How do dogs "see" with their noses? - Alexandra Horowitz
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You may have heard the expression that dogs ‘see with their noses.’ But these creature’s amazing nasal architecture actually reveals a whole world beyond what we can see. Alexandra Horowitz illustrates how the dog’s nose can smell the past, the future and even things that can’t be seen at all.
Why would the olfactory system in a dog be so much bigger than the olfactory system in a human?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Alexandra Horowitz
- Director Iuri Araújo, Guilherme Araujo
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Pen-Pen Chen
