Rat wins bravery award for detecting landmines
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Rat wins bravery award for detecting landmines
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A tiny hero rat named Magawa, an African giant pouched rat trained by the demining charity APOPO, was honoured for detecting landmines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, one of the countries most affected by explosive remnants of war. His light weight meant he would not trigger the devices, and his sharp sense of smell allowed him to detect TNT buried underground. Over a five-year career, he located 71 landmines and 38 unexploded ordnance, helping clear more than 225,000 square meters of land
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Magawa, an African Giant Pouched Rat, received a gold medal for his "lifesaving bravery and devotion to duty" as a land mine detector, on Friday. HeroRAT is his official title. Magawa has been sniffing out landmines for the past seven years. #cambodia🇰🇭 #herorat | CGTN
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