why does dogs, which have an excellent smell sense, needs to stuck their nose into whatever they

Question

why does dogs, which have an excellent smell sense, needs to stuck their nose into whatever they

Answer 1

its expected, as the concentration of the molecules that have the scent they are trying to get rapidly fades away with distance.





They can get a sense that something is there, but when they are very close, probably they will have even more information: how long that smell is there, how many different scents are there, etc.

Answer 2

Dogs experience the world through smell. Their range of vision is not as good as ours, and they rely on their sense of smell to find food, shelter, and their mates and packs.


Dogs sniff and sniff and sniff because they enjoy it. Just as you sit down to read a good book, a dog goes on a walk and smells his environment. Paul Auster referred to it as "the symphony of smells". It's how they interact with the world, and without an opportunity to go out and sniff, a dog can actually get quite bored!

Answer 3

Dogs are morons. They need to really really concentrate on a specific scent to understand / comprehend the smell. Their peabrains are not equal to their superior olfactory senses.