12 amazing facts about dogs’ senses
A dog’s nose is up to 100,000 times more sensitive. Discover canine senses.
Dogs have hundreds of millions of scent receptors, sniff in and out separately, can detect some diseases, hear up to ~45–65 kHz, see mainly blue and yellow, have unique nose prints, sweat through paws, understand words and tone and likely dream.
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