Migaloo, hailed the world's first archaeology dog, and trainer Gary Jackson at Narangba. Source: Quest Newspapers
Posted on 05/21/2013 5:08:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Move over Indiana Jones, there is a new dog in town.
Meet Migaloo the wonder-pup who can sniff out 600-year-old bones more than 2m underground with her sharp sense of smell and keen eye for adventure.
The three-year-old black labrador mix has been hailed as the first archaeology dog in the world.
Owner Gary Jackson found Migaloo at a rescue centre 14 months ago and says they have been inseparable ever since...
After only a year on the job, Migaloo already holds the world record for the oldest archaeological find by a dog...
Migaloo made the startling find at an Aboriginal burial ground in South Australia, where a 600-year-old grave had been found a few years ago...
Her helpful snout has even managed to sniff out fossils dated by palaeontologists at between 2.6million and 5.3million years old.
Narangba-based Gary Jackson, who has been training dogs for more than 30 years, taught Migaloo using 250-year-old Aboriginal bones borrowed from the South Australian Museum.
He trained her to recognise their odour in the hope the duo will be able to uncover more hidden treasures in archaeological digs. His canine students have worked with indigenous elders to recover old ceremonial sites and have helped police in the Ivan Milat/backpacker murder investigation.
He hopes he and Migaloo will be able to unearth some dinosaur bones near Roma in the next two weeks.
(Excerpt) Read more at couriermail.com.au ...
Migaloo, hailed the world's first archaeology dog, and trainer Gary Jackson at Narangba. Source: Quest Newspapers
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I’d settle for a dog that could locate cell phones and keys.. but this is pretty cool. Two paws up..
I’m surprised nobody thought of this before.
beautiful doggie. but watch out, dogs usually dig up bones so they can Chew Them Up!
they have cadaver dogs but i wonder if they can teach this to a pig
600 years ain’t archaeology, it’s grave robbing.
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