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Teaching Giant rat wins animal hero award for sniffing out land mines

Giant rat wins animal hero award for sniffing out land mines

Magawa is a giant African pouched rat. He won an award for searching out unexploded land mines in Cambodia. Land mines are explosive devices buried under the ground or hidden on the

Associated Press
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Why are animals used to find land mines?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

1,2,3
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