These adorable bomb-sniffing rats are saving lives

In Cambodia an adorable team of workers conduct a daring search for millions of unexploded landmines that can detonate and kill or severely injure innocent people.

Surprisingly, the team is made up mostly of rats - with a few human handlers guiding them.

The adorable Gambian pouched rats outperform both metal detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs when it comes to finding unexploded devices.

They can also work a lot faster - covering more miles of land, quicker.

A non-profit in Tanzania, Apopo, trains the rats to sniff out the bombs.