A bomb-detecting rat has smashed a world record by sniffing out more than 100 landmines in Cambodia. Since his deployment in 2021, Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, has sniffed out 109 landmines ...

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.

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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 gave the distinction to Ronin on World Rat Day, which fell on Friday.