
Rat breaks Guinness World Records for sniffing out 109 landmines
Ronin, an African giant land-mine detecting rat in Cambodia, has become the first rodent to uncover over 100 landmines and other deadly war remnants.
In a recent statement, Apopo, a charity organisation that trains rodents, disclosed that the pouched rat has uncovered 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since August 2021.
Ronin’s exceptional accomplishments have earned the rodent the Guinness World Records (GWR) title for most landmines detected by a rat.
Ronin also broke the previous record held by HeroRAT Magawa, who detected 71 landmines and was awarded a gold medal for his bravery in 2020.
Adam Millward, the managing editor of GWR, lauded Apopo’s HeroRATs for training and caring for the animals.
“Guinness World Records feats aren’t always just about smashing milestones – sometimes they can be about smashing preconceptions too,” Millward said.
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“The life-changing results of APOPO’s HeroRATs, their handlers and all the people involved with training and caring for these incredible animals is a revelatory example of the good that can be achieved when humans and animals work together.”
Cambodia, a country in Asia, is still plagued by millions of unexploded munitions left behind from around two decades of civil war, which ended in 1998.
Since Apopo began its operations 25 years ago, the organisation has cleared 169,713 landmines and other explosives across the globe — over 52,00 of them in Cambodia.
The NGO also operates in other war-affected countries, such as Ukraine, South Sudan, and Azerbaijan.
Based in Tanzania, Apopo currently has 104 rodent recruits, or HeroRATS, as the organisation prefers to call them.









Time spent here today felt productive in the way that good reading sessions sometimes do, and a stop at devsapling extended that productive feeling across the rest of the morning, the difference between productive reading and merely passing time is real and this site is consistently on the productive side for me lately.
Grateful for posts like this one, they remind me there are still places online run by people who care about quality, and a look at readyperk reflected the same standards, you can tell the difference between content made for readers and content made just for search engines today and this is the former.
Reading this in a moment of low energy still kept my attention, and a stop at growthnavigator continued that engagement under suboptimal conditions, content that survives the reader being tired is content with extra reserves of pull and this site has the kind of writing that holds up even when I am not at my reading best.
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A genuine compliment to the writer for keeping the post focused on what mattered, and a look at visionmapping continued that disciplined focus, focus is a editorial choice that compounds across many small decisions and this site has clearly made those small decisions consistently across what I have read so far this week here.
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Skipped lunch to finish reading, which says something, and a stop at worktrove kept me at my desk longer than planned, when content beats the lunch impulse the writer has done something genuinely impressive in an attention environment full of immediately satisfying alternatives competing for the same finite block of reader time.
A piece that respected the reader by not over explaining the obvious, and a look at datanoble continued that calibrated approach, finding the right level of explanation is one of the harder editorial calls and this site has clearly thought carefully about what readers will already know versus what they need help with consistently.
Polished and informative without feeling overproduced, that is the sweet spot, and a look at softreef hit it again, you can tell when a site has been built with care versus thrown together for the sake of having something to put online and this is clearly the former approach taken by the team.
Came across this through a roundabout path and now it is on my regular rotation, and a stop at iansoconnor sealed that decision, the open web still produces serendipitous discoveries when you let the citations and references guide you rather than relying purely on algorithmic feeds for new content recommendations always.
Quietly enthusiastic about this site after the past few hours of reading, and a stop at echoemporium extended that enthusiasm, the calibration of enthusiasm to evidence is something I try to maintain and this site has earned a calibrated quiet enthusiasm rather than the loud excitement that usually fades within a day or two of finding something.
Now thinking I want more sites built on this kind of editorial foundation, and a stop at devreap extended that wish into a broader hope, sites built on substance and care rather than on metrics and growth are the kind of sites I want to see more of and this one is a small example worth supporting.
Glad the writer kept this short rather than padding it out, the points stand on their own without needing extra context, and a look at icestbon kept the same approach going, brevity is a sign of confidence in the substance and the team here clearly trusts their content to land without filler.
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Reading this confirmed something I had been suspecting about the topic, and a look at appafluent pushed that confirmation toward greater confidence, content that lines up with independently held intuitions earns a special kind of trust and I will return to writers who consistently land that way for me without overselling positions.
Now placing this in the same category as a few other sites I have come to trust, and a look at luckyspin-lapakslot continued the placement decision, the small category of fully trusted sites is one I extend rarely and only after multiple positive reading sessions and this site has earned the category placement methodically over time.
Now feeling the post has earned a proper recommendation rather than a casual mention, and a stop at longtermalliances reinforced the recommendation strength, the difference between mentioning and recommending is a small editorial distinction I observe in my own conversations and this site has earned the upgraded recommendation level from me confidently today.
Reading this slowly to absorb the structure, and the structure is doing real work alongside the words, and a look at softfactor maintained the same architectural quality, when sentence shapes and paragraph rhythms reinforce the meaning rather than just transporting words you know you are reading skilled work today.
A small editorial detail caught my attention, the way headings related to body text, and a look at atlasapp maintained that careful relationship, structural details like that show up to readers who notice them and the writers here have clearly thought about every level of the piece rather than just the words.
Reading this on a slow Sunday and finding it perfectly suited to a slow Sunday read, and a quick stop at utilityview kept the same gentle pace, content that fits the mood of the moment is something I notice and remember and this site has the kind of pace that suits relaxed reading sessions especially well.
