Book: Dogs tell time with noses

They have sensory abilities far above those of humans.

The theory has been around for some time, but a new book backs up the idea that ‘dogs smell time,’.

‘As each day wears a new smell, its hours mark changes in odours that your dog can notice,’ explains Professor Alexandra Horowitz.

The dog expert makes the claim in her new book ‘Being A Dog’, which is based on her research at Barnard College’s Dog Cognition Lab, of which she is the founder.

While for most humans, the world is primarily visual, for dogs, their world is based on scents.

Dogs are often used to sniff out drugs, explosives, disaster victims, dead bodies and even cancers, thanks to their extraordinary power of smell.
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Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.