Submitted by StubbornAries t3_11fpak1 in askscience
xxDankerstein t1_jala6xs wrote
Yes dogs have unique scents that they can recognize. Whether or not they would remember after years is another question. It would depend on how long they were together before splitting up, what age they were when they split up, and how long they were apart.
GeriatricHydralisk t1_jamnit3 wrote
> unique scents that they can recognize
I swear, humans' poor sense of smell sometimes makes us like a blind person studying art, keenly aware of sculpture by hopeless at understanding paintings.
Imagine how much more we'd know about the natural world if we weren't almost "blind" to one of the most important senses of most animals.
UseaJoystick t1_janqnh0 wrote
Our eyesight is a lot better than a lot of other animals at least. Other than damn birds
jsslvtt t1_jap1vdo wrote
It’s a myth! Our sense of smell just doesn’t get as much attention so doesn’t get trained like our vision does. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/alls-smell-that-ends-smell/526317/
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