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fun facts about beagles || week 10

Part 1 || smelling

 

Beagles have 45 times more scent receptors than humans.

A beagle's olfactory lobe in the brain is about 40 times larger than a human.

All of a beagle's scent membranes would unfold to 60 sq. in. The same in a human would only be 1 sq. inch. That's like comparing a piece of paper to a stamp!

A beagle's sense of smell is 1,000-10,000 times greater than a human's.

 

Baker often smells things before he sees them. Like the deer that showed up shortly after this was taken.

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Taken on March 4, 2020