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With up to 300 million scent receptors, dogs are among the best smell detectors in the animal world. The human nose, by comparison, contains only around 6 million scent receptors. Dog brains also devote 40% more brain space than humans to analyzing odors. That’s why people train dogs to search…
With up to 300 million scent receptors, dogs are among the best smell detectors in the animal world. ...
Scientists have found dogs can be trained to successfully recognise unique volatile organic compounds, or biomarkers
Republished from The Conversation, this piece was written by Kenneth G. Furton, Julian Mendel and Kelvin J. Frank Jr.
Dogs have such sensitive noses that they can be trained to detect the odors of crop pests, endangered species, illegal drugs – and diseases like COVID-19.