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Posted by Mia Carter Jul 9, 2008 |
A dog's nose is more than twenty times more powerful than the human's and once again, we've found yet another way to harness that olfactory ability.
There's a new type of search dog out there, trained to sniff out cell phones smuggled into prisons. And don't dismiss this new trained ability as another creative dog trainer with too much time on his hands. Cell phones are a huge problem in prisons. They afford jailed criminals control over a vast array of enterprises - all beyond the watch of jailhouse authorities.
It may seem pretty incredible to some, but anyone who's ever owned a dog can probably attest to their incredible olfactory abilities. Just when you think you've seen it all, your dog will do something incredible, all because of their highly evolved sense of smell.
Case in point: I was out for a jog with my husband. And about five minutes in, I realized I forgot to leave my glasses at home. So without any pockets, I handed the glasses to my husband and he slid them into the pocket of his windbreaker. But we returned home to find that the glasses were gone; nowhere to be found. To make matters worse, much of our jog took us through a large field, overgrown with grasses.
Well, the next day, as we were jogging through the field again, our husky Charlie came to an abrupt stop. And he started howling and stamping his feet. There, about 15 feet off the trail - don't ask me how they ended up there - were my glasses. This dog has absolutely no training as a search dog, but he was able to find my glasses and for some reason, decided to tell us about it! Folks, listen to your dogs - the nose knows.