Pros Expose Nose
December 1st, 2008
I’ve always been weary of the claim that a wet nose is a sign of canine health. If that were really the case then I’ve yet to meet a sick dog. A pooch with a dry nose is like Columbo without a cigar. You know it has to happen sometimes but you can’t ever recall seeing it. Even if dry-nosed hounds occur, the frequency with which we dogs propel our snouts into water bowls, puddles, toilets and the like means that they’re not likely to be noticeable.
But now, it seems that dry-nosed mutts aren’t sick, they just have a very bad sense of smell. It turns out that our snout mucus - that slimy opaque matter which we use to mark our favorite window-gazing spots - is actually a highly advanced whiff-filter which helps to pre-sort and identify our smells, according to egg-headed boffin Brent Craven of Pennsylvania State University.
So there you have it. If you humans could just bring yourselves to be a little snottier then you might begin to understand just what’s so interesting about that fence at the bottom of the street. You might get to those two day old pizza crusts in the gutter before we do. And you might learn to appreciate a fresh bouquet of dog-butt. Best of all, you might finally realize just how bad your deodorant smells.
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