Meet the HeroRATS of Cambodia! 🦸🏻🐀 These tiny warriors are tasked with a dangerous, but important mission: to help clear Cambodia of the millions of undetonated explosives still scattered across the country. Cambodia is one of the most mine-affected countries in the world — the result of decades of war and conflict (including a civil war under the Khmer Rouge regime, and the Vietnam War during which the United States dropped over 26 million explosives on Cambodian soil 💔). There are over 1000 square kilometers of land that still haven’t been cleared of explosives… which causes dozens of casualties every year & has huge economic consequences, especially for people in rural areas. …HeroRATS to the rescue! Did you know rats have an *impeccable* sense of smell? They can sniff out 1 TRILLIONTH of a gram of TNT (found in explosives) from a meter away…. 😱 And because their bodies are so lightweight, they don’t risk detonating the explosive (as would a human or a dog). They’ve foun...