• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Land mines are designed to only be found when they go boom.

    There are devices and such like designed to do exactly that- but land mines are fundamentally designed to make that not easy. It takes a lot of people, a lot of effort and a lot of time to clear just a single small stretch of field.

    They’re also using African pouch rats in places to smell the - and the little fellas are both cute and heroic!