How does a dog get the neighborhood news? Through its nose! Of all a dog's senses, its sense of smell is the most highly developed. Dogs have about 25 times more olfactory (smell) receptors than humans do. These receptors occur in special sniffing cells deep in a dog's snout and are what allow a dog to "out-smell" humans.
Dogs can sense odors at concentrations nearly 100 million times lower than humans can. They can detect one drop of blood in five quarts of water! Sniffing the bare sidewalk may seem crazy, but it yields a wealth of information to your dog, whether it's the scent of the poodle next door or a whiff of the bacon sandwich someone dropped last week.
When a dog breathes normally, air doesn't pass directly over the smell receptors. But when the dog takes a deep sniff, the air travels all the way to the smell receptors, near the back of the dog's snout. So for a dog, sniffing is a big part of smelling
2006-10-16 11:42:14
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answered by Anonymous
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surely, it style of feels like they have a paranormal 6th experience, yet they actually do no longer. they only have very improved variations of the 5 senses that human beings have. The alerts of an earthquake might have been picked up via your buddy's canines's exceedingly delicate experience of listening to interior the kind of very low sound frequencies, or subsonics. you will see that canines with a listening to deficit do no longer tutor any signs and warning signs of misery. this is achieveable that your domestic dog did no longer come across the sounds because of the fact he's extremely small. You did no longer say what breed of canines he's, or what breed your buddy's canines is, yet that's only a risk. A canines's sensitivity to distinctive frequencies relies upon on the dimensions of his head. Small, slender organ pipes produce intense-pitched sounds; long, huge organ pipes produce low-pitched sounds. Likewise, smaller ears are tuned for larger-pitched sounds; larger ears are tuned for decrease-pitched sounds. This explains why St. Bernards are extra waiting to locate avalanches or avalanche sufferers than, say, Yorkies or Chihuahuas. they're extra tuned to the low-frequency sounds that make their way contained in the direction of the snow. in spite of the indisputable fact that, i think you should assert in a fashion that canines have a definite experience to locate organic mess ups. this is probably not a psychic skill, in spite of the indisputable fact that that's "particular" in that this is purely an exceedingly, very sharp experience of listening to. In China and Japan, canines are surely used as component to the nationwide earthquake warning device. thrilling stuff huh.
2016-12-16 08:47:29
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answered by nichelle 3
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Yes!
1. They can sense when we have treats in our pockets.
2. They can sense when we are sad.
3. They can sense when a storm is coming.
4. They can sense when we need to diversify our portfolios.
5. They can sense when a tv show will be stupid.
They are truly amazing.
2006-10-16 11:40:23
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answered by Harvie Ruth 5
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Yes, dogs do have special senses, they can tell when we are going to get an earthquake, or when the weather is going to change, they can also even tell when you are sad and/or scared, they are extremely smart!!!
2006-10-16 11:37:35
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answered by jashaunte 3
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Yes, I believe they do. They seem to sense when a storm is coming, when someone is upset etc. They are often very in tune with their owner and their owners feelings.
2006-10-16 11:37:41
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answered by JenniD 2
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yes. they can smell out drugs, and sense when their owners r gonna have a seizure, can smell cnacer etc. and thet can sense when you are down in the dumps. they dont care what you look like and love you no matter what. its a good thing
2006-10-16 13:05:15
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answered by jo 3
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Yes, when I saw my beagle cover my dead duck that was his friend, because the dog knew the duck was dead, I knew something more exists.
2006-10-16 11:54:09
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answered by Birdbrain 4
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yes they have keen sense, black and white vision, and also sensitive feel. I know this from my college class of animal services
2006-10-16 11:46:54
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answered by rachellram 2
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yes they can small things better then we do
2006-10-16 11:42:01
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answered by angel 2
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They can tell your future by smelling your crotch.
2006-10-16 11:38:35
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answered by MЯ BAIT™ 6
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