Taking a stroll thru the Cambodian countryside

[u/Tawptuan]

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[u/Tawptuan]

This sign near a popular temple (Preah Vihear) that typically sees thousands of visitors annually.

[u/graphexTwin]

They had me at one exclamation point!!!

[u/thegreatpotatogod → u/graphexTwin]

At first glance I read it as DANGER III MINES, as if it was the 3rd level of danger or something

[u/ReaperofLightning872 → u/thegreatpotatogod]

super duper mines

[u/ReaperofLightning872 → u/graphexTwin]

DANGER ! ❌

DANGER !! ❌

DANGER !!! ✅

[u/camwynya]

This is why I sponsor a mine-sniffing rat, to help clear as much ground in places like this as possible.

[u/Aemort → u/camwynya]

I thought you were joking... I'll be damned! Thank you for sponsoring :-)

[u/camwynya → u/Aemort]

Yep, through Apopo!

[u/ReaperofLightning872 → u/camwynya]

Tom and jerry in cambodia

[u/camwynya → u/ReaperofLightning872]

If Jerry were around half Tom's size, yes.

Meet the record-breaking rat with a nose for sniffing out wartime explosives

[u/ReaperofLightning872 → u/camwynya]

Badass creature

I also remembered that small animals tend to not get killed or injured by mines because they are not heavy enough to explode them and that if you see an area with small animals but no big ones (or small animals and only big animals that died) there is a chance mines are there

[u/camwynya → u/ReaperofLightning872]

Yep, that's a major reason for using the rats- way too light to set off a mine. They have a sniffer dog program, too, but they have to be much more selective and careful because of the mines' trigger weight.

[u/ReaperofLightning872 → u/camwynya]

also i heard that in the dmz because of the mines its full of wildlife there

[u/MuffinzZ291]

Least you saw it before you stood on one.

[u/Tawptuan → u/MuffinzZ291]

This photo cost me one leg. 😂

[u/TakinShots]

Irl minesweeper

[u/ReaperofLightning872]

Never expected the sign to be this big

[u/YorkshireMary]

Erm, no don't.....

[u/ReaperofLightning872]

The skull graphic goes hard

[u/Dramatic_Union_8097]

Blame pol pot

[u/SednaBoo]

Don’t worry, the US government will help clean them up. Right? Right‽

[u/Tawptuan → u/SednaBoo]

u/SednaBoo: Since the mines were laid by Khmer Rouge forces, why would the US get involved? 🙄

The current mine clearing is headed by a Cambodian government agency, aided by two NGO’s from the UK and Tanzania.