Why Dogs Exhale Through Nasal Side Slits
Dogs waste no breath. During exhalation, outgoing air is directed through lateral nostril slits rather than blasted straight across the odor plume ahead, leaving the front-facing portion of each nostril available for incoming molecules; the arrangement makes each breath part of scent collection.The split matters. Inside the nasal cavity, airflow meets turbinates and the olfactory epithelium, where...More
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