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Dogs can smell their owners from up to 11 miles away

October 4, 2019
Photo via Pexels under the Creative Commons License
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Depending on the scent of their owner, a dog can be able to scent their owner from miles away. This is because they have up to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses, and their brain is devoted to scents.

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