HeroRAT retires from sniffing out landmines | CBC Kids News

Magawa the HeroRAT is retiring. For five years, the African giant pouched rat has helped clear areas in Cambodia of landmines and other unexploded ordnance. HeroRATs are trained to use their powerful sense of smell to alert their human handlers, who then safely remove and dispose of the explosives. CBC Kids News is a website for kids, covering the information you want to know. Real Kids. Real News. Check it out at https://www.cbckidsnews.ca Follow us: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cbckidsnews/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CBCKidsNews

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