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Your Dog is Traveling Through Time… With Their Nose!
Did you now that dogs can “see” through time with their noses?
In the same way that we use our eyes, a dog uses their noses. So what makes a dog’s sense of smell so good?
Dogs are incredible companions. They can help us when we need to transport life-saving medications, assist us in exploring the world, are wonderful companions, and can even detect health problems happening inside of our bodies.
To find out how their remarkable sense of smell works we turn to the creators at Deep Look.
Why It Matters
Where our senses, and even technology, fall short, dogs pick up the slack. Which, really isn’t surprising considering it could be said that we have been evolving with them next to us for tens of thousands of years! Imagine how different the world, and our history, would look without the help of dogs.
From helping us save endangered wildlife to saving lives, dogs are remarkable companions in so many ways! If you’d like to learn more about how people train dogs to be supersmellers, check out this article from the Smithsonian.
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Deep Look
DEEP LOOK is a science video series that explores big science by going very, very small, from KQED and PBS Digital Studios.
Using macro photography and microscopy they are looking at the world up close.