Cambodian rat registers record for sniffing out wartime landmines

Ronin, the rat, pictured while on duty. — APOPO/File

A rat in Cambodia has been honoured with a world record after detecting more than 100 landmines and other undetonated explosives in the country, Belgium’s non-profit APOPO announced on Friday.

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