Rats can be trained to sniff TNT Cambodia has deployed its next generation of rat recruits to sniff out landmines left from several armed conflicts in the past as part of efforts to boost de-mining operations in a country plagued for decades by unexploded ordinance (UXO). The move comes after reports surfaced that one of the country’s most famous land mine-sniffing rats, Magawa, together with a team of "hero rats," is retiring after five years. This particular rat has been the most successful rodent trained and overseen by a Belgian nonprofit organisation, APOPO, to find land mines and alert his...