Picked up several practical tips that I plan to try out this week, and a look at amberapp added a few more I will be testing alongside, content with practical hooks that connect to my actual life is the kind that earns my repeat attention rather than the merely interesting that I forget within a day.
Comfortable read, finished it without realising how much time had passed, and a look at cloudberrymarket pulled me into more pages the same way, the absence of friction in good content lets time disappear and that is one of the highest compliments I can pay any piece of writing I find online during a regular search session.
Easily one of the better explanations I have read on the topic, and a stop at blog33point pushed it even higher in my mental ranking of useful resources, the kind of site that beats the average not by trying harder but by simply caring more about what it puts out daily which always shows.
Thanks for putting in the work to make this approachable, plenty of sites cover the same ground but most do it badly, and a quick visit to enterprisegrowthpartnerships confirmed this one stands apart, simple language and useful examples without anyone trying to sell me anything along the way which I really appreciated.
Came here from another site and ended up exploring much further than I planned, and a look at blog33mean only encouraged more exploration, the kind of place where one click leads to another not through manipulative design but through genuinely interesting content is rare and worth highlighting when found like this somewhere on the open internet.
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A piece that did not try to be timeless and ended up reading as durable anyway, and a look at verasync extended that durable feel, content that stays useful past its publication date without straining for permanence is content that ages well and this site has the kind of evergreen quality that I value highly today.
Recommended without reservation for anyone interested in the topic at any level of expertise, and a look at motionstrategy only strengthens that recommendation, this site clearly knows how to serve readers across a range of backgrounds without watering down the content or talking past anyone in the audience which is genuinely impressive to see.
Now realising the post solved a small problem I had been carrying for weeks, and a look at lunarloot extended that problem solving function, content that connects to specific unresolved questions in my own life rather than just providing general interest is content with real practical impact and this site is providing that practical value.
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Yesterday I was complaining about the state of online writing and today this site has temporarily fixed that complaint, and a look at edgedomain extended that mood reversal, the short term mood improvement that comes from finding good content is real and this site has produced that improvement for me at a useful moment.
Appreciated that the writer trusted the reader to follow along without constant restating of earlier points, and a look at riseroute continued that respect for the reader, treating an audience as capable adults rather than as people to be hand held through every paragraph is something I notice and value highly across the open internet today.
This actually answered the question I had been searching for, and after I checked blog44nights I had a few more pieces I had not realised I needed, that is the sign of a site that knows what its readers want before they even know how to ask it which is impressive.
A piece that did not try to be timeless and ended up reading as durable anyway, and a look at quadquill extended that durable feel, content that stays useful past its publication date without straining for permanence is content that ages well and this site has the kind of evergreen quality that I value highly today.
Got pulled in by the headline and stayed because the content actually delivered on the promise, and a stop at 8644m kept that trust intact, when a site lives up to its own framing it earns the right to keep showing up in my browser tabs going forward indefinitely from here on out really.
Now recognising the editorial wisdom of letting some questions remain open at the end, and a look at dynastybond continued that intellectual honesty, content that does not force closure on contested questions is content that respects the limits of knowledge and this site has clearly developed the maturity to know when to leave space.
Reading this gave me the rare experience of fully agreeing with all the conclusions, and a stop at validstacky continued that agreement pattern, content that aligns with my existing views without seeming designed to do so is just content that happens to be reasonable and this site reads as reasonable rather than ideological mostly.
Worth flagging that the post handled an angle of the topic I had not seen elsewhere, and a look at blog33question extended that fresh treatment, content that finds underexplored corners of well covered subjects is genuinely valuable and this site has demonstrated that exploratory editorial approach across multiple pieces in my reading sessions today.
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Picked up on several small touches that suggest a careful editor, and a look at racerun suggested the same hand at work across the broader site, editorial consistency at a granular level is one of the strongest signs that an operation is serious rather than just hobbyist and this site reads as serious throughout.
Adding this to my list of go to references for the topic, and a stop at blog44forward confirmed the rest of the site deserves the same, definitely the kind of resource that earns its place rather than getting forgotten the moment the next interesting article shows up in my feed somewhere else on the web.
Liked everything about the experience, from the opening through to the closing notes, and a stop at bestshoppingchoice extended that into more pages, finding a site where the editorial vision shows through every choice rather than feeling random is an increasingly rare experience and one I am glad to have today during this particular reading session.
The whole experience of reading this was pleasant from start to finish, no pop ups and no annoying interruptions, and a look at devseed continued that clean experience, technical choices about page design matter for the reader and this site clearly cares about the small details that add up to comfort across multiple visits.
Now noticing that the post did not mention the writer at all, focus stayed on the topic, and a look at appplain continued that author absent quality, content that disappears the writer to focus on the substance is a particular kind of generosity and this site has clearly chosen the substance over the personality consistently.
Now feeling that this site is the kind I want to make sure does not disappear, and a look at bondcapital reinforced that quiet protective feeling, the rare sites whose disappearance would actually matter to me are the sites I want to support through return visits and recommendations and this one has joined that small protected list.
A piece that did not lecture even when it had clear positions, and a look at zylra maintained the same teaching without preaching tone, finding the line between informing and lecturing is hard and most sites land on the wrong side of it but this one has clearly figured out how to inform without becoming preachy.
Reading this gave me a quiet moment of intellectual pleasure that I had not been expecting, and a stop at orbitcloud extended that pleasure across more pages, the unexpected reward of stumbling into careful writing is one of the small ongoing pleasures of reading the open web and this site is delivering it reliably.