[nickcarraway]

If you had a trillion dollars you couldn't create a device that could do 25% of what dogs can do medically and technologically. Dogs are the most advance technology humans have, and we've had them for 15k years.

[Paladin2]

DOGS are Man’s best......set of sensors...

[livius]

That’s why they can detect cancers and other diseases.. I actually don’t like dogs very much, because their owners don’t train them so they jump up and I have been knocked down.

But dogs are working animals and the reason that they were domesticated is that they have a purpose and it comes from their unusual abilities to sense things. Horses are the same way, and cats - only marginally domesticated - also have that ability. So that’s why God gave us these three species to help us.

[HighSierra5]

I just wish my shoe could detect their landmines.

[VTenigma]

They needed a study to find out what dog owners have known all along.

[SpaceBar]

Human faces are quite sensitive to IR but most people don’t notice it until they stand in front of a campfire.

[Does so]

Think of it as...

"dogs domesticated humans"!

[blueunicorn6]

I decided to see if I could replicate their results.

I cooked a pepperoni pizza and put it on the floor next to a frozen pizza. I turned out the lights and opened the door and let in The Little Dog.

He decided the cooked pizza was too hot so he let it cool down while he crunched through the frozen pizza. After a few minutes, he also ate the cooked pizza.

My findings?

The Little Dog is a big pig.

Where’s my Nobel Prize?

I need the money to buy more pizza. That big pig ate all my pizza.

[chris37]

Pictured above, the greatest feature of this world.

[philman_36]

Scientists have discovered what they describe as an "entirely new sense" in dogs...

The only thing "new" is the discovery.
The dogs have had it and scientists only claim it's a "new sense" simply because they've finally found out about it.

Supreme arrogance.

[niteowl77]

Study finds Dogs' Noses Can Detect Heat Like an Infrared Sensor

Lund University should study my cat's skinny butt, because it is always parked in the warmest spot in the house.

[lepton]

The Lund University researchers set up a behavioral study whereby three dogs were presented with a pair of objects, one neutral object of roughly an ambient temperature and one with the surface temperature of a furry mammal. With training, the dogs were then able to distinguish between the two objects from a distance of 1.6 meters (5.2 ft), based purely on radiant heat.

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At the proper temperatures I can do that too. On my face, and on my arms when I am wearing short sleeves. Can’t everyone when they actually pay attention? Some people blast more than others.

[paterfamilias]

The temperature of my dog’s nose is Absolute Zero.