Hero rat sets Guinness World Record for detecting landmines

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"Meet Ronin. Ronin has detected 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since 2021. That’s according to both APOPO, the charity that trained the African giant pouched rat, and the Guinness Book of World Records, which declared Ronin the new record holder. He’s currently working in Preah Vihear Province in Cambodia, one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.  ..."

Hero rat sets Guinness World Record for detecting landmines "We salute Ronin, who has sniffed out 109 landmines and 15 other kinds of unexploded ordinance."

APOPO (Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development organisation)

Ronin the rat, at work in Cambodia.