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Your Dog’s Sense of Smell Is Guarding NYC’s Water Supply — Here’s What It Can Really Do

Extreme close-up of a dog's nose showing the detailed texture behind a dog's powerful sense of smell

A dog’s sense of smell is at least 100,000 times more sensitive than a human’s, with up to 300 million scent receptors versus our roughly 5 million. New York City now uses conservation detection dogs to sniff out invasive zebra mussels in its drinking-water reservoirs — the same nose your dog uses every day. Definition:

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