Hi Count & all, Impressive, is it not? Actually, while I do not know the stats On the various varieties, a Bloodhound's olfactory sensations are At least 100,000 times that of a human. Go dog! Michael
On 4/19/10 1:54 PM, "countde...@earthlink.net" <countde...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi List, > > I've had the fun of hunting with Brix and his "daddy" Sonny Clary and > witnessed how devoted they are to each other and how smart and driven this > great German Sheppard is. I've watched Sonny train and work in the field with > this super dog. I had my doubts about a dog's ability to scent > meteorites...(perhaps Brix uses sight also). I forgot that these animals are > used all over the world to scent out inanimate and animate items. Truffles, > birds, rabbits, stags, wild boars, people, lost personal items, land > mines....so why not meteorites...especially "fresh" un-contaminated ones. > > I once saw a Belgian Malanois used by our police department go into a room > full of men he had never seen before and immediately go to the one who had the > drug test packet (marijuana) sealed in a fresh plastic baggie in his shoe. I > was told a dog's nose is 5000 times as sensitive as a human being and can > process thirty or more scents at the same moment. > > Yeah! Brix. Congrats Sonny. > > Count Deiro > IMCA 3536 > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael Johnson <mich...@rocksfromspace.org> >> Sent: Apr 19, 2010 4:33 PM >> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> Subject: [meteorite-list] METEORITE DOG FINDS FIRST METEORITE FROM THE APRIL >> 14, 2010 WISCONSIN FIREBALL! >> >> http://www.rocksfromspace.org/brix.html >> >> >> >> --- >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list