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		Crito on March 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apply dog vision to photo of Robert S. McNamara Perhaps if the dog is also aware of the direction of the wind during the time of the smell.

ekianjo on March 21, 2014 [–]

With whiskers, it might actually work in that way...

Crito on March 21, 2014 | [–]

Yeah, I honestly suspect they might be able to do that. Human hunters often pay attention to wind direction when stalking prey so that they don't give away their position. This would be fairly similar to that.

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