# Magawa the mine detecting rat has died aged 8

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magawa-the-mine-detecting-rat-has-died-aged-8/957611 "2022-01-11T22:06:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magawa-the-mine-detecting-rat-has-died-aged-8/957611/1 "2022-01-11T22:06:18Z")

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What a hero ! Don’t suppose anyone had him in the celebrity death pool.

> **[How Magawa the rat was trained to detect mines](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-59960117?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA)**
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> A rat which helped locate more than a 100 landmines in Cambodia has died at the age of eight.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magawa-the-mine-detecting-rat-has-died-aged-8/957611/2 "2022-01-11T22:22:43Z")

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[Moderating]

I’m not seeing much about the arts, here. Moving to MPSIMS.