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An African giant pouched rat is being honored in the record books after detecting more than 100 landmines and other ...
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Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has entered the Guinness World Records for detecting over 100 landmines in Cambodia.
With its work since 2021 in the Preah Vihear province, Ronin has surpassed the legacy of Magawa, who passed away in 2022 ...
In Cambodia alone, these explosives have caused more than 65,000 deaths since 1979. In other words, Ronin and other rats like ...
Ronin, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, has found 109 land mines and 15 other unexploded ordnances in Cambodia ...
Some consider rats, not to be confused with mice, as pests. Others deem them lifesavers. One African giant pouched rat in Cambodia is making communities safer by sniffing out dangerous explosives—and ...
A Westmeath woman has expressed her surprise and pride after a landmine-hunting rat that she adopted in Cambodia set a world ...
Ronin the African giant pouched rat set a new world record for the most landmines detected by a rat. Guinness World Records ...
Elizabeth Bowen Visiting Cambodia some years ago, I came upon a band of musicians busking at the side of the road. The dozen ...
For nearly three decades, Apopo has been training rats to detect landmines, and Ronin is one of their standout trainees. Like ...