How Powerful Is a Dog's Nose? | Inside the Animal Mind | BBC Earth

Just how powerful is a dog's sense of smell? Today, search dog Fern is going to test out her senses to see if she can find a canister filled with pork meat - in the middle of a lake, under 7 meters of water and mud.

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[shaungordon]

Omg, that is incredible. And just the way she works with the crew is amazing too

[stevenhall]

Just stunning animals aren't they, well done fern

[Paulie]

My dog knows when I'm going to fart, she leaves.

[neilpowell]

I apologise for the confusion about the lakes dimensions. It was a genuine mistake by the narrator. Castlewellan Lake is in Co Down and is approx 1 mile long and in places approx half a mile wide. Fern, who is now 17 years old and retired, has located 14 bodies in water, so yes, dogs are amazing.

[moondancejackson]

I am so impressed and totally in love with Fern!

[Zavarzin]

1:23 -- "The lake is a mile long and half a mile wide";
3:10 -- "In a lake a kilometer wide and half a kilometer long".
Wut?

[oktomcat]

This is amazing and also good news for many search and rescue crews.

[sky_styles]

I can't believe how strong their nose scent is.

[Oakleaf]

Some dogs are wonderful, like Fern. What a clever, talented girl.

[sdimas]

I saw on the weather channel here in the US on "How to Survive": One of the advice is when you go hiking to leave a dirty sock on your car dashboard so police dog can follow your trail in case you get lost.

[agbehr]

I really love dogs thank you for helping them help us u made me love dogs more....

[MuhammadEgypt]

Amazing! They can find the drowned bodies then.

[jackg]

I wonder what that feels like, they say that in the same way we have dexterity in our hands, they have that same control with scent. They literally smell better than they see which is pretty crazy to wrap your head around as they see better than humans

[gamesbeingplayed]

That’s crazy! A dog is so amazing it’s sad some people eat them

[pskewldude]

I have a cockapoo and she loves my dirty socks lol. Scent is her main protagonist 😂. She’s too smart

[NickNicometi]

I just cannot wrap my head around canine olfaction.

[arbanaskocudo]

Shark also has great sense of smell but again you cant train him

[jussikankinen]

Without dogs humans would be living in caves

[Amber-rtmj]

2:33 hey human, it's here! it's here! damnit i said it's here! stop speaking to the camera, we have work to do!

[uptownphotography]

Definitely amazing. Cool dog too...
All the best to all involved.
Philip
NYC Area