Rat Sets Record for Most Land Mines Sniffed Out By His Species

Rat Sets Record for Most Land Mines Sniffed Out By His Species

Some look MiceIt should not be confused with MiceAs the pests. Others see them as life. The African giant mice in Cambodia make the most secure societies by inhaling dangerous explosives – and it set a record in its gender.

according to SmithsonianThe 5 -year -old mouse named Ronin 109 found a ground mine to date in a small community of Sor AEM, Prehah Vihear, Cambodia and 15 uninterrupted weapons from August 2021 to February 2025. Guinness World Encyclopedia For “most of the mine mine found” this year “(this is the work in the YouTube video above).

Ronin is part of Abuo, and it is a Belgian non -profit organizations that train African giant mice to detect unlawful land mines from wars in various countries. Organization Explain Many types of mice can become successful explosive detectors, but African giant mice have a very smell, which makes them ideal for this position.

Their developed olfactory systems allow them to smell low quantities of TNT buried approximately eight inches and after more than three feet. There are other reasons that make these large rodents great detectors: they are relaxed, easy to train, and cheap for nutrition and reproduction.

Inspectors of the human lands mine are likely to be injured or killed because their body weight can lead to the detonation of the activated explosives. The largest mice weigh only 3.3 pounds, so they are light enough to locate a mine without detonating it – and they work faster than humans. They can search in an area of ​​landmines of the tennis court in 30 minutes. A person with a metal detector takes up to four days to search for a mass of land of the same size. Fortunately, none of Abuo mice did not harm while working.

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