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What if we had a dog's keen sense of smell??

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What would it be like to be able to have a super keen sense of smell? I mentioned a dog only because I'm unaware of other animals that may have even better senses of smell. What do you guys/gals think???
post #2 of 14
I'd be dead already from sensory overload.
post #3 of 14
We probably wouldn't be able to stand most perfumes -- they would be too overwhelming.
post #4 of 14
Kouros would be a gourmand.
post #5 of 14
I wouldn't be able to enjoy my stock. I could enjoy hanae mori... a block away, I would think that another dog marked their territory on my master wearing Kouros. Oh dear...
post #6 of 14
Well, dogs seem to enjoy sniffing things like shit on the side of the road and each other's asses, so I'm not sure a dog's sense of smell would be my ideal.

--Steve
post #7 of 14
The perfume industry wouldn't exist as we know thats for sure! Perfumes would smell FOUL to us! Can't remember where I got the info from but I have read that dogs sense perfume as a very umpleasant odour, a little like we sense, erm, well unpleasant odours!
post #8 of 14
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Originally Posted by CoL

The perfume industry wouldn't exist as we know thats for sure! Perfumes would smell FOUL to us! Can't remember where I got the info from but I have read that dogs sense perfume as a very umpleasant odour, a little like we sense, erm, well unpleasant odours!

Yes! I was thinking of that! Just think about it... not every fragrance is liked by everyone, that means that a certain component in it that is unpleasant is obvious only to certain people. But if you have a dog's sense of smell, you're just going to smell EVERYTHING. Including the bad parts of the fragrance
Btw, my dog sneezes when he smells my frags ;D
post #9 of 14
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Originally Posted by SmellsLike

Well, dogs seem to enjoy sniffing things like shit on the side of the road and each other's asses, so I'm not sure a dog's sense of smell would be my ideal.

--Steve

Yep. The world would smell like pee and dog butt.
post #10 of 14
Thread Starter 
Well, dogs seem to enjoy sniffing things like shit on the side of the road and each other's asses, so I'm not sure a dog's sense of smell would be my ideal.

--Steve



Ha Ha!!!! Hadn't thought about it like that...........
post #11 of 14
I could smell when my guitar strings need to be changed.
oh the things we would smell,I don't envy dogs
post #12 of 14
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Originally Posted by cookesoul

What would it be like to be able to have a super keen sense of smell? I mentioned a dog only because I'm unaware of other animals that may have even better senses of smell. What do you guys/gals think???

According to a program I saw on TV a while ago on forensic crime investigation, the animal with the keenest sense of smell is the Vietnamese pot-bellied pig. These pigs are almost blind, so nature compensated by giving them an incredibly powerful sense of smell. Police in the USA train them up and use them to sniff out drugs etc.
Bloodhounds were highly rated as well, although not in the same league as the Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs.

I realize this is all a bit off topic, but fascinating if you're in to trivia!
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I thought of this thread today while I was walking my dog in the woods, and she came upon something that must've smelled really good to her, because she dropped on her back and rolled around in it! I thought to myself "she must be putting on perfume" sucks 'cause the night before I gave her a bath 'cause she stank so bad . . . I guess she was reapplying :P
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Originally Posted by LoneFish

I thought of this thread today while I was walking my dog in the woods, and she came upon something that must've smelled really good to her, because she dropped on her back and rolled around in it! I thought to myself "she must be putting on perfume" sucks 'cause the night before I gave her a bath 'cause she stank so bad . . . I guess she was reapplying Â*:P

I hate it when dogs put on 'Eau de Dead Animal' cologne....
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