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Cambodia unveils a statue of famous landmine-sniffing rat Magawa (www.bbc.com)
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[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Magawa, who lived to eight years old,

Legend

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Nah the government just got a new one from the pet store while the country was at school and claimed it was the same one.

[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

From 2016 to 2021, Magawa cleared more than 22.5 hectares (56 acres) of land in Cambodia. In that time, he found 71 landmines and 38 instances of other unexploded ordnance.

[–] JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

Mildly interesting?! This is more gold than the medal around that rat’s neck.

RIP we could all only dream to leave the world in such an improved state.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

HeroRAT, best rat.

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

What a bro. 🫡

[–] mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca 3 points 6 days ago

This entire article is so adorable!! The video at the end too. Just made my morning. Thank you!😋