An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other ...

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A landmine-detecting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record to become the first rodent to uncover more than 100 mines and ...

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Ronin the African giant pouched rat set a new world record for the most landmines detected by a rat. Guinness World Records ...

A rat named Ronin has set a new record by detecting over 100 landmines in Cambodia since August 2021, surpassing the previous record held by Magawa. T ...

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An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other undetonated explosives in Cambodia, Belgian non-profit APOPO announced Friday.

It’s crucial work. An estimated 110 million landmines are still buried in over 60 countries around the world, said landmine detection nonprofit APOPO. In 2023, landmines caused 5,757 casualties ...