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DID YOU KNOW?A dog’s nose has hundredsof millions of scentreceptors, compared witha few million in ours.ANIMALSsomanyfacts.com

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A dog’s nose has hundreds of millions of scent receptors, compared with a few million in ours.

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Dogs have far more olfactory receptors than humans and a much larger part of the brain for processing smells. That is why they can be trained to find people, drugs, explosives and even some diseases by scent.

Source: Dog anatomy (Wikipedia)

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