Sunday 8 February 2015

Meet the Poop-Sniffing Dogs That Are Saving Endangered Wildlife

Meet the Poop-Sniffing Dogs That Are Saving Endangered Wildlife

Dogs have excellent schnozzes. This we know, thanks to the proliferation of K-9 drug sniffers and bomb-detecting squads. But these masters of olfaction aren’t just good for smelling out baddies—they’re also helping ecologists protect endangered species by sniffing out their scat.


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from WIRED » Science http://feeds.wired.com/c/35185/f/661470/s/432dd147/sc/36/l/0L0Swired0N0C20A150C0A20Cmeet0Epoop0Esniffing0Edogs0Esaving0Eendangered0Ewildlife0C/story01.htm

via Science News

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