetsoooo It says that the country you’re in is Bulgaria. Again, who do you think you’re fooling? The irony of you calling me a noob while failing to understand a figure of speech that should be fairly obvious to anyone is golden. I could parse it all out in kindergarten terms, but I don’t feel the need. You’ve pretty much demonstrated that you are the noob in this situation.
@yerk3 you still haven’t said where my country is little noob. do you even know how to geographically state where something is ? Oh whatever you silly Americans and your cheeseburgers.
@yerk3
Lol man, is that a Frank Zappa reference? Also, the troll you pwned is the n00b. Too bad he doesn’t realize how stupid he looks.
this is cool and kind
@raykiller545 You’re european, you should atleast try.
Or don’t you have the stubborness of a Samogitian?
@mantas1111000
huh? stobborness of a samogitian??? what do you mean? ooh well ofcourse i can try=) pm me:)
I live in south africa, the language sounds a lot like afrikaans.
Afrikaans being a language made up of many european languages.
Strangely I can understand this language.
It is most likely bulgarian or finnish. Sounds a bit like dutch but the accent is far from dutch.
@777neotamakachi777 It is rather certainly not bulgarian or finnish. I can`t tell what it really is, but it is a language that roots in middle high german, but is not german, leaving something that derives from dutch or flanderish, or possibly switzerish, although it doesn`t sound like switzerdeutsch.
@Borstian I`ve checked, it`s dutch.
Did those guys just blow up @ 2:05 ? WTF
Did those guys just blow up @ 2:00 ? WTF
WHAT LANGUAGE IS THIS AND WHY DO I UNDERSTAND IT O__O oh right! that right I live in the Netherlands and I do understand dutch! Almost forgot!
Dunka dunka time.
Dutch is the first world language that is closest to English.
TODAY IS WORLD RAT DAY!
Lots of love to all the hero rats of the world!
I’m dutch and this sounds fucking awfull. I think this is for foreign people learning dutch, it’s extremely simplified.
so cute
I teach my rats to find and bring to me lost things from under the couch.
Otherwise they just snuggle with me.
@thisFACTORYofYOUTH
dat, mijn niet nederlandse vriend, is nou nederlands
Great. Now we just need to train teams of dolphins to locate schools of fish and catch then in nets for us.
My name is Jennifer -_________- LOL
@thisFACTORYofYOUTH
and btw i think your might understanding it because there are subtitles haha?
@veyron92
haha ik denk niet dat jou “niet” nederlandse vriend dat verstaat lol.
@derekcolman I’m sorry but Dutch people think they can speak fluent English, the accent is just way too strong and use alot of half English/ half dutch phrases imo. As for me, I’m Belgian, Dutch/Flemish part, I’m not claiming to speak English fluent but the term fluent is just too over used by people in the wrong context.
@iridium27 . I should have said all the Dutch people I have met speak fluent English, and that includes a 4 day holiday break in Amsterdam. Of course that is only anecdotal, and maybe I just did not meet the thousands who cannot.
This rat could eat a poodle.
@thisFACTORYofYOUTH baby afrikanus which is one of the primary south african languages
that a huge rat