Dogs trained to sniff Whale Poo

[k9mania]

Happy Friday!
If you're a dog AND cetacean admirer, like me, you'll like this post. Last summer I wrote about how whale poop (http://community.oceana.org/blog/2008/08/saving-whales-their-poop) is a crucial tool in analyzing cetacean diet and population health. Well there's a new twist (new to me, at least) -- In her research on whale diet, one of my colleagues came across a fascinating paper (http://depts.washington.edu/conserv/web-content/Papers/Rolland%20etal.pdf) written a few years ago. A group of scientists used specially trained dogs to sniff out endangered right whale (http://community.oceana.org/whale) poop, at which point they were able to analyze the whale's stress levels, reproduction, biotoxin exposure and disease-causing protozoa.


See rest of article at:


http://community.oceana.org/blog/2009/01/fido-sniffs-out-whale-poo

[elsasmom]

My Elsa June would LOVE to have a job like that for her houndly nose. She would, however, expect to have a taste of the product_UGH:p

[lucysnewmum]

My Elsa June would LOVE to have a job like that for her houndly nose. She would, however, expect to have a taste of the product_UGH:p

or worse still want to roll in it....eeeeew...gross.....rofl

[Jr_K9_Expert]

or worse still want to roll in it....eeeeew...gross.....rofl

Hahaha thats pretty gross, but true.lol. Cool article though, never would have guess that dogs could help out in this area of studies.:p

[gsdmama]

that is gross. they are now training dogs to sniff out cell phones in jail. i saw them put a cell phone in a plastic bag and dropped it into the toilet tank. then they sent to dog to find it and sure enough it did.

amazing how strong their noses are.

[bak349]

So sorry for your loss We just lost our precious Maverick