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Magawa, the African giant rat known for helping uncover more than 100 anti-personnel mines and other explosives in Cambodia, has died.
This was announced by the BBC, which recalls how the mouse was distinguished not only for its record of smelling chemicals found in unexploded ordnance, but also for its long service life.
In 2020, the Magawa was the first rat to receive a gold medal for bravery from the UK veterinary charity The Peoplès Dispansary for Sick Animals (PDSA). The type to which the Magawa belonged has a strong sense of smell and can be trained quickly, skills that make the African giant mouse excellent at finding mines.
Magawa died at the age of 8 and was particularly lifelong to his race and had ended the business in 2020 after four years in the Cambodian fields. The Belgian charity Apopo said there are just over a hundred other mice doing the same job worldwide.
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