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Ronin the rat sets new landmine-sniffing record

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78% Informative

Ronin the rat has uncovered 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since 2021 .

The African giant pouched rat is the first rodent to uncover more than 100 mines and other war remnants.

Cambodia remains littered with millions of munitions following about 20 years of civil war that ended in 1998 .

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82

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85

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1

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semi-formal

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English

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52

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short-lived

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