Have You Ever Wondered How Your Dog Experiences The World

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Have you ever wondered how your dog experiences the world?

What she smells


Here'sthat's
whatashe
totally
sees different
. story.
her nose’s moist spongy outside
helps
As thecapture any scents
dog catches thehints
the first breeze carries.
of fresh air,
As air enters the nose,
one for
a small foldbreathing and one
tissue divides just
it into forseparate
two smelling.folds,
helps to determine not just what kind of things are out of there
butseparately
The ability to smell also where they're
with eachlocated.
nostril, smelling in stereo,
creating
Andswirls of air that
dogs exhale help slits
through involve theside
at the newofodor molecules.
their nose,
If you can smell a spritz of perfume in a small room,
a dog will haveand
no distinguish
trouble smelling
its ingredients.
it in an enclosed stadium
And everything in the street, every passing person or car,
tellingany contents
your of the
dog what it is,neighbor’s
where it istrash has a distinct
and which directionodor
its moving
profile in.
Vomeronasal
Organ

A dog’s
The sense of smell organ,
vomeronasal can pick up things
above that
the roof of can’t even be seen at all.
the mouth,
detects the hormones
It lets dogs
of animals
identify
including
potential
humans,
mates, naturally release.
or distinguish between friendly and hostile animals.
It can even tell them when someone is pregnant or sick.
Furthermore, the most amazing
it can travelthing about
through your dog’s nose is that
time.
Theorpast
the appears
warmth in
of tracks left by
a recently passersby
parked car.
Landmarks like carrying
telegraphmessages
poles andoftrees
who are
hasaromatic
been by. bulletin boards
alerting them to something
And or
thesomeone
future isapproaching
in the breeze,
long before you see them.
Also, they can respond with kindness to people in pain,
or with aggression to threats
hormones

because stress recognizable to the dog’s


and anger manifest nose. of hormones
as a cloud
Humans’ best friend

As it turns
butout,
onehumanity’s best friend
whose incredible is not one
nose reveals who experiences
a whole other worldthe sameour
beyond things we do,
eyes.
Instructor Alan Hung

Animated by 張佳敏, 劉家蓁, 鍾采燕

Digital Effect 張佳敏, 劉家蓁, 鍾采燕

Visual Effect 張佳敏, 劉家蓁, 鍾采燕

Narration by

Audio Coordinator

Song by

Based on Alexandra Horowitz’s research

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