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African giant pouched rats have become indispensable in helping specialists detect land mines that have killed and maimed thousands in Cambodia. When they get a whiff of TNT, they stop and scratch the ground. Cambodia, which has 760 square miles of known landmine fields, hopes to be landmine free by 2030.
